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New Westminster: Buildings That Endure and Those That Vanished
If you love exploring historic photographs and imagining the stories behind them, you may have noticed that information about old images is often scarce, and much of what we know may survive only in local archives or through community memory. Yet, these photographs remain powerful windows into the past, inviting us to rediscover forgotten stories. […]
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Bloedel Limited Fonds, Part 2: The Powell River Company
Last week, we took a brief look at the origins of the Powell River Company. You can read that post here. To recap: The Powell River Company Ltd. operated from 1909 to 1959 and was once considered one of the largest forest products companies in the world, producing newsprint, paper, lumber, panelboard, and containers. This […]
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Bloedel Limited Fonds, Part 1: The Powell River Company
In 2016, we briefly explored the MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. and its predecessor, the Powell River Company Ltd., which you can read here. A quick recap: MacMillan Bloedel Ltd. began in 1909 as the Powell River Paper Company Ltd. Over the years, it became one of the largest forest products companies in the world, producing newsprint, […]
