Subject: Logging Equipment

Winter Logging Scene In East Kootenay

Good view of a teamster, sitting on his 'dry ass' on top of a sloop load of logs. Quite a load for a small two-horse team. Somewhere near Cranbrook. Postcard front, linked to 0017.0090.

Internal ID:	0017.0089
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1905

Winter Logging Scene In East Kootenay

Good view of a teamster, sitting on his 'dry ass' on top of a sloop load of logs. Quite a load for a small two-horse team. Somewhere near Cranbrook. Postcard front, linked to 0017.0090.

Internal ID:	0017.0090
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1905

Lumbering Basic Industry

Lumbering continues as main basic industry in East Kootenay. Detailing the industry from the beginning of Cranbrook, through the depression and wartime boom era.

Internal ID:	0051.0264
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	September 1st 1955

Loading Poles at Mile 110, 1936

Carl Lofgren and George Korsvik loading poles on railcars with gin pole method at Mile 110, 1936.

Internal ID:	0070.0029
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1936

Portable Sawmill

Portable bush mill operating in the Valemount area

Internal ID:	0070.0261
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1965

Ella Frye

Ella Frye pictured with a double bitted axe, cross cut saw and her dog.

Internal ID:	0070.0331
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Logging Equipment

Photo of a collection of logging and/or log building tools, including snatch blocks and picaroons.

Internal ID:	0070.0644
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Trail Dogs Logging Equipment

A photo of two sets of log dogs with hooks set on two logs so as to join them together when skidding out of bush.

Internal ID:	0070.0645
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Trail Dogs Logging Equipment

A photo of one set of trail dogs with hooks set on a log, ready for skidding.

Internal ID:	0070.0646
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Redwater Sawmill

Redwater Sawmill January 1960 - idle bulldozers in yard.

Internal ID:	0070.0821
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1960

Redwater Sawmill

Redwater Sawmill January 1960 - bulldozer operating in yard.

Internal ID:	0070.0822
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1960

Redwater Sawmill

Redwater Sawmill January 1960 - bulldozer in operation.

Internal ID:	0070.0823
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1960

Redwater Sawmill

Redwater Sawmill January 1960 - forklift in sawmill yard.

Internal ID:	0070.0828
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1960

Abernathy Sawmill

Abernathy Sawmill 1959 - Lumber piles, mountain view and boom truck in yard.

Internal ID:	0070.0830
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1959

Abernathy Sawmill

Abernathy Sawmill 1959 - Log piles, parked trucks in yard.

Internal ID:	0070.0831
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1959

Moving CN Caboose

Moving CN caboose into position with John Deer loader and grapple. The caboose is now a standing exhibit at the Valemount museum.

Internal ID:	0116.0002
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1990

Logging Sports Day

Logging event with public onlookers, possibly Valemount area.

Internal ID:	0119.0161
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1985

Logging Equipment

Crawler equipment operator in cab of machine, Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0067
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1975

Landing Clean-up

A track skidder and dozer used for cleaning up a logging landing, Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0075
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Front End Loader

Sawmill machinery, front-end grapple loader, Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0094
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Log Loader

Sawmill equipment, Rayco Wagner log loader, Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0096
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Log Loader

Sawmill equipment, Rayco Wagner log loader, Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0097
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Log Loader

Sawmill equipment, Rayco Wagner log loader, Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0098
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Log Loader

Sawmill equipment, Rayco Wagner log loader, Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0099
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Kinbasket Lake

Tug boat on shore of Kimbasket Lake, located between Golden and Valemount, BC, with a Poclain track logging machine

Internal ID:	0127.0103
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Tug and Bulldozer

Tug boat on shore of Kimbasket Lake, located between Golden and Valemount, BC, with a bulldozer and poclain track machine.

Internal ID:	0127.0104
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Tugboat on Kinbasket

Tugboat and Log loader equipment, working on log jamb/debris removal. Kinbasket Lake, located between Golden and Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0106
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Mishap at Sawmill

Mishap in sawmill yard, possibly a crane overturned, Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0122
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Sawmill Yard

Sawmill yard with crane, dozer and Rayco Wagner log loader moving logs, Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0130
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Sawmill Mishap

Bulldozer working in sawmill yard mishap, Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0133
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Cedar Mill Yard

Cedar mill yard: crane working along shore, Kimbasket Lake, Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0134
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Cedar Mill Yard

Cedar mill yard, on Kimbasket Lake, Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0135
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1980

Logging Equipment

Kinbasket Lake and Marine - Logging equipment delivered on shore of Kinbasket Lake between Golden and Valemount, BC

Internal ID:	0127.0460
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Barr and Kennelly Mill

Barr and Kennelly Mill at Gold Creek. Sawmill in operation showing skidder and chokerman moving logs on landing.

