Canadian Western Lumber Company Limited fonds. 1899-1992.

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Canadian Western Lumber Company Limited fonds. 1899-1992.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/606460779

The fonds consists of records of the Canadian Western Lumber Company Limited, including agreements and other documents pertaining to the organization and development of the company, financial records, insurance records, stocks and shares records, personnel records, photographs, and timber records. The fonds also includes records of its predecessor companies, Fraser River Lumber Company and Fraser River Saw Mills, and its allied and subsidiary companies, including the Columbia River Lumber Company Limited; Fraser Mills Sash, Door & Shingle Company; Columbia Western Lumber Yards Limited; Canadian Tugboat Company Limited; Western Canada Lumber & Fuel Company/Coast Lumber & Fuel Company Limited; Coast Lumber Yards Limited; Comox Logging and Railway Company; Crown Lumber Company Limited; The Golden Light, Power and Water Company Limited; and, Security Lumber Company Limited. Also included in the fonds are records of its successor company Crown Zellerbach Canada Limited, and records of and pertaining to another CZ Canada Ltd. company, Pacific Mills, Limited at Ocean Falls, BC, and its predecessor companies. The fonds also includes some records of British Columbia Forest Products Limited, which, like CZ Canada Limited, was acuqired by Fletcher Challenge, New Zealand. The fonds includes slides and photographs of several of Fletcher Challenge Canada Limited's operations and products. Records of the North Coast Lumber Company Limited and the Vernon Box Company LImited may also be found in the fonds; the relationship of these companies to the Canadian Western Lumber Company Limited is unknown. The fonds has been arranged into the following series: Agreements and other documents pertaining to the organization and development of the company (1914-1954); Financial records (1910-1955); Insurance records (1910-1954); Photographs ([1919]-1956); Stock and shares records (1910-1955); Personnel records (1941-1972); Timber records (1913-1940); Fraser River Saw Mills Limited and Fraser River Lumber Company Limited records (1905-1912); Fraser Mills Sash, Door and Shingle Company records (1914-1919, 1944-1948); Columbia River Lumber Company Limited records (1899-1951); Columbia Western Lumber Yards Limited records (1913-1929); Anacortes Lumber and Box Company records ([ca. 1906]-1934); Canadian Tugboat Company Limited records (1912-1978); Western Canada Lumber and Fuel Company (Coast Lumber and Fuel Company Limited) records (1911-1942); Coast Lumber Yards Limited records 91911-1962); Comox Logging and Railway Company records (1906-1954); Crown Lumber Company Limited records (1909-1965), the Golden Light, Power and Water Company Limited records (1908-1923); North Coast Lumber Company Limited records (1908); Security Lumber Company Limited records (1915-1954); Vernon Box Company Limited records (1926-1930); Pacific Mills, Limited (Ocean Falls) arecords (1906-1954); Crown Zellerbach Canada Limited records (1926-1974); British Columbia Forest Products Limited records ([ca. 1937]-1964); and Fletcher Challenge Canada Limited slides and photographs ([198-]-1992).

35.2 m of textual records and other material.

University of British Columbia Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7781712

University of British Columbia Library

Related Entities

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Canadian Tugboat Company.

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Western Canada Lumber and Fuel Company.

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Vernon Box Company.

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Columbia Western Lumber Yards.

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Canadian Western Lumber Company.

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In 1889, the Ross, McLaren Mill was opened at Millside, an area near New Westminster, British Columbia. The mill had cost $350,000 to build, and was headed by President James McLaren, a Quebec timber investor and President of the Bank of Ottawa, and Vice-President Frank Ross. Production at the mill began in 1890. In addition to new facilities and a large amount of capital to support it, the mill also possessed the transportation benefits of frontage on the Fraser River and a spur line to the Can...

Security Lumber Company.

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Comox Logging Company

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North Coast Lumber Company.

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Pacific Mills

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The company was a cotton and worsted manufacturer located in Lawrence, Mass. From the description of [Payroll record]. 1897. (American Textile History Museum Library). WorldCat record id: 50083831 Pacific Mills incorporated in 1853; textile mills built by the Essex Company, Lawrence, Mass.; in 1923 had 27 brick buildings and a floor space of 135 acres; at that time the largest manufacturer in the world of percales; also produced a variety of other fabrics. From t...

Crown Zellerbach Canada.

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Fraser Mills Sash, Door and Shingle Company.

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Golden Light, Power and Water Company.

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Fraser River Lumber Company.

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Columbia River Lumber Company

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Fraser River Saw Mills.

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Coast Lumber and Fuel Company.

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Anacortes Lumber and Box Company.

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Fletcher Challenge Canada Limited

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Coast Lumber Yards.

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British Columbia Forest Products Limited

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Crown Lumber Company.

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