Industry - Logging: Sawmills
Texada Island Heritage Society

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Built to supply the mines and rapidly expanding communities on Texada Island. Pacific Lime started a sawmill in Blubber Bay in 1898, which later burned down in 1943.

Records show that in 1900 the Van Anda Sawmill (Later Carter Bros.) with a capacity of 12,000 ft. per day. These mills supplied not only Texada with lumber but also communities such as Pender Harbor, Madeira Park and Powell River.

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Accession Number: 2006.10.157
Title: Pacific Lime Sawmill, Blubber Bay, circa 1928

Accession Number: 2006.58.68
Title: Carter's Sawmill, Van Anda circa 1910
 

Accession Number: 2001.17.80
Title: Sawmill carriage at Pacific Lime Sawmill

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