Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2021.004.032 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
The Inaugural Planting at Green Timbers. Depicts F.J. MacKenzie. He was the MPP for Delta and was active in the unsuccessful battle to preserve the original old growth timbers. |
Image File Name |
1930 - Inaugural Planting - Green Timbers - 2021004032 - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
1930/03/15 |
Place |
Green Timbers (Surrey) |
Provenance |
Photograph is part of an album depicting Green Timbers Nursery operations and development. The Pacific Highway stretches from San Diego, California to Surrey, British Columbia. The trees pictured were old growth trees and were the only remaining stretch of virgin forest that lined the highway. The trees spread 5,000 acres. Despite opposition, these old growth trees were felled in 1930. Green Timbers Nursery was then quickly built. The Inaugural Planting was sponsored by twenty-six selected foresters, politicians, newspapermen, farmers and businessmen. It involved 121 seedlings. It was the first attempt at reforestation in British Columbia. Twenty-seven trees from the initial planting still survive. |
Search Terms |
Green Timbers Surrey Pacific Highway Green Timbers Nursery Inaugural Planting People BC Forest Service BCFS Forestry |
Collection |
BC Forest Service |
People |
Spencer, Nelson MacKenzie |
Subjects |
People BC Forest Service Forestry/ Engineering/ Inventory |