Jack Chester's Walk Through History

Jack is the unofficial historian of Port Renfrew. He has over the years in Port Renfrew been active in timber, fisheries, trail building and many other tasks. Jack has documented through excellent pictures and research well over I would estimate 3000 pictures.
Please bear with us Jack as we try to get them on the local web site and stored and documented in the community for future generations.Thank you Jack Chester for your vision.

1 Shay locomotive being loaded in front of Sand Pipers Edge in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
1 Shay locomotive being loaded in front of Sand Pipers Edge		 10 Eric Clay & Don Clay, lived on Silver Spray Ranch in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
10 Eric Clay & Don Clay, lived on Silver Spray Ranch		 11 Bear Creek, milk coming from Cowichan, speeder 122 in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
11 Bear Creek, milk coming from Cowichan, speeder 122
The women who worked in the cook house and office for BCFP in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
12The women who worked in the cook house and office for BCFP
 13 Steam donkey in the Hemingson Creek drainage ready to load in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
13 Steam donkey in the Hemingson Creek drainage ready to load		 2 Clearcut at Bear Creek with speeder. in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
2 Clearcut at Bear Creek with speeder
3 Booming ground Castle & Sorenson 1920s where Gordon River in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
3 Booming ground Castle & Sorenson 1920s where Gordon River		 4 Carmanah Lighthouse 1920 in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
4 Carmanah Lighthouse 1920		 5 Climax, unknown man in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
5 Climax, unknown man
Habitat restored! Ted Mahler in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
50a Habitat restored! Ted Mahler		 Habitat restored! near Lower Harris Creek Bridge in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
50b Habitat restored! near Lower Harris Creek Bridge		 Bear Creek cook house 1940s in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
51 Bear Creek cook house 1940s
52 Bear Creek School 1940s in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
52 Bear Creek School 1940s		 Booming ground Castle & Sorenson 1920s where Gordon River in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
53a Booming ground Castle & Sorenson 1920s where Gordon River		 Booming ground Castle & Sorenson 1920s where Gordon River in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
53b Booming ground Castle & Sorenson 1920s where Gordon River
Booming ground Castle & Sorenson 1920s where Gordon River in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
53c Booming ground Castle & Sorenson 1920s where Gordon River		 Booming grounds, Morland at mouth of Gordon River 1930 in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
54a Booming grounds, Morland at mouth of Gordon River 1930		 Booming grounds, Morland at mouth of Gordon River 1930 in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
54b Booming grounds, Morland at mouth of Gordon River 1930
Unloading pier at booming grounds Port Renfrew in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
55 Unloading pier at booming grounds Port Renfrew 		Logs stored during bad weather at Cove Bridge Malahat Log in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
56 Logs stored during bad weather at Cove Bridge Malahat Log		 a log shute at Thrashers Cove mid 1930s in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
57a log shute at Thrashers Cove mid 1930s
log shute at Thrashers Cove mid 1930s in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
57b log shute at Thrashers Cove mid 1930s		 Logs Splashing in Thrashers Cove Log shute 1939 in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
57c Logs Splashing in Thrashers Cove Log shute 1939		 Logs on truck 1939 in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
58a Logs on truck 1939
Stan Harrison's logging truck late 1940s in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
58b Stan Harrison's logging truck late 1940s		 Harrison Logging gas shop 1950 in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
59 Harrison Logging gas shop 1950		 Alfie Franks brother of Ms Larry Rowland other brother own in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
6 Alfie Franks brother of Ms Larry Rowland other brother own
Industrial site 1960s newr Port Renfrew Marina in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
60 Industrial site 1960s newr Port Renfrew Marina		 Passing track at 6 mile near Port Renfrew in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
61 Passing track at 6 mile near Port Renfrew		 Castles and Sorenson's dump 1920s in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
62 Castles and Sorenson's dump 1920s
hand fallers standing on springboards 1930s in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
63 hand fallers standing on springboards 1930s
7 Malahat Logging #4 Climax 		Breakwater pier - booming - 1937 in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
8 Breakwater pier - booming - 1937
Beachcamp near church 1938 in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
9 Beachcamp near church 1938		 P.R. history, Botanical, $30k sign in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
P.R. history, Botanical, $30k sign		 P.R. history, Kathy Rogers
P.R. history, Kathy Rogers
P.R. history, Last living survivor of St. Clair disaster. Dave
P.R. history, Last living survivor of St. Clair disaster. Dave		 P.R. history, Plank road to Botanical Beach built by th (1)
P.R. history, Plank road to Botanical Beach 		P.R. history, Plank road to Botanical Beach built by the University in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
P.R. history, Plank road to Botanical Beach built by the University
P.R. history, Rescuing the MACS, sandbar near Cove Bridge 1 in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
P.R. history, Rescuing the MACS, sandbar near Cove Bridge 1		 P.R. history, Indian dugout canoe in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
P.R. history, Indian dugout canoe		 P.R. history, rescuing the MACS on sandbar near Cove Bridge in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
P.R. history, rescuing the MACS on sandbar near Cove Bridge
P.R. nature, Red Elderberries, prolific in Port Renfrew
P.R. nature, Red Elderberries, prolific in Port Renfrew		 P.R. nature, bird in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
P.R. nature, bird		 P.R. nature, butterfly in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
P.R. nature, butterfly
P.R. nature, driftwood in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
P.R. nature, driftwood		 P.R. nature, ferns in rainforest in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
P.R. nature, ferns in rainforest		 P.R. nature, flower in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
P.R. nature, flower
P.R. scene, Brown's mountain in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
P.R. scene, Brown's mountain		 P.R. scene, Main channel of San Juan, Island Rd in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
P.R. scene, Main channel of San Juan, Island Rd		 P.R. scene, Pondor's mountain in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
P.R. scene, Pandora's mountain
P.R. scene, Port San Juan sunset in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
P.R. scene, Port San Juan sunset		 P.R. scene, fishing fleet San Juan Bay in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
P.R. scene, fishing fleet San Juan Bay		 Sombrio, Beach in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
Sombrio, Beach
Sombrio, Oke home in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
Sombrio, Oke home		 Sombrio, Rivermouth Mike's in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
Sombrio, Rivermouth Mike's		 Sombrio, house in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
Sombrio, house
Sombrio, house in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
Sombrio, house 		Sombrio, house in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
Sombrio, house 		Sombrio, totem in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
Sombrio, totem
thirty thousand dollar sign in Port Renfrew British Columbia Vancouver Island Canada
thirty thousand dollar sign.