Tag Archives: sawmill

Down by the bay

Posted on April 12, 2018 by Katherine

I was at the Ladysmith Marina and thought that a shot of the log loading gizmo at the Western Forest Products Saltair Sawmill was interesting.

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Vanishing Vancouver Island

Posted on February 21, 2018 by Katherine

Although this is a nice shot of a Helijet Sikorski S-76A transitioning into a ground effect hover at the Nanaimo flight centre, what you can’t see is actually the focus of the image. The Western Forest Products’ sawmill buildings and … Continue reading →

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Port Alberni – the mill

Posted on February 16, 2018 by Katherine

One of the pulp mill buildings in Port Alberni

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Thomson Bros. Lumber CO. LTD sawmill

Posted on September 17, 2017 by Katherine

Thomson Bros. Lumber Co. LTD sawmill – still operating In 1966, 19 year old Joe Thomson left a $2.25 an hour union job at Field Sawmills, purchased 2½ acres with a house next to Cumberland Road for $3,500, and built … Continue reading →

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Nanaimo – Wellcox Yard

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Katherine

The view of Wellcox Yard and the shuttered saw mill – Esplanade Street, Nanaimo

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Nanoose – the bricks on the beach

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Katherine

I like to know what the history of things that I’m looking at so I did some research into the Clayburn, and Kilgard bricks that are scattered on the shore of Nanoose Bay at the site where the Red Gap … Continue reading →

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Western Forest Products – Duke Point

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Katherine

The Western Forest Products sawmill at Duke Point

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Nanaimo – where a mill once was

Posted on October 13, 2014 by Katherine

In 1951 George William Dorman and his brother Fred opened their Brechin sawmill at Departure Bay near the B.C. Ferry terminal in 1951. In 1957 George started a  small chipper mill on Stewart Avenue, a neighbouring property owned by one … Continue reading →

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