Grassy Bay Timber Company Photograph Collection, circa 1920s

Overview of the Collection

Title
Grassy Bay Timber Company Photograph Collection
Dates
circa 1920s (inclusive)
Quantity
18 photographs (1 folder) ; sizes vary
Collection Number
PH1441
Summary
Photographs of the Grassy Bay Timber Company Railroad locomotive, logging, logging camp, and shipping logs in British Columbia.
Repository
University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu
Access Restrictions

Entire collection can be viewed on the Libraries’ Digital Collections website. Permission of Visual Materials Curator required to view originals. Contact Special Collections for more information.

Languages
English

Historical BackgroundReturn to Top

The Grassy Bay Timber Company Railway operated between about 1921 and 1928 at Grassy Bay. The locomotive depicted in the photographs is likely from the latter years of the railway. The Grassy Bay Timber Company camp was located on the Loughborough Inlet in British Columbia. The Grassy bay Timer Company Railway is shown in the 1922 Annual Report, BC Department of Railways (published in Sessional Papers for the year ending Dec. 31 1921).They had 3.5 mioles of track, 1 locomotive, and 20 single trucks (these were known as disconnect trucks in the trade). The logs were spanned between them. The railway was standard gauge. In 1924, it shows 6.5 miles of track and two water cars, 14 logging cars, 6 logging trucks (railway truck as above), one workmans car and one speeder. This suggests they were upgrading their equipment with the logging cars which most likely had air brakes where the individual trucks did not. The Railway does not show up in the 1925 or 1928 reports, probably indicating it was inactive or had been ended.

Content DescriptionReturn to Top

Photographs of the Grassy Bay Timber Company Railroad locomotive, logging, logging camp, and shipping logs in British Columbia. Includes the steamship Camosun at Knox Bay on Thurlow Island at the shipping dock for a logging camp.

Use of the CollectionReturn to Top

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Restrictions on Use

Status of creator's copyrights is unknown; restrictions may exist on copying, quotation, or publication. Users are responsible for researching copyright status before use.

Administrative InformationReturn to Top

Processing Note

Processed by Sara Cordes, March 2017.

Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top

 

Container(s) Description Dates
Folder item
1 1 Men standing near Grassy Bay Timber Company locomotive
From accompanying material: The locomotive is a two-truck Shay, very typical of logging locomotives in BC and Washington. It is an oil burner. It was built in March 1906 (shop number 1733, Lima Locomotive Works) and passed through several owners.
circa 1921-1928
1 2 Railroad tracks leading to steamship Camosun at dock to load timber at Knox Bay
Written on verso: P.B Anderson Camp at Knox Bay showing railroad. It is half way up & across from Vancouver Island. Union Steamship 'Camosun' see Whistle Up the Inlet for I.D.
circa 1921-1928
1 3 Workers dropping logs into the inlet circa 1921-1928
1 4 Logging camp in woods circa 1921-1928
1 5 Cook staff inside of cookhouse circa 1921-1928
1 6 Large group of loggers standing in front of camp buildings and railroad track circa 1921-1928
1 7 Grassy Bay Timber Company locomotive with loaded trucks in woods circa 1921-1928
1 8 Logger standing nexted to large felled log circa 1921-1928
1 9 Logging crew standing on pile of felled logs in woods circa 1921-1928
1 10 Logging crew standing in front of hill circa 1921-1928
1 11 Steam donkey used for logging operations circa 1921-1928
1 12 Group of loggers standing in front of steam donkey circa 1921-1928
1 13 Group of loggers standing on top of logs next to steam donkey circa 1921-1928
1 14 Three loggers standing in front of steam donkey circa 1921-1928
1 15-16 Group of loggers standing in and around steam donkey circa 1921-1928

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Logging railroads--British Columbia--Photographs
  • Lumber trade--British Columbia--Photographs
  • Lumbermen--British Columbia--Photographs
  • Steam donkeys--British Columbia--Photographs
  • Steamboats--British Columbia--Photographs

Corporate Names

  • Grassy Bay Timber Company--Employees--Photographs
  • Grassy Bay Timber Company--Photographs

Geographical Names

  • British Columbia--Photographs

Form or Genre Terms

  • Photographs

Names and SubjectsReturn to Top

Subject Terms

  • Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)