Dozens of miniature carved axes and peavies on stumps created by Joe St. Pierre. Photo's caption reads "Model axes and peavies - the whittling work of Joe St. Pierre. Joe was a French Canadian and expert with an axe and carving tools. He was making rustic signs in the late 1930's. Joe made park signs and furniture as a one man operation in the early 1940's"

In Collection:

• Chester P. Lyons Collection

Contributor

• Lyons, C. P. (Chester Peter), 1915-

Subject

• Parks--Maintenance
• Wood sculpture
• Parks--Management
• British Columbia. Ministry of Forests
• Nature
• Wood-carving
• Wood-carved figurines
• Logging--Equipment and supplies
• Natural history
• BC Parks
• Parks

Language

• eng

Date created

• 1940s

Resource type

• Still Image

Rights statement

• No Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Only

Extent

• 1 photograph ; 12.5 x 18 cm

Geographic Coverage

• British Columbia

Coordinates

• 53.99983, -125.0032

Physical Repository

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Collection

• Chester P. Lyons Collection

Provenance

• Fonds donated to UVic Archives by Lyons' daughter, Susan Lyons, in 2007.

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• photographs
• black-and-white photographs

Archival item identifier

• Accession Number: 2007-039; Series: Photographic materials; Subseries: 03; File: 4.12.4

Fonds title

• Chester P. Lyons fonds

Fonds identifier

• AR409

Is referenced by

• Archival Finding Aid: https://search.archives.uvic.ca/chester-p-lyons-fonds

Date digitized

• March 2025

Technical note

• Scanned on Epson Expression 1300XL (600 DPI tif) by LG. Metadata by KD.

Rights

• This item is under copyright and made available on this site for research and private study only. Commercial use is prohibited. For all other uses please contact UVic Libraries' Special Collections and University Archives.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/gg3x-p824

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