Photo Record
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Metadata
Catalog Number |
1991.007.006 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Man standing in front of a large log. Written on the back: "Vernon. Nov. --1958. Blondie Clark. Logger of the 30's." Vernon likely refers to Vernon Lake. Canadian Forest Products had a logging camp there. It is located in the top end of the Nimpkish watershed. |
Image File Name |
1958 - Blondie Clark - Vernon Lake - 1991007006 - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
1958/ / |
Place |
Vernon Lake |
Provenance |
A Canadian company with Austrian heritage, Canfor was founded by John G. Prentice and his brother-in-law, Leopold Bentley. The two brothers started their own small furniture veneer company, Pacific Veneer that ultimately evolved into Canada's largest softwood lumber producer, Canfor Corporation. The brothers grew their timber supply by acquiring logging rights in Nimpkish Valley on Vancouver Island. This purchase would grow into their company's Englewood Logging division. By the end of the war, Prentice and Bentley controlled far more than just a furniture veneer company, so in 1947, they renamed their company Canadian Forest Products Limited (shortened to Canfor), adopting the name of a small timber operation included in the acquisition of timber rights in the Nimpkish Valley. The company continued to grow and remains one of the largest and most successful Canadian forestry companies. Vernon Camp was established when the Englewood rail line was extended. Englewood was the last operating logging railroad in North America. It ceased operations on November 7, 2017. It ran through Woss, and past Nimpkish Lake Provincial Park to Beaver Cove. |
Search Terms |
Canadian Forest Products logging people Vernon Lake Englewood Canfor CFP Nimpkish Western Forest Products |
Collection |
Documentary, Vancouver Island |
People |
Clark, Blondie Gray |
Subjects |
people people associated with manual labor |