Brass Band in Labour day Parade, 1950
- CA SQPL 31-001
- 1950
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Brass Band in Labour day Parade, 1950
Dock and warehouses collapsed due to an underwater slide carrying piling out from under the dock. 1400 tons of pulp and 5 forklilfts lost, 1955 in Woodfibre.
Dock and warehouses collapsed due to an underwater slide carrying piling out from under the dock. 1400 tons of pulp and 5 forklifts lost in Woodfibre.
Wood pulp boiler exploded at 3pm on August 18. 1963. Seven men were killed and 300 men were put out of work until the recovery room was repaired.
Photo by: Den England (clipping from Vancouver Sun, August 19, 1963).
Fish boats tied up at Woodfibre
Fishing was allowed in the north end of the Sound.
Main Street of Woodfibre, 1961
Photo by: Gordon Sedawie (Province clipping, 1961)
The name for the Woodfibre area (once a community but now solely the site of a pulp mill by the same name) was established in 1921 as the result of a contest. The previous was Mill Creek and had to be changed because there was another post office of the same name. The winner of the contest and $50 prize was Cathy Haar.
Main Street, with Canadian Legion on the right. Woodfibre, circa 1953.
The name for the Woodfibre area (once a community but now solely the site of a pulp mill by the same name) was established in 1921 as the result of a contest. The previous was Mill Creek and had to be changed because there was another post office of the same name. The winner of the contest and $50 prize was Cathy Haar.
Marion Van Horlick with Helen Hendreson at Woodfibre, 1961
Photo by: Gordon Sedawie (Province clipping, 1961).
Results of wood pulp boiler explosion
Results of a wood pulp boiler explosion at 3pm on August 18, 1963. Seven men were killed and 300 men were put out of work until the recovery room was repaired.
Photo by: Stan Walter (Province clipping, August 19, 1963).
Vancouver Ladies Pipe Band in Labour Day Parade, 1953
Winter in the arly 1960's, main street in Woodfibre.
Woodfibre Plant construction, 1960
Woodfibre Plant construction, 1961
The name for the Woodfibre area (once a community but now solely the site of a pulp mill by the same name) was established in 1921 as the result of a contest. The previous was Mill Creek and had to be changed because there was another post office of the same name. The winner of the contest and $50 prize was Cathy Haar.