Back in 1947 BCFP was growing and had these operations 1-Tom Brown Lake Camp-2 Brittain River Camp-3 Glacial Creek Camp-4Vancouver Bay Camp-5 Narrows Inlet Camp-6 Vancouver-7 Pitt Lake Camp-8 Hammond-9 Camp 3(NitNat) later sold to Crown Z-10 Camp 6 (Caycuse)-11 Youbou-12 Harris Creek Camp-13 Beach Camp-14 Bear Creek Camp -and 15 was Victoria.
Hayesno1 You are right!!! Need glasses Cant see the forest for the trees!! That just means that Crown Z got both those Skaglund trucks I remember talking to one of the other drivers in Franklin when we learned that those trucks were coming up for auction and hoping that M&B would buy them--They were in exellent shape very well looked after. However that still dont solve the puzzle Maybe somebody else knows something about her! Was definitly a rose among the thorns whereever she was.Maybe a serial # or something--somebody had to know about her
Ex. BCFP Pacific P16 truck - at present time parked at Sarita. Photo credit: HDX.
HDX-I was very interested to read about Brittan River. I used to live there in the early fifties, the we moved down to Vancouver Bay. Everytime we had to go to town it was on the Jervis Express. I remember Vic Ramsay, Arnie Bergland was super at Van Bay and John Sawatsky was driving log truck. Also made many trips to Pender with the boatman Don Fulton on the camp boat "Kukalani". Also remember the softball games between Van Bay and Brittan River.
M_T_Noggin Cant be that M_T_ for you to remember all that Edd Nelson was a hooker as was Charlie Roux Bert Toleman Do you remember old Bill Blank he use to run the boom boat had a wooden leg? I remember when Billy Woods fell off his bike while crossing the bridge by the shop and broke his leg. The ball field was a ways down the mainline from camp towards the river at B/R.
Bill Blank built a boat for my father, and I still have the nameboard. I stayed at Nelson's for a few days after we moved to Van Bay. Shoot me a e-mail and we can continue to reminisce.
Hi everyone
My grandpa worked for BCFP most his loggin career ,my dad worked for them at one time also in Van bay , I worked for them starting around 83 in Narrows Inlet . i'll find some pictures my grandpa gave me .Here's one hanging in my kitchen of a carving made and given to him by BCFP when he retired
Howdy eveyone .
My grandpa worked for BCPF for 31 years he started in 1949 in Harris Creek ( near Port Renfrew ) . My Dad worked for BCFP for a time in Port Renfrew and Van Bay where we lived , i was too young to remember tho . I worked for BCFP in the early 80's in Narrows Inlet . We did a few blocks in Van bay in the mid-late 90's for INTERFOR .
Here is a picture #1 i took from Treat Creek looking down on Jervis inlet . Around the point on the left is Brittain River , Vancouver Bay is just on other side of the ridge on the right you can see Mount Churchill on the right .. Height: 1996 m (6549 ft) - picture #2 close up of Mount Churchill - picture #3 is from Delta Rock gravel pit (Treat Creek) lookin at Mt Churchill - picture #4 is lookin the other way of pic#3 Captains Island and Nelson Island ..I also posted a picutre of BCFP's Camp 6 Caycuse in another thread , post #39 at http://www.heavyequipmentforums.com/...ges-etc./page3
Last edited by Born2clearcut; 01-13-2011 at 02:04 PM.
Welcome Born2clearcut This is the best place to amble down memory mainline! What years were you at Van Bay?
Sry for the double post everyone . wonder if i can delete them somehow ??
Thanks HDX this is a cool place . i think we lived in van bay around the mid 60's but not really sure.
I removed the duplicate with the pictures. They're not your fault. This board has been a little buggy since it was upgraded, and some posts are finding their way into a list of posts "awaiting moderation", even though we haven't set anything to do that. I've been checking for those, and approving them all. Apparently, that's why yours got duplicated, since you had to go to the trouble of posting them twice. We apologize for the inconvenience.Originally Posted by Born2clearcut
(I'm beginning to wish I had a nickle for every time I've had to post that...)
Proudly spending today building the dilapidated housing of the 22nd century....
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I was diggin in some of my stufff my grandfather gave me and found this pic tucked in a folder . I dout it was BCFP back then but it says Camp 6 1929 . sry the faces arn't clear, picture was too big for scanner..They are cystal clear in the picture.
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We grow old because we stop playin !
Well here I am Born2clearcut Just waitin for the Don Yates pic
Hayesno1 Was up in Campbell River a couple weeks ago and came across the remains of BCFP unit 236 You posted a pic of her here, (post #15) She was a sandtruck with numbers 38-38 on the hood. This was 236 when new. Afraid she is all gone now cause what was left is scrapped. Too late again When Born2clearcut posts his next truck picture I will post the history of these trucks because it all ties in together Stay tuned
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