Lumbering Prince Rupert, B.C. Logging
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Lumbering and Logging

OTH these industries show a marked improvement this
B year, and it is advisable to remember that this dis-
trict supplied practically all the aeroplane spruce
during the late war, which goes to show the quality of the
timber grown.
There are virgin stands of timber in the district con-
servatively estimated at 42,000,000 acres and _ carrying
approximately 15,000 feet to the acre, awaiting development.

Lumber and Logging Statistics 1923

Timber Cut, square feet .... 183,287,904
Poles and Piles, lineal feet 1,717,496
Ties, in number .... 662,630
Cordwood, cords .... 3,373 %4

As a Lumbering and Pulp and Paper producing centre,
Prince Rupert occupies a most enviable position, being the
terminus of one of the greatest railway systems on the
continent, and having the most fayorable natural harbor
conditions of any port on the Pacific; together with the vast
timber resources at its very doors.

The Canadian National Railway, in entering Prince
Rupert, passes through a timbered area more than 500 miles
in width within which distance are located numerous saw
mills, while the coast line both to the north and to the south
is broken by numerous long inlets and natural canals pene-
trating virgin forests. To these is added the Queen Charlotte
Islands, home of the “BIG SITKA SPRUCE,” with their vast
timber wealth.

The saw mills adjacent to Prince: Rupert and along the
Canadian National Railway, on the western slope, have a
daily capacity of more than a million feet of lumber, in
addition to which is a large production of cedar poles, piling
and railway ties.

Raw material for the production of pulp and paper is
almost unlimited, with water powers and transportation
facilities available for the successful development of such
industries.

What with the vast timber resources, available water
powers, transportation facilities and an open door to the
markets of the world through the Port of Prince Rupert,
Northern British Columbia offers a most attractive field for
lumbering activities.

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