Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2018.057.106 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Canadian Forest Products Englewood Logging Division railway logging setup. |
Image File Name |
unk - Canfor Railway Logging - Nimpkish Valley - 2018057106 - jpg72 - 001 |
Date (y/m/d) |
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Place |
Nimpkish Valley |
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. |
Search Terms |
Railway tracks Fire car People Canadian Forest Products Canfor Englewood Nimpkish Valley |
Collection |
Documentary, Vancouver Island |
People |
Hatfull |
Subjects |
Railway Vehicles |