Internal ID:	0157.0012
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1948

Barr and Kennelly Mill

Barr and Kennelly Mill at Gold Creek. Sawmill in operation showing skidding of logs to landing using two bull dozers.

Internal ID:	0157.0014
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1948

Barr and Kennelly Mill

Barr and Kennelly Mill at Gold Creek. Portable mill built by Cranbrook Foundry. Foundry was owned and operated by MacKinnon family. Sawmill in operation showing a log going to head rig.

Internal ID:	0157.0015
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1948

Barr and Kennelly Mill

Barr and Kennelly Mill at Gold Creek. Portable mill built by Cranbrook Foundry. Foundry was owned and operated by MacKinnon family. Sawmill in operation showing Fred Barr operating head rig.

Internal ID:	0157.0017
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1948

Barr and Kennelly Mill

Barr and Kennelly Mill at Gold Creek. Portable mill built by Cranbrook Foundry. Foundry was owned and operated by MacKinnon family. Sawmill powered by bull dozer engine, shaft and belt with horses skidding logs to site. Boy in picture is Archie Mackinnon son of C.Eric MacKinnon.

Internal ID:	0157.0018
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1948

Barr and Kennelly Mill

Barr and Kennelly Mill at Gold Creek. Portable mill built by Cranbrook Foundry. Foundry was owned and operated by MacKinnon family. Sawmill showing head rig and saw operating.

Internal ID:	0157.0019
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1948

Barr and Kennelly Mill

Barr and Kennelly Mill at Gold Creek. Portable mill built by Cranbrook Foundry. Foundry was owned and operated by MacKinnon family. Sawmill showing a log going to head rig.

Internal ID:	0157.0020
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1948

Barr and Kennelly Mill

Barr and Kennelly Mill lumber-roll-off truck equipped with special chain-driven rollers on deck of dual-wheeled truck. Location is outside Foundry Manufacturing on 10th Avenue (aka Norbury Avenue) in Cranbrook, B.C.

Internal ID:	0157.0021
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1948

Barr and Kennelly Mill

Internal ID:	0157.0022
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1948

Barr and Kennelly Mill

Internal ID:	0157.0023
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1948

Trimmer Saw

Trimmer Saw with guard on display at The Cranbrook Foundry Company Limited, business owned by MacKinnon, Cranbrook, B.C.

Internal ID:	0157.0024
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1948

Trimmer Saw

Trimmer Saw with guard open on display at The Cranbrook Foundry Company Limited, business owned by MacKinnon, Cranbrook, B.C.

Internal ID:	0157.0025
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1948

Trimmer Saw

Trimmer Saw with guard on display at The Cranbrook Foundry Company Limited, business owned by MacKinnon, Cranbrook, B.C.

Internal ID:	0157.0026
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1948

Barr and Kennelly Mill

Barr and Kennelly Mill at Gold Creek. Portable mill built by Cranbrook Foundry. Foundry was owned and operated by MacKinnon family. Sawmill in operation using old tractor as power source.

Internal ID:	0157.0032
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1948

Barr and Kennelly Mill

Barr and Kennelly Mill in Gold Creek. Skidding logs with track tractor.

Internal ID:	0157.0130
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1948

Portable Sawmill Near Cranbrook, B.C.

A portable sawmill in the back country, cutting railway ties. The mill may be a Cranbrook Foundry product.

Internal ID:	0318.0001
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Portable Sawmill Near Cranbrook, B.C.

A portable sawmill operating in the back country near Cranbrook. The logs are being fed onto the carriage.

Internal ID:	0318.0002
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Portable Sawmill Near Cranbrook, B.C.

A portable sawmill in back country near Cranbrook, cutting ties for railroad. The head rig is to the right of photo. Horses were also used in this operation. The mill may be a Cran brook Foundry product.

Internal ID:	0318.0003
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Log Tongs

Log tongs used when skidding logs with a team of horses. Also possibly used on a gin pole to hoist logs onto sleighs or flatcars. Does anyone remember using this type of tool?

Internal ID:	0508.0020
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Logger with tractor and yarding arch.

Logger with tractor and yarding arch. Cranbrook Sash & Door Lumber Company, Mineral Lake Mill.

Internal ID:	0523.0039
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1945

Three loggers sitting on tractor with a yarding arch.

