Stump To Dump Logging for over 40 years
Holbrook Dyson Logging
HDL is an award-winning logging company on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. Our expertise in west coast logging is unparalleled.
HOLBROOK DYSON LOGGING IS A STUMP-TO-DUMP INDEPENDENT LOGGING CONTRACTOR ON NORTHERN VANCOUVER ISLAND
HDL employs approximately 50 people and contractors to conduct falling, yarding, loading, hauling, road maintenance, roadside brushing, and road construction operations. Our company is also capable of dry land sorting and log booming. In addition to its contract with Western Forest Products, HDL harvests timber and constructs roads for other licensees and successful bids directly with BC Timber Sales.
HDL was incorporated in 1979 to provide log-harvesting services for Canadian Forest Products’ Englewood Division (Canfor), on TFL 37. Holbrook Dyson Logging changed ownership in 2003 through a share purchase by the Alm-Wood Group. This group has considerable experience ranging from timber development to log marketing on the coast of British Columbia.
Since Western Forest Product’s takeover of TFL 37 in 2006, Holbrook Dyson Logging has also become part of Western Forest Product’s Chain of Custody Sustainable Forestry (SFI) certification. In addition, Holbrook Dyson Logging complies with Western Forest Products and BC Timber Sales’ Environmental Management Systems (EMS). Holbrook Dyson Logging is a SAFE Certified Company with the BC Forest Safety Council.
Through its relationship with Canfor and then Western Forest Products (WFP), Holbrook Dyson Logging meets the International Standards Organization (ISO 14001) and the Canadian Standards Association (CSA Z809) requirements.
HDL also performs harvesting and road-building services for Atli Resources LP, a Namgis First Nation tenure in the Nimpkish Valley.
HDL respectfully acknowledges that our operations are located on the traditional territories of the Namgis, Mowachaht/Muchalaht, K’ómoks, Tlowitsis, We Wai Kum, and Kwakiutl First Nations.
SAFETY IS OUR NUMBER ONE PRIORITY
- We believe that all fatalities and injuries are preventable.
- We believe in a culture where the health and safety of all workers is an overriding priority.
- We believe that excellence in health and safety is important to our long-term success.
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Sustainability
Strive for and achieve a competitive advantage and a high measure of profitability, while maintaining high-quality, efficient, and environmentally sound logging practices.
Safety
Ensure the highest level of safe working conditions to reduce the occurrence of time loss and maintain SAFE Certification with the BC Forest Safety Council.
Community
We support the local Carhi High Forestry Program, facilitating trips to our operations. Student’s to get hands-on knowledge of our harvesting and road-building operations. Additionally, we provide a yearly grant for students continuing education in forestry.
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Our mission is to conduct our operations safely, promote a healthy working environment and attitude within the company, and prevent injuries to our fellow employees. The cooperation of everyone is essential to make the woods a safe place to work.
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Another day, another load on the landing! 🌲💪
The grapple yarder’s swinging logs in, and the log loader’s stacking them up—teamwork at its finest.
Steep ground, long pulls, and big timber—just another day in the woods! 🌿🚜
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🚧 Road building in action! 🚜
A Hitachi ZX350 excavator loads rock into an articulated dump truck as part of a logging operation deep in the backcountry.
🌲🏔️ Tough machines, skilled operators, and breathtaking views—essential work to keep the industry moving! 💪🔥
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🚂 TBT the railway days 🪵
301 locomotive pulling into Vernon Reload with a string of empties. An empty truck is getting its trailer loaded.
📸 photo from Charlie Forrester
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📸 Some great photos from back in the day from Charlie Forrester
He says “2260 with a load of boomsticks at the Vernon reload. The truck is fully chained up because freezing rain was coming down. It was so slippery I could barely walk around. We still drove though” 🥶❄️
Talk about nerves of steel these talented guys have 💪
Thanks for the photos Charlie!
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Drilling some holes in the rock for the explosives💥🧨
The guys are busy making new roads to get into a new block 🌲
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Carving paths through the wilderness! 🌲🚜
Building rugged logging roads to keep the industry moving forward.
Hard work, tough terrain, and heavy machinery get the job done! 💪
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🪵 Pulling some logs on a beautiful sunny but snowy day ❄️☀️
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🥶☃️ Just your average morning commute.. behind a beast of a logging truck on an icy backroad! ❄️
Who else has to take the "scenic route" to work??
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🪃 TBT to David McKenzie in the 2265 back in 1998! 🪃
Check out the size of that log‼ 🪵👇
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Where the road is rough, the work is tough, and the views are unbeatable.
A winter day on the logging roads—remote, demanding, and essential to keeping the industry moving.
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Navigating the backroads of winter—where precision, experience, and resilience meet.
A fully loaded logging truck making its way through the snow-covered forest, a true testament to the strength of the industry and those who keep it moving.
Stay safe out there! ❄️🚛
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Phone: (250) 287-2513
Fax: (250) 287-9259
Address
2500 N Island Highway, P.O. Box 640 Stn A, Campbell River, BC, V9W 6J3