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Western Forest Industries Ltd. fonds Sub-series
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Blueprints, drawings, maps and plans

The subseries consists of blueprints, drawings, maps and plans, some of which predate the company founding in 1946. The items are in the form of approximately 150 rolls (many rolls contain multiple sheets) and 11 flattened plans and maps.

The records have been divided into two categories: (1) maps and plans regarding logging and logging areas; (2) drawings and blueprints of structures and equipment. The maps and plans (approximately 70 rolls) relate to logging and logging areas, surveys, timber cruises, timber leases, timber sales, booming grounds and reforestation. The drawings and blueprints (approximately 80 rolls) relate to equipment, mills and other structures; for example, mill equipment, the gang mill, bard mill, shingle mill, boilers, chipper, chipscreen, conveyor feed, powerhouse, kilns planers, Crofton wharf, Chemainus Chip Dump and log dumps.
In addition, there are blueprints and drawings related to structures at the Honeymoon Bay townsite and Gordon River; these include, for example, the community halls, doctor’s office, office building, store, coffee shop, warehouse, linen house, office, and one-room school, etc.

Cartographic materials and architectural and technical drawings are also located in series CM/ES4. Cruise maps and timber estimates are also located in series MS-3137.

Western Forest Industries Ltd.

Extraction, manufacturing and company townsites

Subseries consists of technical drawings and maps showing a logging camp (Gordon River), a sawmill (Honeymoon Bay) and other W.F.I. facilities devoted to the extraction of timber and the manufacture of wood products. This subseries is arranged into further subseries principally by location. Other related drawings of equipment can be found in the textual records: MS-1333, box 71 (various files).

Honeymoon Bay

Sub-series consists of maps and plans of the Honeymoon Bay sawmill site and townsite, buildings, machinery, power supply and community facilities. This subseries is arranged in several artificial files according to area of the mill or to the non-mill part of the site.

Logging division

Includes, but is not limited to: accident record books, assessment returns for industrial roads and bridges, cruise records, leases and correspondence, road costs, timber licences and survey plans.

Manager

Includes subject files of the manager including authorization for expenditures, budgets, annual reports, records of Director's meetings and other related material.

Resources : land and timber holdings, surveys, cruises, roads, etc. [multimedia]

Subseries consists of maps documenting W.F.I.'s land and timber holdings: cadastral maps, forest cover maps, surveys, timber cruises, logging maps and road and railway maps. Many maps are handcoloured. Other related maps can be found in the textual records: Add. MSS. 1333, boxes 76, 78, 83- 84 (various files).