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B.C. Provincial Buildings, Prince Rupert

CTimber “Resources and Local
CForest Yudustries

HE timber industry is one of the main supports of
Prince Rupert and its surrounding district. Re-
cent estimates by the B.C. Forest Service, for the Prince
Rupert Forest District show the following stand: Hem-
lock, 15.7 billion feet board measure; Balsam Fir, 8.27
billion; Western Red Cedar, 8.27 billion; Sitka Spruce
the species from which aeroplane stock is obtained— 7
billion, with an additional 12 billion feet of Englemann
Spruce, Lodgepole Pine, Douglas Fir, Cottonwood, ete.

PULP—Large modern pulp and paper plants at Ocean
Falls and Powell River provide a market for Spruce, Bal-
sam and Hemlock. High-grade Spruce is sawn in mills at
Prince Rupert and Vancouver; lower grades form pack-
ages for fish and other products. ‘The existing pulp
companies depend increasingly on this Northern coast
and the Queen Charlotte Islands for the Spruce required
in making high-grade paper, and plans are under way
for the establishment of a Pulp mill at Prince Rupert.
This plant would be advantageously situated in the cen-
tre of large supplies of pulp timber, and with exceptional
facilities for deep sea shipping to reach world markets.

LUMBER—Sawmills located here are in a good posi-
tion to supply whatever rail or water markets may
develop. With the anticipated development of trade on
the pacific, this business has great possibilities.

POLES—Skeena and Queen Charlotte Island poles of
tall, straight, close-fibred red cedar have already establish-
ed an enviable reputation for large sizes and high quality.
They are shipped to the Canadian West, Ontario, the
Middle and Western States, and California. Cedar and
Spruce piling is purchased in considerable quantities for
railway construction and replacements, and shipments
have been made as far East as the Great Lakes. Large
quantities of piling are produced annually for wharves
and docks along the coast. Piles from this district are
produced in almost any desired length, clean, straight
and sound, and with very little taper.

TIES—The hewn tie industry supplies all the Canadian
National Railway’s local requirements, and considerable
quantities have been shipped to prairie points. Large
untouched reserves of tie timber, principally Lodgepole
Pine, exist to take care of future demands for many
years to come. Tie making provides a ready and very
necessary source of ready cash for hundreds who are
establishing themselves on new farms.