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McLean Mill National Historic Site

  Logging equipment at Mclean Mill National Historic Site [fbalbum url=”https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.265435576913494.1073742033.123247217798998&type=1″ size=”187″ random=1 limit=6] The complete set of images are in a standalone album…

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McLean Mill National Historic Site

  Mclean Mill National Historic Site [fbalbum url=”https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.265434803580238.1073742032.123247217798998&type=3″ size=”187″ random=1 limit=9] The complete set of images are in a standalone album…

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Logger Sports – Campbell River Salmon Festival

A bit of time well spent in Campbell River at the Logger Sports competition. [fbalbum url=”https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.262323570558028.1073742021.123247217798998&type=3″ size=”187″] Images also in a standalone album…

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Rosewell Creek trail

If you venture a little bit beyond the loop trail that goes around Rosewell Creek Provincial Park, you can continue on inland and pass underneath highway 19A, and then a bit further, Highway 19.   This is what I would … Continue reading

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Rosewell Creek Provincial Park tree stumps

The tree stumps at Rosewell Creek Provincial Park are a reminder of the logging heritage of Vancouver Island, and the power of nature to reclaim  and renew if we leave it alone. You can clearly see the notches that loggers … Continue reading

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Bloedel, Stewart & Welch No. 4

Bloedel, Stewart & Welch No. 4  was built in 1925 for Bloedel, Stewart, & Welch Limited, the forest company that would become MacMillan-Bloedel Ltd. The locomotive is a 2-8-2T “Mikado” sidetank locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1925 … Continue reading

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Comox Lake

  Comox Lake with the Comox Glacier in the background. Besides being the reservoir for the Courtenay and Comox water supply, Comox Lake is also the water supply for the BC Hydro Puntledge Generation Station. The lake was at one … Continue reading

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