Abernethy farm, 5, 9, 134, 162, 176
bootleggers, 21-23, 94-95, 109
legal sale of, 3, 4, 24-25, 130
Anderson, Stan and Gladys, 92-94, 113-14
Ashburnham, Doreen, 12, 13-14, 28-32
Ashburnham, Lawrence (Tufty), 11-12, 13, 31-32, 174
Ashburnham, Rosalie Winifred, 11-14, 19-20
Audain family, 26-27
B.C. Lumber Worker, 105, 112, 122, 160
Beech, Cassie and Robert, 8, 23, 109
Beline, Laurie and Ole, 161, 165
Bergren, Hjalmar, 99-102, 160, 168-69
marriage, 168
as organizer, 105-6, 107, 110, 121-22, 144, 147, 148-49
on IWA executive, 119-20, 123, 146, 150, 167
as a method of control, 101-2, 104, 121
use by union, 169
Boarding houses, 49, 51, 109, 161
during earthquake, 153
for public use, 65-66, 72, 87. See also Taxiboats
Boyd, G. C. and family, 162, 174, 180, 183
Boyd, Lt. Col. John and Elizabeth, 162-63
British Army, 25, 26, 126, 162, 171-72
British Columbia Forest Products (BCFP), 159, 160
British Columbia Loggers’ Association, 42, 105, 106, 119
Brown, Edna (née Dougan), 110, 144-45, 149, 152, 164, 165, 167
Brown, Jean (née Lewis), 185, 186-87, 194
Brown, Owen, 110, 112, 143, 164, 166, 167
CNR, 70
as family homes, 95
racially separate, 51, 116, 157
Byng, Lady Evelyn, 28
Caldwell, Charlie (Dad) and Mrs., 64-65
Campbell River, B.C., 102, 105, 119
floating, 37-38. See also Camp Six ITM
Camp Ten VL&M
Camp Three ITM
Cottonwood camp
Gordon River camp
McDonald and Murphy
Picket camp
Rounds
Camp Six ITM, 66, 84-96, 135, 189
during earthquake, 154
during 1936 strike, 113, 114, 119
union activity in, 121, 147, 148, 149
women in, 88-96
Camp Ten VL&M, 53-54, 82-84, 109
and earthquake, 154
and unions, 113, 119, 121, 147, 148
Canadian National Railway (CNR), 47-48, 59-60, 69-70, 78-79, 194
railroad camps, 70-72. See also Gas car
Canadian Northern Railway. See Canadian National Railway (CNR)
Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR), 8, 90, 151
Chemainus, B.C., 39, 53, 83, 190
Chinese, 140
contact with whites, OSSO
employment of, 3, 9, 14, 128, 133-36, 140, 158, 172-74
immigration of, 134-35
and union, 133, 139, 147. See also Racism
Clarke, Major Stanley and Gwen (née Hooper), 178-79
Clarke, Stan, 147, 153, 155-56
Clements, Percival, 192
Coal mining families, 86, 143, 145, 186
Communist Party of Canada, 44, 99, 141, 168-69
and Big Split, 166
and 1946 strike, 150
and World War II, 124, 138, 148. See also Labour Progressive Party
Communists, 110, 115-16, 140, 148, 150, 151
and 1934 strike, 105
and Taft-HartleyAct, 163
at U.B.C, 137
Cougar hunters, 58-59, 62-65, 176
Cougars, 29-30, 58-59, 62-64, 72-73
Courtenay, B.C., 35-36, 101, 119, 151
Cowichan Community Resource Board, 185, 194,
described, 1-2, 109-10, 158, 195
and earthquake, 154
head of, 59, 60, 61, 73, 77-80
Cowichan Lake Road, 1, 10, 25, 56, 194
as a health hazard, 79, 104, 161
Cowichan Leader, 166-67
editorials, 10, 47, 48, 71-72, 151
Cowichan River: and float camp, 107
log drives, 3-4
Crickmay, Kathleen, 95
Cumberland, B.C. (Union Camp), 36, 86, 90
Dalskog, Ernie, 143, 164-65, 166, 167
Deaths: in logging, 54, 70-72, 91, 102-3, 159, 160-61, 189
at CNR camps, 71-72
Depression: early end of, 52, 102, 114
Devonshire, Duke of, 30
Dods, Gordon, 120
in 1946 strike, 151
racism in, 130
Dunsmuir family, 2, 25-28, 36, 174
Earthquake, 153-55
East Indians: employment, 128, 133, 158
segregation, 51, 116, 140, 157
and union, 139, 147. See also Manak, Karm
Paldi, B.C.
