Resources for Timber/Logging Railways

Vancouver Island,
British Columbia

Hillcrest Lumber operated a fleet of geared locomotives from this now long abandoned Mesachie Lake sawmill on Vancouver Island. Lynn Zelmer photo, c 1964.

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• Cowichan Valley Forest Museum (Duncan, Vancouver Island, Canada) poster (c 1965, A3 pdf file 548 Mb).
• Brochure (888 Kb) from Crown Zellerbach's Logging Museum and Arboretum, Ladysmith BC, c 1965.
• Hillcrest Lumber, Mesachie Lake c 1965: mill view across lake, steam-powered loader (1, 2, 3), Shay #5 (side, 3/4 with Climax #10, off-side with Climax #10 and Climax #9); and Climax #9 as preserved, c 1991. Hillcrest 1965 loco list.

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