The Forest

Terrace has always been
an important logging area -
with numerous firms at work
in the woods and four mills.

Cedar poles are a major
export item. A total of some
50,000 poles are manufac-
tured annually. From
Terrace the finished poles
are shipped all over the
continent for hydro and
telephone use.

MacGillis and Gibbs, an

American firm, put ina pole- -

preserving treatment plant
about ten years ago, This
company has the distinction
of removing the longest
cedar pole in the world from
the woods near Meadow
Creek. [t came out as 19
feet, was trimmed to 160 feet
and is now used in New York
State as a river-span sup
port.

Other products include -

shingles and shakes, finished
lumber, and pulp wood for
the Prince Rupert mill.
MacGillis and Gibbs,
Cancel-Pohle Lumber,
LH&K and Price Skeena
employs a total of about 600
people in their milis. This
figure does not include the

people at work in the woods .

supplying these mills. .

In the past, Terrace has
always relied heavily on her
woods industry. But that day
is coming to an end. Every
year the timber stands
become less and less ac-
cessible as more trees are

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cut. Consequently logs are
harder ta transport, and
logging becomes less
economical,

Many Terrace people now
either work for Eurocan in
Kitimat, or travel to the

Queen Charlotte-Islands or
Vancouver Island to work.
Likely the forest industry
will always’ employ some
people at Terrace. But the
peak years may have come
and gone.

Progressing
with

Terrace

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