Racism
Sangha, Darshan Singh
Sikhs
Singh, Kapoor
Singh, Mayo
Empire Lumber, 24, 37, 39, 42, 44, 45, 48
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway (E&N), 2-3, 8-10, 47, 101, 109, 187
Farming, 5, 6-7, 13, 74, 133-34, 187
Farrer family, 11, 12, 13-14, 19, 20, 31, 174
Farson, Negley, 46, 76, 174-75
Clannishness of, 44-45
immigration of, 41
forest, 31, 79, 82-84, 101, 107, 177
house, 6, 20, 31-32, 50, 174-75
First Nations people, 2, 24, 59-60, 192
and earthquake, 153-154
sport, 3, 4, 15-18, 26-27, 107
at the Foot, 107
Foot, The. See Lake Cowichan, B.C.
Forest Experimental Research Station, 158, 188-89
Fraser, Angus, and family, 3, 6
Simpson/Stoker, 172, 175, 177-80, 195
Garnett, Emily and Elgin, 189
Gillespie, George Kenneth (Ken), 65-66, 67-68, 75-76
Gillespie, Lucille (Hemmingsen), 11, 29, 32, 66
Gilson, Chris, 85, 86, 87, 89-90
Godfrey, Lillian (née Greenwell), 82-83, 84, 143, 144
and auxiliary, 144, 149, 152, 165, 168-69
and politics, 165-66
Godfrey, Ralph, 82-84, 97, 169
Gordon River camp, 52, 155, 156
Gordon, Stanley, 52, 55, 119, 151
Grafton, George, 121, 143, 147
Green family, 1, 172, 174, 185, 187-88
Green, Francis Jacob (Frank), 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 134
Green, Louisa (née Spencer), 7, 15, 23, 27, 187
Green, Trevor, 187-89
childhood of, 7, 23, 24, 27-28, 85
as visitor to Lot 29, 172, 174, 178, 179, 180, 182, 183, 184
Green, Yvonne (néeLoutet), 183, 188
Greenwell, Archibald Bowater: early life of, 99, 110-11
and union, 118-19, 122, 124, 143, 168, 192
Greenwell, Mary (née Ward), 124-25, 151, 160-61, 168
Gurdwaras, 129, 130, 132, 137, 139
Haggard family, 7, 15-16, 17-18, 25, 26, 126, 162
Hemmingsen, Margaret Neysmith (née Alexander), 35, 37, 39, 55, 56
Hemmingsen, Mathias, 60-61, 193
and alcohol, 53
clears log jam, 35-36
early life, 33-36
and family, 37, 39, 46, 52, 53, 55-57
and high lead logging, 38-39
and labour, 41-44
High lead logging, 38-39
Hillcrest mill, Mesachie Lake, 156-58, 161, 191
Hillcrest mill, Sahtlam, 130, 138, 139, 141, 156
Hobson, Evelyn and Harry, 79-80
Holman, Albert, Fred and Frank, 59, 61-62
Honeymoon Bay, 5, 13, 102, 111, 161, 172
Honeymoon Bay mill, 140, 147, 154-57
Hospitals, 43, 54, 55-56, 79, 103-4, 160-61
Hotels, 1, 24-25, 109. See also Lakeside, Riverside
Housing, 48-51, 77-78, 145, 161-62, 169, 186, 190
company, 48-49, 51, 129. See also Floathouses
Bunkhouses
Hundred Houses
Picket camp
Humphreys, Major Seldon and Kathleen (née Dunsmuir), 27-28
Hunter, H. W., 106, 110, 113, 122
Immigrants, 90-91, 114. See also Chinese
East Indians
Englishmen
Finns
-Japanese
Labour
Norwegians
Sikhs
Swedes
Indians. See First Nations people
Industrial Timber Mills (ITM), 48-49, 80, 147, 149, 159
IWA (International Woodworkers of America), 139, 140-41, 160
and war effort, 149, 150, 191. See also District One IWA
Local 1-80 IWA