Three loggers sitting on tractor with a yarding arch. Mineral Lake Mill.

Internal ID:	0523.0045
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1945

Bulldozer at Mineral Lake.

Bulldozer at Mineral Lake Mill.

Internal ID:	0523.0087
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1945

Kootenay Spruce Mills Employee c.1945

Kootenay Spruce Mills Employee and his Two-Man chainsaw at Kootenay Spruce Mills located at Mineral Lake c.1945. Can anyone help identify this logger?

Internal ID:	0523.0088
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1945

A logger standing with his bulldozer.

A logger standing with his bulldozer, at the Mineral Lake Mill. Can anyone help identify this logger?

Internal ID:	0523.0102
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1945

Logging Truck Accident

Logging truck 20 minutes before accident

Internal ID:	0523.0128
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Kootenay Spruce Mills at Mineral Lake c.1950

Spraying the logs on the Jack Ladder before going into the mill. Kootenay Spruce Mills was located at Mineral Lake c.1950 Kootenay Spruce Mills was owned and operated by Cranbrook Sash & Door. (Crestbrook & Tembec)

Internal ID:	0523.0134
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1950

Kootenay Spruce Mills at Mineral Lake c.1950

Showing the Jack Ladder & Debarker frozen in the winter. Kootenay Spruce Mills was located at Mineral Lake c.1950 Kootenay Spruce Mills was owned and operated by Cranbrook Sash & Door. (Crestbrook & Tembec)

Internal ID:	0523.0135
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1950

Kootenay Spruce Mills at Mineral Lake c.1950

Internal ID:	0523.0136
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1950

Kootenay Spruce Mills at Mineral Lake c.1950

Internal ID:	0523.0142
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Kootenay Spruce Mills at Mineral Lake c.1950

Mike Melody & fellow worker play fighting at Kootenay Spruce Mills Mineral Lake c.1950 Kootenay Spruce Mills was owned and operated by Cranbrook Sash & Door. (Crestbrook & Tembec)

Internal ID:	0523.0145
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1950

Kootenay Spruce Mills at Mineral Lake c.1950

Large log on the Jack Ladder. Kootenay Spruce Mills was located at Mineral Lake c.1950 Kootenay Spruce Mills was owned and operated by Cranbrook Sash & Door. (Crestbrook & Tembec)

Internal ID:	0523.0148
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1950

Kootenay Spruce Mills Company Truck c.1952

Kootenay Spruce Mills Company Truck c.1952 Kootenay Spruce Mills was owned and operated by Cranbrook Sash & Door. (Crestbrook & Tembec)

Internal ID:	0523.0170
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1952

Kootenay Spruce Mills at Mineral Lake c.1950

Logs waiting to be loaded onto the Jack Ladder so the can be debarked at Mineral Lake c.1950 Kootenay Spruce Mills was owned and operated by Cranbrook Sash & Door. (Crestbrook & Tembec)

Internal ID:	0523.0178
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1950

Kootenay Spruce Mills at Mineral Lake c.1952

Kootenay Spruce Mills workers c.1952 Do you recognize these guys? If you do please let us know Kootenay Spruce Mills was owned and operated by Cranbrook Sash & Door. (Crestbrook & Tembec)

Internal ID:	0523.0179
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1952

Kootenay Spruce Mills at Mineral Lake c.1948

Canting the log inside the mill at Mineral Lake c.1948 Kootenay Spruce Mills was owned and operated by Cranbrook Sash & Door. (Crestbrook & Tembec)

Internal ID:	0523.0185
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1948

Kootenay Spruce Mills at Mineral Lake c.1950

Kootenay Spruce Mills was located at Mineral Lake, it was owned and operated by Cranbrook Sash & Door. (Crestbrook & Tembec)

Internal ID:	0523.0204
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1950

Kootenay Spruce Mills at Mineral Lake c.1950

Kootenay Spruce Mills was located at Mineral Lake, it was owned & operated by Cranbrook Sash & Door. (Crestbrook & Tembec)

Internal ID:	0523.0206
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1950

Kootenay Spruce Mills at Mineral Lake c.1948

Loading a truck with logs near Mineral Lake c.1948 Kootenay Spruce Mills was owned and operated by Cranbrook Sash & Door. (Crestbrook & Tembec)

Internal ID:	0523.0217
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1948

Kootenay Spruce Mills at Mineral Lake c.1948

Bulldozer clearing the road in winter c.1948 Kootenay Spruce Mills was located at Mineral Lake, it was owned and operated by Cranbrook Sash & Door. (Crestbrook & Tembec)