Forests and markets expand for British Columbia lumber
Special correspondence reports on local social notices in Wardner and Cranbrook plus a long speech praising British Columbia forests. It notes hospital nurse Jessie McDougall and various residents visiting, moving, or returning, and ends with a discussion of the province's timber industry and its future markets across Canada and abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie McDougall
St. Eugene
Cranbrook
Wardner
Norman Moore
Delta
Alta
FM. Stearns
Tazel
Spokane
Len Renwick
Manistee
Miss Ramsay
Acheson
Moresters
Charles Martin
New Michel
Muckley
Princedward Inland
Bull River
Della Dow
Otfo Wisner
Aggleshaw
Henry la Pointe
Rocky Mountains
Astern Canada
British Columbia
Prairies
Canada
Forest Province
Railway Building Across Western Canada Expands Network
Massive work on the Canadian Northern railway pushes west from Edmonton toward Port Mann and the coast. Crews advance grading and steel on multiple lines including Edmonton Athabasca Landing and Camrose to Alsack, with bridges planned at Pembina and Macleod rivers and a direct Edmonton Calgary link nearing completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mimonton
Atha
Sept
Twenve
Canadian Northern Railway
Tolmonton
Port Mann
Edmonton
Athabasca Landing
Jasper Pass
Robies
Pacific Ocean
Kamloops
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Fin Twistle
Pembina River
Tete Juan Cache
Rockies
North Thompson River
Naniloops
Tete Jian Cache
Kanloops
Hinton
Entwistle
Macleod River
Athalauseay River
Fiddle Creek
Peace River
Whitecourt
Grand Prairie
Athabasca
Oliver
Demonton
St. Paul de Metis
Sturgeon River
Battenburg
Battleford
Saskatchewan River
Camrose
Canadian Northern
Winnipes
Calgary
Vegreville Calgary
White Star
Lacombe
Red Deer
Brazeau
Vegreville-Calgary
Warden
Hudson's Bay Trading Company
Rocky Mountain House
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Katchewan River
Saskatoon
Berry Creek
Sask
Munson
Drumbheiler
Vegreville
Forest Wealth Continues to Shrink Logs Scarce on Frontiers
The article notes logging retreat to headwaters slows transport with a year to mill lumber. It cites dwindling eastern and western timber, with many eastern lumberjacks migrating westward to find usable logs after fires strip vast areas from Lake Winnipeg to the Rockies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa River
Lake Winnipeg
Rocky Mountains
Forest Key to British Columbia Power Prosperity
An advocacy argues forests must remain on upper slopes and valleys to prevent floods and silting, ensuring irrigation and hydro projects stay functional. It claims BC’s river systems can fuel industrial growth, drawing capital, population, and industry to remote areas, with forests providing stability and long term power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Canada
Astern Canada
Vancouver Island
Alps
Forest
A Thousand Hills
Dr Martel’s Female Pills Advertised as Standard Remedy
An 19th century advertisement touts Dr Martel’s Female Pills as the standard prescribed remedy for women’s ailments with quick, permanent results and available at all drugstores. The copy emphasizes scientific preparation and proven worth.
Notices to Apply for Lands Prospecting and Licenses East Kootenay
Thirty days after dates intend to apply to the Chief Commissioner of Lands and to the Assistant Commissioner of Lands for the District of East Kootenay for a license to prospect coal and petroleum on lands north of Michel Creek between the McInnes Group and Crows Nest Pass Coal Company area. The location includes posts marking initial corners of Weismann and Hopson claims with chains and boundaries described, dated August 20. Location by Weismann and Hopson with agents Batice Lameroux.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dace
East Kootenay
Ces
Uate
Michel Creek
Canadian Pacific Railroad
McInnes Group
Crows Nest Pass Coal Company
Crows Nest Pass
C.K. Weismann
District of
McInnes
Canadian Pacific
Cranbrook Tricultural Association Offers Rail Fare Deals
The directors announce cheap rail rates arranged with the CPR from Fernie and south of Cranbrook, from Kootenay Landing north to Cranbrook, and along the Kimberley Branch. Tickets on sale from the 17th to 18th with fare reduced to one third plus display required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbrook
Notice of duplicate title for Wardner lots
Notice that a duplicate Certificate of Title will be issued for Lots 1 and 2, Block 41, Town of Wardner Map 639 after one month from first publication. The certificate is dated July 25, 1898, and registered to W. M. Levie. District Registrar Sam's KR Roe, Nelson, B C, July 27, 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Town of
Wardner
W. M. Levie
Sam's KR. Roe
Trespassers warned on Bardarrock property
Property area formerly Patton's Lake is posted with a legal notice stating trespassers will be prosecuted under 33-81 A. H. Playle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bardarrock
Patton's Lake
Playle
Lands license claim on Michel Creek North Fork area
The District of East Kootenay seeks a license to 640 acres along the North Fork of Michel Creek about six miles north of the CPR line. The described parcel lies between the McInnes Group and A Hopson’s NW corner, starting at J K Wilson’s SW corner and following 80 chains each direction. J K Wilson is the locator with Batice Lamercoux as agent.
Lewis Bowls Claim For 640 Acres Near CPR North of Canada
August 20 1912 notice locating a six hundred forty acre land claim about six miles north of the Canadian Pacific Railway. The description begins at J K Wilson south west corner and marks Lewis Bowlus southeast corner. Boundary runs 80 chains each direction returning to the start. Locator is Lewis Bowls with Hatice Lameroux as agent. 35-5
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. K. Wilson
Lewis ‘Bowls
Lewis Bowlus
Lewis Bowls
Hatice Lameroux
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry
Coeur D'Lene
Mabel Anderson
St. Andrew's Church
Miss Anderson
Lonie Larson
Scott
Hull
Carlin and Fenwick
Fort Steele
Lucier
Kootenay
Johnson
Collingwood
Ont
Dingman
Victoria
Till
Pill and Co
Monton
Citef Forester McMillan
Cruz State
Dr. Martel
Cranbrook Agricultural
City of
Robert F. Davis
Fernie
Nelson
B. C
Lake View
Paul Handley
St. Mary’s Lake, B. C
Marysville
the Home Bakery
Norbury Ave
City Hall
Ee Pacific
G. McNeillie
A. Hopson
Batice Lamercoux
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