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Campbell River Museum fires up steam donkey

The Museum at Campbell River fired up its steam donkey on Labour Day, an annual event that brings steam and logging history enthusiasts out.

The Museum at Campbell River fired up its steam donkey on Labour Day, an annual event that brings steam and logging history enthusiasts out.

Steam donkeys were, essentially, longline cranes used throughout the coastal logging operations in the early part of the 20th Century.

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