IWA sub-locals
IWA sub-locals: Lake Cowichan, 123, 163, 166-67
IWW (Industrial Workers of the World), 41, 44, 100
James, Henry G. (Jesse), 45-47
Janes, “Dad” and Mrs., 62-64
internment of, 130, 137-39 employment of, 49, 128, 133, 158
Johnston, E. H. Lukin, 10
Kissinger, John D., 78
Koerner, Leon, 155
from prairies, 147, 185-86, 189-91
registration of, 71-72
in railroad camps, 70-72
war shortage of, 39-41, 139, 146-47, 189. See also Employment agencies
Immigrants
Labour Progressive Party, 124, 148, 149, 150, 166
Ladies Auxiliary Local 30: activities of, 112, 120, 144-46, 149-50
Communists in, 110
in 1946 strike, 151-52
organization of, 110. See also Beline, Laurie
Brown, Edna
Godfrey, Lillian
Olson, June
Wilson, Eva
Ladysmith, B.C., 53, 91, 96, 118, 151, 185
Lake Cowichan, B.C. (The Foot), 21, 82, 85, 143, 161
businesses in, 22 (See also Gordon, Stanley
Scholey Brothers’ Stores)
incorporation of, 125, 162, 166
presence of unionin, 113, 117-18, 119, 123, 147, 149
housing in, 107, 108, 161-62, 186
Lake Logging (Lake Log), 113, 119, 155, 161
and unions, 106-7, 122, 123, 149
Lakeside Hotel (Cowichan Lake Apartments), 4, 9, 11, 18-19, 62
Lengnick, Captain Charles E. Henry and Johanna, 13, 18-21, 174-75, 179
Lewis, Jim and Rachel, 185-86
Local 1-80 IWA, 123, 164-65, 16
Locomotives (Locies), 32, 80, 84, 141
Logan, David and Sarah, 73
Log booms, 67, 153, 155-56, 173
Loggers, 39-42
and injuries, 54-55, 103, 160, 185
outsiders’ opinion of, 25, 42, 118
and work, 38
unmarried, 39-40, 82, 112, 114, 120-21
See also Bunkhouses
Labour
Sawmill workers Camps
effects of, 46, 78, 80-82, 109-10, 155, 192-93. See also Contract logging
Logging companies
Railroad logging
Truck logging
Yarding
Logging companies, 3, 76, 85, 161, 194. See also British Columbia Forest Products
Empire Lumber
Hemmingsen-Cameron
Industrial Timber Mills
Lake Logging
McDonald and Murphy
Malahat Logging Company
Mayo Lumber Company
Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Company
Western Forest Industries
Logging railroad(s), 47, 80, 101
vs. truck logging, 158
LSWU (Lumber and Sawmill Workers Union), 111-12, 118-19, 120
LWIU (Lumber Workers Industrial Union), 42, 44, 100, 101, 104-5, 111
McDonald and Murphy, 32, 100-101, 106, 187
McDonald, Neil, 100-101, 104, 106, 113, 147, 155
McKinnon, Thomas Neill, 21, 22, 31
MacMillan, H. R. (Harvey Reginald), 56, 69
Malahat Logging Company, 124, 159
Manak, Karm, 127, 130, 141, 156-57
Marble Bay, 162, 170, 172, 175, 195
March, Charles (Charlie), 31, 76, 102, 179, 180, 187
March, Edith (née Wardroper), 5-7, 31, 155
March, Henry, 5-7, 13, 19, 21, 187
March, John (Jack), 6-7, 14, 31, 173, 187
Marley, Ed and Bonnie (née Swanson), 55, 183
Mayo Lumber Company, 128-29, 133, 136
Medical care, 55-56, 92-93, 103-4, 161
in CNR camps, 70-72. See also Hospitals
Safety
