Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2020 08:12:03 -0700
Reply-To: Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Logging Roads and Trailers
In-Reply-To: <0F1CD39C-9067-4CCD-A161-E3F68A960117@shaw.ca>
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yup... it's the car under the tree I am talking about .. we were on our way
to Cape Scott Provincial Park on our tin top synco. Large gravels on the
road and a lot of washboard.. I will dig out some pictures..
On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 7:51 AM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> Hey dan,
>
> Took a pic of the locally famous car under a tree ( cortina mkIII) some
> years ago at the old Gordon river logging camp. The car is gone now.
>
> https://shufti.blog/2011/03/27/gordon-river-trip/
>
> Interesting history of that particular camp, some info online if you do
> some search. Late 40s into the 50s was one of the largest camps in the
> province. More like a small town with school, stores, etc.
>
> Had reputation of producing some of the best old growth doug fir.
> Changing tech etc made these camps obsolete.
>
> Alistair
>
> On Jul 22, 2020, at 8:48 AM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> *"Here on the island there are towns, communities, that can only be
> reached by logging roads."*
>
> yes.. specially in the Northern part of Vancouver Island. I remember
> seeing a shoe tree on the side of a logging road... and a car wreck under a
> tree on display...
>
> http://holberg.ca/project/nearby-attractions/
>
> On Wed, Jul 22, 2020 at 8:31 AM Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>> Well that’s the problem with assumptions.
>>
>> Here on the island there are towns, communities, that can only be reached
>> by logging roads.
>>
>> Dirt, gravel, roads that are used by logging trucks and associated
>> equipment. And also used by locals travelling to and from communities.
>>
>> The logging dynamic here on the island has changed over the last 50
>> years. Smaller crews on the whole. Smaller cut blocks.
>>
>> Active logging areas are well marked, often gated or cable strung across
>> road. The logging on the most part is carried out from the smaller spurs,
>> not the main roads. But the trucks take their loads on the main roads.
>>
>> Weekends quieter, as is the heigh of summer when most times logging is
>> suspended due to fire risk.
>>
>> Sometimes , some roads have gate locked even if no active logging. Fire
>> risk. Sometimes gates closed to reduce access to equipment on the weekends.
>>
>> I understand the mailing list is very US centric, but there are other
>> areas of the world where vans travel under different conditions :-)
>>
>> Alistair
>>
>>
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