Second Camp Second Tie Camp Area Simon Creek area 67
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“Simon Creek” – Camp 2 69
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Third Tie Camp 71
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Otto Brothers 73
Contractors James C. Gibson David E. Conroy Tom Stapley Dennis (“Dinny”) Hogan Jack, Bruce and Closson Otto 74
Otto Brothers – guides, outfitters, garage, taxi 75
Pocahontas Coal Mine c. 1915 David E. Conroy 1928 Proposal 76
Canadian Militia North-West Rebellion 1885 Thomas B. Stapley -- Militia 77
Lethbridge sawmill 78
Broad Axe – tie hacking 79
Edd Neighbour Hauling a sleigh-load of wood. 80
Sleigh-load of Railway Ties 81
Tie Landing site – Camp 1 area 82
Tie Landing 83
Watering Ties from a Jam 84
Pointer – log-driving skiff 85
Log-driving Pointer – Camp 2 Tom Peterson photo 1987 – Roy Richards & Wally Butler 86
Ernest J. Sorenson Tie Driver d. 1 August 1924 87
“Deadman” at Maligne River 88
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“Tie Island” Pier 91
Pier in Athabasca -- Jackladder Area 92
Possible Jackladder Boom Layout 93
Holding Boom 94
The Jackladder 95
Tie Production 1921 - 1927 Whirlpool Railroad Tie Production 100,000 90 K 90,000 80,000 70,000 60 K 60,000 50,000 40,000 40 K 30,000 20 K 20,000 10,000 0 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 300,000 96
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Boom Logs on the Delta Cold Sulphur Spring 99
The Jackladder – End of the Drive 100
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