Category Archives: North Island

Woss Community Hatchery

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Katherine

The salmon hatchery in Woss [fbalbum url=”https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.307440836046301.1073742151.123247217798998&type=3&” size=”187″]

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Logging equipment

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Katherine

Shut down lumber mills and surplus logging equipment are fairly common sights on Vancouver Island. While the equipment ages and is superseded by modern equipment, the mills are usually gone for good. Looking across Discovery Pass toward Quadra Island, from … Continue reading →

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Kelsey Bay – the repair shop

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Katherine

The heavy equipment repair shop in Kelsey Bay

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Sayward – Kelsey Bay Marina

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Katherine

Kelsey Bay Marina [fbalbum url=”https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.304253423031709.1073742141.123247217798998&type=3″ size=”187″]

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Sayward – White Truck

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Katherine

It’s in pretty sad shape, but this old White truck is a reminder of logging as it was…

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Ossian A

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Katherine

Ossian A in Kelsey Bay Ossian A was built for the Canadian Forest Products operation at Englewood, where she was primarily employed towing log booms. She was later sold to Hodder Tugboat, and refitted with a 335 h.p. GM 12V71 … Continue reading →

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Miss Quadra

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Katherine

Miss Quadra in Kelsey Bay

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Sayward – Saw blade boot house

Posted on April 9, 2015 by Katherine

I’m calling this a saw blade boot house as the roof of the house is made out of old saw blades, and it houses boots. I suppose it’s also a tree house…

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Sayward – Mercury M135

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Katherine

A Mercury M135 in Sayward – this truck would have been built in Canada, sometime around 1948 – 1950.

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Sayward – logging equipment

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Katherine

Another piece of logging equipment slowly being swallowed up and reclaimed by nature – there’s always enough time but never enough money to preserve examples of what was once state of the art machinery.

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