Bloedel, Stewart & Welch Ltd. was incorporated in B.C. on July 12, 1911 and bought 10,000 acres (4000 hectares) of prime timber at Myrtle Point for $100,000. At Myrtle Point, they constructed a railway camp that operated from 1911-1928 using several logging locomotives.

The 'One Spot', one of the Shay locomotives used at Myrtle Point,  is on display at the British Columbia Forest Museum in Duncan. When Myrtle Point finished operations in 1928, the ‘One Spot’ continued its career in Menzies Bay and Great Central Lake, before almost being sold to the Philippines.

Bloedel, Stewart & Welch introduced ‘high-leading’ in the woods, a method where, instead of being dragged along the ground, they are suspended in the air and do less damage both to the logs and the terrain.

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