British Columbia Forest Products Ltd.

[Hank R]

In 1975 there were 6 BCFP logging Camps on the Mainland of B.C. operating as Company Logging Camps - Silver River , Pitt Lake , Narrows Inlet , Malibu , Wakeman Sound and Nekite River . There were also 12 Contractor Operated Logging Camps on the Mainland of B.C. There were 2 BCFP Company Logging Camps on Vancouver Island - Renfrew and Cowichan/Nitinat (Caycuse) . There were 5 Contractor Operated Logging Camps on Vancouver Island .

Thanks there are days when Google and me do not get along.

 

[callingtheshop]

Pitt Lake Division 1963: I wrote on the back side of this photo,"Charlie K. killing time." Hmmm.... Actually when a driver had the time he'd wash the truck and the trucks would get washed before servicing. BCFP No. 215 Charlie told the story while waiting near the landing to get a load, engine off, a black bear climbed up on the truck and onto the hood. At that point he blew the horn. There were several scratches in the hood paint and it never got repaired.

 

[callingtheshop]

Not much on the back of these photos, Joe 1963 and Joe watering up 1963 Pitt Lake. Truck was the 216.

 

[HDX]

callingtheshop, After looking at the truck pictures you posted (2018) with the loads on them it became clear why the trailers had 14:00X24 tires and the trucks had 12:00X24 tires. More weight on the trailers Makes sense with that configuration. Also the low mount mirrors and cab steps are a giveaway to the era they were built

 

[callingtheshop]

1963 Pitt Lake Div. Gorden Hardy. HDX, Thanks for pointing those items out, when I was there the trucks were fairly young, like I was, and still am.

 

[TimeLapse]

Front End Loader Crofton Vancouver Island
[video=youtube;S4p1kDP49Qw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4p1kDP49Qw[/video]

 

[camptramp]

Boulder Bill , I believe these are from the Al Green Collection . Caycuse Div. 1st picture is Dave Pervert , 2nd picture Harold Speck , 3rd picture Ernie Miners , 4th picture Ken Robertson .

 

[caycusion]

Dave Pervert????.....that's quite the handle.

 

[camptramp]

Dave Pervert????.....that's quite the handle.

Copied off someone else's writing might be wrong , I apologize if I got it wrong .

 

[camptramp]

Boulder Bill / Al Green 1st picture Al Peters , 2nd picture Gordon Powers , 3rd picture Joe Zboyovousky , 4th picture Phil Machinyt .

 

[callingtheshop]

Pitt Lake Division 1963. Line horse and trailer reload. Rock crusher coming to camp before it gets snowed in. There was a long steep hill just out of camp that it came down and the truck was snubbing it. The grader was steering and towing. The rock crusher was powered by a Waukesha 6 cyl. gas engine that had a pup starting engine and that was started with a pull rope. Simplicity. I tried to find something like it on the Internet early this morning and got into Buda and Hall Scott before I realized I had to get back to bed and get some sleep. Easily sidetracked. Harold Speck, I remember him, did he ever work at Pitt Lake or?

 

[camptramp]

callingtheshop I recall a Rock Crusher that BCFP owned in that time period that was moved from BCFP operation to operation as needed . ( And remember those well maintained Mainline Haul Roads of the 1950's , 1960 and 1970's ) The name Stan Smith comes to mind as the fellow that ran it in those days , later I think Ian Brydon ran it for awhile , I think Roland Baird was the last operator of the Rock Crusher at Caycuse . I don't recall seeing it after the late 1960's . I wonder if that is the same Rock Crusher that was in Renfrew Div. for a time . Great that you have pictures of it , another memory fading away .

 

[Blk prince]

camptramp,the lite just came on. As Roland Baird was my wife's uncle. I will as if there are any pictures available. His wife Margeret is still with us. I will do my best and let you know. Bp

 

[callingtheshop]

Photoitt Lake 1963 of the parking shed and on the right is the tire shop/service bay. I think most or all of BCFP had a shed for parking some equipment in. In PL it was used mainly for smaller pieces of equipment except during a winter shutdown, then the empty log trucks would park there. Camptramp, I was at PL for four years and the crusher was always there, probably too difficult to move as a big barge fee would be involved. The operator was Dave (I can't remember his last name) and he did all sorts of work in the grade department but always operated the crusher. In 1963 his age was about 60, really ancient as I was 19! He used to be a hard rock miner in his earlier work. Ring any bells on his last name? Oh yes, Don Ramsey was some sort of grade boss and Vic McKay was the foreman.

 

[camptramp]

callingtheshop I don't recall a Dave operating the Crusher at Renfrew , I know the name Vic Mckay , but have never met him . Don Ramsey made his rounds of the different BCFP Camps retiring as Division Manager of Renfrew Div. when Fletcher Challenge took over BCFP .

 

[Mark13]

Front End Loader Crofton Vancouver Island
[video=youtube;S4p1kDP49Qw]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4p1kDP49Qw[/video]

I've been following these various logging threads for a while now and after watching that video I just now realized how big those Wagner's really are. Here in northern, Illinois our version of logging is one guy with a chain saw and the other in a skid steer and a grapple bucket or an excavator stacking the logs up to burn while clearing for farm fields so getting to see how big some of the off highway trucks and various other equipment are is always neat.

 

[callingtheshop]

Pitt Lake 1963 Back of a bunkhouse, cookhouse on the left and I think Bailey's house/post office in the background.
The bunkhouses were typical with two men to a room and a shared bathroom with the next room.
Small white building was the bullcooks shack.

 

[Murk100]

Here are a few pics from Pitt Lake 2010. It was Teal Jones when I was there but you can see the old shop and power plant from a long time ago...

 

[Murk100]

I have posted a few of these on the logging camp and barges thread thought they would be better here.

 

[Murk100]