British Columbia Forest Products Ltd.

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is jake kruger kennys dad?

I don't think Ken and Jake are closely related . Jake was a long time BCFP employee , lived and worked at Bear Creek then moved with house to BCFP Renfrew Div. at Beach Camp When he retired in the late 1980's he was #1 on seniority list . Moved to Victoria when his sons Kelvin and Don were ready to start Junior High School . Ken is from Victoria , I recall him mentioning one time his father drove truck in Victoria for OK Paving .

 

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Pat Mac (Bob MacMillen) BCFP Renfrew Div. 1st picture Don Wilson setting up empty preload trailer on landing to swap for loaded preload trailer, with an almost new #6-236 HDX Hayes . 2nd & 3rd picture Alex Malahoff running a TL 6 Washington Trak Loader loading the #225 HDX Hayes driven by Kay Peterson (sitting with bibed coveralls) one of the genuine characters of his time , Danish by birth trained as a baker, came to Canada and ended up in the Woods . I recall a story he told about working at Jordan River , where the logging trucks had to cross a bridge , with an over head structure , across the Mouth of the Jordan River to get to the Log Dump , so the loads couldn't be to high . One day he took a load with a Flare Butt Cedar Butt back on top of the load . He pulled on to the bridge , stopping to get out and and check the Height (which was to high) . A foreman came along and had a stern word with Kay who causally got back into the truck , backed it into the Hotel Driveway turned it around . Then drove the truck back to the loading side , told the loading crew to fix it and promptly quit .

 

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Bridge across Moth of Jordan River .

 

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Those pics sure bring back memories growing up in Bear Creek, going to that school and breaking into the community hall to shoot pool on rainy days!!

 

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Rob N. BCFP Bear Cr. Camp ,Bear Cr. Community Hall and Bear Cr. School .View attachment 138260View attachment 138261

Fred McMurray,
Great pictures of my old school grade one to twelve and the
community hall we would break into the hall on rainy days to shoot pool!!

 

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Pat Mac (Bob MacMillen) BCFP Renfrew Div. 1st Picture #799 Skagit grapple yarder Steve Young operator , #73 Northwest log loader Gordon Buck operator . #6-238 HDX Hayes Waddy Weeks driver , another bigger than life character Waddy was the Locie Engineer on the last Shay Locie at Port Renfrew , been around a lot and was very knowlegeable about logging on Vancouver Island and the people working in the woods in the 1930's , 40's and 50's . Lots of story's . 2nd picture 1972 is looking out at San Juan Bay from the top of Fairy Lake , #79 Northwest Model 6 log loader yours truly running it , #797 Skagit Steel Tower Stu Smith running it . 3rd picture is looking out at San Juan Bay from Fairy Lake

 

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Pat Mac (Bob MacMillen) BCFP Renfrew Div. 1st picture Bob MacMillen standing by large Fir . 3rd-4th pictures looks like Bob Mac spraying logs for Ambrosia Beetle's .

 

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Pat Mac (Bob MacMillen) BCFP Renfrew Div. 1st picture I remember this "Chunk Truck" working along Harris Creek M/L just a couple miles out of camp between the "Meadows" and Stoney Creek loading Bean Poles and Chunks from a tree thinning project in the late 1950's early 1960's , maybe HDX Can tell us more about this truck and "Chunk Truck" in next picture .

 

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Hay-racks and Venture booms as well as the Courtenay Loader with the "Live" Boom and what was called the "Easy-Way" Will dig out some of those and post over the holidays. Was there by any chance pictures of the hayrack pictured above with a head on shot.

 

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Wondering if anyone knows anything about this grapple .How good it worked ect

 

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Pat Mac (Bob MacMillen) BCFP Amongst these slides were a couple of Maps , probably used for presentations . thought I would post them .

 

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Pat Mac (Bob MacMillen) BCFP A young Pat MacMillen sitting on the stairs of a Bunk House at Vancouver Bay Div. Jervis Inlet .

 

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Pat Mac (Bob MacMillen) BCFP Not sure what Div. might be Caycuse

 

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Pat Mac (Bob MacMillen) BCFP Anybody recognize this piece of equipment ?

 

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Pat Mac (Bob MacMillen) BCFP View attachment 147129Anybody recognize this piece of equipment ?

Are they making power poles or something?

 

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Chipper? d.d.

 

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Combination debarker/chipper

 

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Pat Mac (Bob MacMillen) BCFP Not sure which Division these "Cat" pictures were taken .

 

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Pat Mac (Bob MacMillen) BCFP