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Kaatza Station Museum and Archives collection ➔ [Group photo of lumber mill workers from the British Columbia Forest Products community in Youbou, B.C.]

Item
Identifier:
2023_06_01_016
Repository
Kaatza Station Museum and Archives
Repository Web Site
https://www.kaatzastationmuseum.ca/
Repository Identifier
N00383.tif
Date
1947;Date(s) of creation
Extent
1 photograph : b&w
Format
still image
Description
Group photo 66 lumber mill workers from the British Columbia Forest Products community in Youbou, B.C. The workers are posed in 4 haphazard rows amidst the sawmill equipment and piles of lumber at a log deck[?].
Location
British Columbia;Vancouver Island;Cowichan Lake Land District;Youbou
Language
English
Notes
BCFP Youbou Community, 1947. Kaatza Station Museum & Archives, N00383, IWA Local 1-80, Wilmer Gold Photo Collection, ©United Steelworkers Local 1-1937. British Columbia Forest Products was a milling company founded in 1946. In 1987, it was bought out by Fletcher Challenge Limited and renamed Fletcher Challenge Canada. In 2000, it was bought out by Norske Skog and renamed Norske Canada. In 2005, the company rebranded as Catalyst Paper Corporation, the name it is presently known by. According to the Labour History exhibit collection, Industrial Timber Mills Ltd. was incorporated into British Columbia Forest Products [date not known].
Rights Statement
In copyright
Subject Headings - SACDA
South Asian Canadian men;Sikh men;South Asian Canadian sawmill workers
Subject Headings - Library of Congress
Timber [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85135386];Lumber trade [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85078814];Sawmill workers [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85117788];Sawmills [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85117790];Bunkhouses [http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2018000036]