Woodfibre and Howe Sound, 1957
- CA SQPL 37-055
- 1957
BC Government Air photo showing Watt's Point area.
Photo by: Department of Lands & Forests.
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Woodfibre and Howe Sound, 1957
BC Government Air photo showing Watt's Point area.
Photo by: Department of Lands & Forests.
Woodfibre and Howe Sound, 1957
BC Government Air photo.
Photo by: Department of Lands & Forests.
Woodfibre and Howe Sound, 1957
BC Government Air photo.
Photo by: Department of Lands & Forests.
Woodfibre and Howe Sound, 1957
BC Government Air photo.
Photo by: Department of Lands & Forests.
Woodfibre and Howe Sound, 1957
BC Government Air photo.
Photo by: Department of Lands & Forests.
Woodfibre and Howe Sound, 1957
BC Government Air photo.
Photo by: Department of Lands & Forests.
Woodfibre and Howe Sound, 1957
BC Government Air photo.
Photo by: Department of Lands & Forests.
Trinity Church - Woodfibre, BC
Part of St. John's Scrapbook Collection
Last service on September 24, 1972.
Left to right: Mrs Grace Clarke, Mrs Ruth (Frankie) Wilson, Mrs Peggy Barnfield, Woodfibre resident, Mrs Annie Moon, Reverend A.E.W. Godwin, Mrs Daisy Barnfield, Mrs Margery Hammerstrom, Mrs Nancy Rudkin, Mrs Margery Bruce.
Photo by: Bob Bruce.
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 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.
Woodfibre - plant and townsite
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.
Squamish Public Library, Squamish Files: Place Names.
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.
Fish boats tied up at Woodfibre
Fishing was allowed in the north end of the Sound.
Woodfibre and Howe Sound, 1957
BC Government Air photo.
Photo by: Department of Lands & Forests.
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).
Marion Van Horlick with Helen Hendreson at Woodfibre, 1961
Photo by: Gordon Sedawie (Province clipping, 1961).