Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1991.007.002 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Nimpkish Valley. Dense forestry and a mountain range can be seen. Canadian Forest Products logging camp Woss is also visible in the distance. |
Image File Name |
1947 - Camp Woss - Nimpkish Valley - 1991007002 - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
1947/ / |
Place |
Camp Woss, Nimpkish Valley |
Provenance |
Woss is an unincorporated community located in the Nimpkish Valley. Historically, the valley has been an important source of timber and home to the longest working logging railway in North America (76 miles/122 km). Camp Woss has had extensive ties to the logging industry. 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. Locomotive #133 worked extensive at Camp Woss and the surrounding area. A photo of it can be found in the photos catalog (2017.008.001). |
Search Terms |
Canadian Forest Products Woss Camp Nimpkish Valley logging camp CFP Canfor CFP |
Collection |
Documentary, Vancouver Island |
People |
Gray |
Subjects |
Camp |