Mesachie Lake, B.C., 63, 156, 161, 190. See also Hillcrest mill, Mesachie Lake
Monti, Charlie, 157
Myers, Cedric and Gertrude, 154-55, 156
Nitinat (Triangle), 59, 60, 85, 92, 193
Nitinat Lake, 59, 69-70, 73, 75-76
Nixon Creek School, 85-90, 91. See also Jones, Mabel
Norman, Esther and Henry, 93
Norwegians, 33-34, 41, 44, 57, 99-100
OBU (One Big Union), 41-44, 53, 102
Oliver, William Edgar, 8, 9, 16, 18, 52, 66, 134
Olson, June Ekert, 147, 152, 168
O’Neill, Arthur Chester (Pete), 87, 88, 89, 90
Paldi (Mayo), B.C., 128-30, 133, 140-41
Palmer, E. J. (Old Hickory), 37, 39, 42, 53
Pedersen, Alice and Ivor, 190-91, 193, 194
Pelto, Mauno, 90-91
Picket camp, 112, 113, 119, 145
Pickett, Percy, 5
Politics, 74, 93, 100, 139, 148, 165-66
Port Alberni (Alberni), B.C., 49, 59, 70, 72, 119, 151
as terminus of CNR, 37, 47, 193-94
Port Renfrew, B.C., 56, 124, 159, 191, 193
Post office, 18-19, 20, 24, 48, 117, 133
Price, Douglas, 115
Pritchett, Harold, 123, 124, 150, 152, 167
Police: company, 102, 105, 117, 121, 123
Provincial, 21-22, 45, 46, 115-16, 117, 138, 143
Quamichan Lake, 7, 171, 172, 174, 177
Racism, 24, 128-29, 130, 131, 136, 156, 158
Railroad logging, 80-82, 84-85, 97, 158-59
Regeneration of forests, 158, 192-93
Reid, Fred (Willy), 14
Religion, 55, 75, 107-8, 158, 178, 186
Rhododendrons, 28, 172, 180, 195
Rigging. See Yarding
Rigging crew, 80-82, 93, 103, 133, 147
River drives, 3-4, 34, 35-36, 37
Riverside Hotel, 4, 8, 10, 61, 76
Roads, 161, 174, 182-83, 191, 195
Youbou, 79, 117. See oho Cowichan Lake Road
Logging roads
Safety, 54-55, 80-81, 97, 102-4
Sangha, Darshan Singh, 138
cuts hair, 132-33
immigration status of, 131, 133, 139
travels to Canada, 131-33
at U.B.C., 136-37
hiring policies of 127-28, 139
portable, 141. See also Medina mill
Hillcrest mills
Honeymoon Bay mill
Youbou mill
Sawmill workers, 139
vs. boom men, 156
Scholey Brothers’ Stores, 8, 19, 109, 161
interference by, 23, 85-86, 88-90
Schools, 74, 96, 107, 129, 135
Lake Cowichan, 24. See also Nixon Creek School
Schoolteachers, 23, 85, 90-91, 95, 96-97, 188. See also Jones, Mabel
Service, Robert, 67-68
Shaw Creek Game Reserve, 72, 172, 176
Shutdowns, 82, 104, 121, 186-87, 192
Sihota, Dedar, 139
Sikhs, 156
and cutting hair, 130-31
employment of, 127-28, 131, 133
and deportation, 133, 137, 139
immigration of, 126-27, 131-32
and union membership, 133, 139. See also Gurdwaras
Simpson, George Buchanan, 170-71, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179-81
Simpson, Jeanne Suzanne (Susie), 170-71, 175-77, 178, 179-84, 195
Singh, Mayo, 128-29, 131, 133, 156, 158
Skidders. See Yarding
Skid Road, 42
Carrall Street, 70
South Wellington, B.C., 96, 98-99, 122
emergency use, 78, 79-80, 93, 107
married men’s, 82
Speed-up, 102-3
Stanton, John, 163
Stevenson family, 26
Stoker, Abraham (Bram), 171
Stoker, Lt. Col. Dr. Richard Nugent and Susan (née Harden), 171-74, 178
