Bloedel Fire (Sayward) 1938

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Bloedel Fire (Sayward) 1938 Ignition: July 5, 1938 Cause: Sparks from yarding engine just north of Campbell River

Bloedel Fire (Sayward) 1938 View from the Campbell River Estuary of the smoke.

Bloedel Fire (Sayward) 1938 “Tinder-dry woods are like Dynamite” B.C. Chief Forester E.C. Manning July 15, 1938

Bloedel Fire (Sayward) 1938 Fire advancing toward Forbidden Plateau

Bloedel Fire (Sayward) 1938 The fire consumed more than 30,00 hectares (75,000 acres) of forest.

Bloedel Fire (Sayward) 1938

Bloedel Fire (Sayward) 1938 Logging practices of the time had left abundant slash fuels, which contributed to it’s rapid spread.

Bloedel Fire (Sayward) 1938

Bloedel Fire (Sayward) 1938 Unemployed men from as far away as Vancouver were hired to fight the fire for 25 cents an hour.

Bloedel Fire (Sayward) 1938

Bloedel Fire (Sayward) 1938 It took 1,500 men one month to control the fire, which was finally put out by rain.

Bloedel Fire (Sayward) 1938

Bloedel Fire (Sayward) 1938 No lives were lost Timber and property amounted to $780,000 (in 1938 funds) (today’s equivalent would be tens of millions of dollars)

Bloedel Fire (Sayward) 1938 The fire stretched from Campbell Lake to Comox Beavertail Lake on the Elk River Camp 8 road.

Bloedel Fire (Sayward) 1938 The fire stretched from Campbell Lake to Comox

Bloedel Fire (Sayward) 1938 Up to the time of the Sayward fire, reforestation after a wildfire in BC was accomplished through natural reforestation.

Bloedel Fire (Sayward) 1938 After the fire

Bloedel Fire (Sayward) 1938 It was realized that without a massive artificial reforestation effort, the Sayward would never again be a productive forest.

Bloedel Fire (Sayward) 1938 Clearing forest debris

Bloedel Fire (Sayward) 1938 In 1939, work started on the largest planting project ever in B.C. The area was the size of Quadra Island. This was a massive undertaking for the time.

Bloedel Fire (Sayward) 1938 Tree planting crew after the Sayward fire

Bloedel Fire (Sayward) 1938 In one month, 763,550 seedlings were planted. This project launched the B.C. reforestation program.

Bloedel Fire (Sayward) 1938 Moving the meat house Part of tree planting camp from Loveland Lake to Lawson Lake. One of the many tree planting camps replanting after the Sayward Fire.

Bloedel Fire (Sayward) 1938 Today, the Sayward forest is again producing lumber.

Bloedel Fire (Sayward) 1938 “The Sayward Forest... stands as a living showcase for the benefits of silviculture...

Bloedel Fire (Sayward) 1938 “... It also stands as a monument to the hard work and dedication of many... without whose effort none of this would have been possible.” -Dave Parker, Minister of Forests 1988

The end... of the beginning