THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER CLOSED CIRCUIT TV is used to check hog fuel stored for steam plant. An operator controls the fuel entering or leaving the storage bins and the TV now allows the operator to see the whole process without entering the bins. IWA The original mill started production around the latter part of the 19th century, and was called the McLaren Mill. In the years 1905-06-07-08, the McLaren Mill had been re- built and enlarged under the name of Fraser River Saw- mills. In 1909, a shortage of skill- ed sawmill workers resulted- in the company arranging to bring out French-Canadian mill men from Quebec. A Rae. special CPR 13 car train ar- rived from Montreal in Octo- ber of that year with 110 workmen and their families. This migration resulted in the start of the French speaking community of Maillardville, immediately up the hill from the millsite. In 1910, the Fraser River Sawmills was re-organized under the name of Canadian Western Lumber Company Ltd. During the next three ame one PLANER MILL. One of the four stickers which manu- facturer a variety of is Napoleon Sauve, Local 1-357. molding and gutter stock. Operator at kpeven member and trustee of VISITS CROWN ZELLERBACH BUILDIN “) CAMERA materiats umirep-FRAseR MILLS years, the sawmill was mod- ernized, a door factory added, more homes built in the town- site known as Fraser Mills, and the market expanded by addition of retail outlets in Al- berta and Saskatchewan. The Plywood Plant, completed in 1913, was the first Douglas Fir Plywood Plant in Canada. In 1950, Canadian Western teamed up with Crown Zeller- bach Canada Limited (then Pacific Mills Limited) , to con- 5 a XC 1 POE ERS. ae Fi Sd Jee Ae CHART ON WALL is a reproduction of the conveying system used to control flow of fuel from bins to furnaces firing boilers. struct a newsprint mill at Duncan Bay, near Campbell River, Vancouver Island. This was the first newsprint mill in 15 years, and the first in British Columbia in 35 years. In 1953, Canadian Western became an affiliate and subse- quently a Division of Crown Zellerbach Canada Limited. Since 1961, it has been oper- ating under the name Crown Zellerbach Building Materials Ltd. Today, this is a modern plant with barkers barking approximately 1,400 logs per day, a sawmill cutting an av- erage of 650,000 feet of lum- ber per day, and a plywood plant turning out 500,000 square feet of plywood per day (%8” basis). The entire operation em- ploys approximately 900 work- ers who are members of Lo- cal 1-357 IWA. SAWMILL bridge crane operated by Chris Andersen.