Stone family, 156, 158, 161, 162
Strikes, 114, 123, 144; 1919, 42, 44; 1934, 104-5, 110; 1936, 111-19, 121; 1946, 150-153; 1962, 192; 1972, 192
Summer residents, 7-8, 25, 107, 109-10
Swanson family, 21, 44, 55, 174, 186
employment of, 41
immigration of, 44
Taylor, Major Austin, 69
Taylor, Tom and Marie, 78
Tenney, Elmer, 84
Thome, Billy, 26
Tidrington, Archibald, 21-23
wealthy, 25
West Coast, 74 Transportation, 13, 24, 117, 176, 190-91. See also Cowichan Lake Road
Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway
Gas car
Vancouver Island Coach Lines
Speeders
Stages
Taxiboats
Trails
Traer, Lemuel, 157
Truck logging, 141, 158-59, 191, 193, 194
UBCJ (United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners), 111-12
UMWA (United Mine Workers of America), 98-99, 111, 122
Unions, 92, 123, 147, 186, 192
grievances of, 42-43, 97, 102-4, home guard vs. old guard, 120-21
and immigrants, 41, 133, 140. See also IWA
IWW
LSWU
LWIU
OBU
Strikes
Unionization
UBCJ
UMWA
WIUC
Unionization governmental role in, 120-21, 123, 149 organizers’ role in, 101, 104, 107, 118, 121, 123, 141
tactics, 42-43, 102, 120-21. See also Bergren, Hjalmar, as organizer
Communist Party of Canada
Workers’ Unity League UBCJ (United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners), 111-12
United Organizations, 149
University of Victoria, 182, 195
Vancouver, B.C.: and loggers, 40, 96, 104
and labour unrest, 114
Vancouver Island Coach Lines, 78, 138, 191
Victoria, B.C.: businessmen of, 7-8, 10, 66, 125 (See also Oliver, William Edgar)
terminus of CNR, 37, 47, 52, 182, 187
during 1946 trek, 150, 151, 152
Victoria Lumber and Manufacturing Company (VL&M), 37, 41, 113, 149
and Humbird family, 35, 53. See also Camp Ten VL&M
union scale, 105-6, 112, 113, 119, 192
Wardroper, Captain Walter Frederick and Emily Catherine, 5-6
Watson, Florence and Ron, 77, 78, 154
Western Forest Industries (WFl), 155, 161
Whiskin, Winnifred, 95-96, 154
Whittingham, Clarence and Jean, 85, 87, 95, 116, 117
Wilson, Biggerstaff, 7-8
Wilson, Eva, 145-46, 150, 165, 167, 168
Wilson, Fred, 145, 164, 166, 167, 169
WIUC (Woodworkers’ Independent Union of Canada), 164, 166, 167-68, 169
Women
single, 95-96
and social class, 23
and unions, 117, 144, 151, 164
during wars, 14-15; 147. See also Camp Six, women in
Ladies Auxiliary
Schoolteachers
Workers’ Unity League, 101, 110, 111
effect on markets, 39, 60, 68. See also Labour, war shortage of World War II, 137-39
effects of non-aggression pact, 111, 124, 137. See also Labour, war shortage of
Yarding, 38, 69, 80-82, 91, 103, 191. See also Donkey engines
High lead logging
High riggers
Rigging crew
Spar trees
Yen, William, 135
York, Charlie, 93-94
Youbou, B.C., 48-52, 87, 135, 158, 190
attitude towards union in, 113, 115-18, 147-48
war effort in, 147
craneway, 51, 153. See also Medina mill
Fires
Sawmill workers