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Category: Forestry

The Hastings Sawmill, 1872

The Hastings Sawmill, 1872

The Hastings Sawmill started production in 1867 on the south side of Burrard Inlet.
Royal City Planing Mills, New Westminster, ca. 1888

Royal City Planing Mills, New Westminster, ca. 1888

A view of New Westminster, taken from the top of the James Cunningham house on Agnes Street near the corner of Eighth Street. The Royal City Planing Mills […]
William Henry Vanetta and another man logging

William Henry Vanetta and another man logging

The Vanettas were another Aldergrove pioneering family that would intertwine with the history of the Jackmans. William Vanetta was a witness to Philip Jackman’s Aldergrove land declaration. Additionally, […]