Brothers Herbert, Walter, James and G. Emerson Gilley began operating the Gilley Brothers Logging Company in 1887 and in 1903 took over the logging business of L. T. Dundas, setting up camp on Burnaby Mountain. Gilley logged over 2.5 million board feet of timber and cut 20,000 cords of shingle bolts here. The Gilley Brothers also logged areas of South Burnaby.
165 p., [8] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 28 cm.
Inscription
"-25%
Dec. 1946" -- [handwritten in pencil on subtitle page in pencil on the bottom right corner]
"Agents Gordon Bahjea Ltd" --[handwritten in light blue pen on page opposite of title page]
The Fraser Valley challenge : an illustrated account of log The Fraser Valley challenge : an illustrated account of logging and sawmilling in the Fraser Valley
Photograph of the Gilley Brothers logging operation. A donkey engine is visible on the right, and seven men are standing on a felled tree as it is pulled along the track by the power of the donkey engine.
Photograph of the Gilley Brothers logging operation. A donkey engine is visible on the right, and seven men are standing on a felled tree as it is pulled along the track by the power of the donkey engine.
A note on the back of item no. 379-001 (the copy print to this original reads: "Logging operation at Kingsway and Gilley Avenue carried on by Gilley Brothers before the turn of the century."
Note in pencil on verso of card mount reads: "Second Camp East of Sperling"
Index card found at BVM describes this image as "Logging camp, Gilley operations, east of Sperling" and dates it as 1904.
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 17.5 cm mounted on card 18.5 x 23 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a crew of loggers sitting and standing in front of their cabins at a logging camp at Broadway, west of Sperling Avenue. Robert Pontifex is standing fourth from the right.
1 photograph : b&w ; 11.5 x 17.5 cm mounted on card 18.5 x 23 cm
Scope and Content
Photograph of a crew of loggers sitting and standing in front of their cabins at a logging camp at Broadway, west of Sperling Avenue. Robert Pontifex is standing fourth from the right.
"HV 977.29.3", handwritten in ink on cover page.
"B.C. Discounts / Blocks - 15% / + 20% Duty no sales tax / + 30 per cut ft. / Fairleaders - net - / + 20% Duty - no sales tax / + 30c per cut ft.", handwritten in pencil on cover page.
"REPRESENTED IN BRITISH COLUMBIA / BY / VANCOUVER MACHINERY DEPOT LTD", stamped on front cover.
"Book No. 8 / Cat No 18", typed on label affixed to front cover.
Photograph of a logging truss. Bark is visible on the piles used to construct the truss.
History
Possibly Bloedel Stewart and Welch built a trestle over the Campbell River in Spring 1925. BS&W acquired a timber lease on the south side of the Campbell River in order to access operations at Sayward. This is now the site of the John Hart Hydro Dam.