- CA SQPL 31-023
- August 18, 1963
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).
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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).
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).
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.