Port Renfrew History

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.

Shay locomotive being loaded in front of Sand Pipers Edge	Eric Clay & Don Clay, lived on Silver Spray Ranch	Bear Creek, milk coming from Cowichan, speeder 122
The women who worked in the cook house and office for BCFP	Steam donkey in the Hemingson Creek drainage ready to load	Clearcut at Bear Creek with speeder
Booming ground Castle & Sorenson 1920s where Gordon River	Carmanah Lighthouse 1920	Climax, unknown man
Habitat restored! Ted Mahler	Habitat restored! Near Lower Harris Creek Bridge	Bear Creek cook house 1940s
Bear Creek School 1940s	Booming ground Castle & Sorenson 1920s where Gordon River	Booming ground Castle & Sorenson 1920s where Gordon River
Booming ground Castle & Sorenson 1920s where Gordon River	Booming grounds, Morland at mouth of Gordon River 1930	Booming grounds, Morland at mouth of Gordon River 1930
Unloading pier at booming grounds Port Renfrew	Logs stored during bad weather at Cove Bridge Malahat Log	Log shute at Thrashers Cove mid 1930s
Log shute at Thrashers Cove mid 1930s	Logs Splashing in Thrashers Cove Log shute 1939	Logs on truck 1939
Stan Harrison's logging truck late 1940s	Harrison Logging gas shop 1950	Alfie Franks brother of Ms Larry Rowland other brother own
Industrial site 1960s newr Port Renfrew Marina	Passing track at 6 mile near Port Renfrew	Castles and Sorenson's dump 1920s
Hand fallers standing on springboards 1930s	7 Malahat Logging #4 Climax	Breakwater pier - booming - 1937
Beachcamp near church 1938	P.R. history, Botanical, $30k sign	P.R. history, Kathy Rogers
P.R. history, Last living survivor of St. Clair disaster. Dave	P.R. history, Plank road to Botanical Beach	P.R. history, Plank road to Botanical Beach built by the University
P.R. history, Rescuing the MACS, sandbar near Cove Bridge 1	P.R. history, Indian dugout canoe	$30,000 sign
P.R. nature, Red Elderberries, prolific in Port Renfrew	P.R. nature, bird	P.R. nature, butterfly
P.R. nature, driftwood	P.R. nature, ferns in rainforest	P.R. nature, flower
P.R. scene, Brown's mountain	P.R. scene, Main channel of San Juan, Island Rd	P.R. scene, Pandora's mountain
P.R. scene, Port San Juan sunset	P.R. scene, fishing fleet San Juan Bay	Sombrio, Beach
Sombrio, Oke home	Sombrio, Rivermouth Mike's	Sombrio, house
Sombrio, house	Sombrio, house	Sombrio, totem

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