Sawmills--British Columbia--Skeena Region

T1184:0001
Item
1969

SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Alice McCrea recalls her family's involvement in the development of the Queen Charlotte Islands PERIOD COVERED: 1907-1928 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1969 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Alice McCrea speaks about her family coming to the Queen Charlotte Islands from Winnipeg in 1912, other settler families and the island's Sitka Spruce and it's use for early airplane construction (1916). She discusses island mills, the history of Port Clements, the introduction of deer, wildlife and fish, her father's launch the "Westover", "Mexican Tom" and other characters, the school a;t Port Clements, history of the Woden (Watun) River area, communities and residents along the Masset Inlet, logging and water transportation.

Alliford Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands

I-29497
Item
[194-]

Part of Archives visual records collection

Box Lumber For Shipping Georgetown

H-05600
Item
1962

Part of Forest Service photographs

Box Lumber Georgetown

H-05598
Item
1962

Part of Forest Service photographs

Claxton sawmill in winter.

F-06160
Item
1892

Part of Archives visual records collection

Fire At Buckley Bay, Queen Charlotte Islands

I-29504
Item
1923

Part of Archives visual records collection

Flume For Water Powered Mill Georgetown

H-05602
Item
1962

Part of Forest Service photographs

Flume For Water Powered Mill Georgetown

H-05601
Item
1962

Part of Forest Service photographs

Flume For Water Powered Mill Georgetown

H-05595
Item
1962

Part of Forest Service photographs

Flume For Water Powered Mill Georgetown

NA-21378
Item
1962

Part of Forest Service photographs

Georgetown Sawmill

NA-04352
Item
1914

Part of Forest Service photographs

Georgetown Sawmill.

NA-04353
Item
1914

Part of Forest Service photographs

Georgetown Sawmill Georgetown

NA-21308
Item
1962

Part of Forest Service photographs

Georgetown Sawmill Georgetown

NA-21309
Item
1962

Part of Forest Service photographs

Jack Ladder And Yards Columbia Cellulose Port Edwards

NA-21413
Item
1962

Part of Forest Service photographs

Jack Ladder And Yards Columbia Cellulose Port Edwards

NA-21414
Item
1962

Part of Forest Service photographs

Lumber Cutting Georgetown

H-05597
Item
1962

Part of Forest Service photographs

Lumber Yard Georgetown

H-05592
Item
1962

Part of Forest Service photographs

[Mountain pine beetle control project, Prince Rupert]

AAAA0736
Item
1976-04-12

Part of Forest Service films

Stock shots. Bucking, limbing and burning wood and slash from affected trees. Felling, bucking, and piling trees, working in snow. Infected (red) trees. Sawmill.

[Mountain pine beetle control project, Prince Rupert District] : [compilation workprint]

AAAA0735
Item
[1975-1976]

Part of Forest Service films

Stock shots. A compilation of footage showing beetle infestations, beetle-killed trees, selectively logged areas, beetle larva, etc. Also shows (affected?) trees being cut and taken to mill, where they are either fed into a chipper, or debarked and milled into railway ties.

[Mountain pine beetle control project, Smithers/Houston]

AAAA0737
Item
1975-06

Part of Forest Service films

Stock shots. Aerial footage of beetle-killed forest, selectively logged areas and chipper mill site. Logging scenes, including shots of skidder, tree snippers, falling trees, front-end loader, loading of logging truck, etc. Shots of infested logs. Arriving at mills, some of the (affected logs) are chipped; other are debarked and milled into railway ties. More shots of infested logs and dead trees.

Part Of Allison's Camp, Queen Charlotte Islands