Kaatza Station Museum and Archives collection

Group photo of 19 lumber mill workers from the #1 Planer Day Shift at Industrial Timber Mills Ltd, Youbou, B.C. The workers are seated in 2 rows in front of a planing mill. Two men in the front row hold a wooden plank reading "#1 Planer Day Shift". The planer is a machine that smooths and cuts logs of rough lumber to desired thicknesses and dimensions. more

Group photo of 19 lumber mill workers from the #3 Planer Shift at Industrial Timber Mills Ltd, Youbou, B.C. The workers are seated in front of a planing mill[?] in 2 rows of 9 with 1 man standing behind them. The planer is a machine that smooths and cuts logs of rough lumber to desired thicknesses and dimensions.

Group photo of 10 Sikh lumber mill workers at the Hillcrest Lumber Company, Sahtlam, BC. Two of the workers are seated, the rest are standing. They are posed in front of a stack of long wooden planks, behind which can be seen a partially forested[?] stand of trees.

Group photo of a crowd of people standing on the front steps of the Hillcrest Gurdwara [Sikh Temple] in Sahtlam, B.C. The gurdwara is decorated with triangular flag bunting.

Group photo of 32 lumber mill workers at Industrial Timber Mills Ltd, Youbou, B.C. The workers stand in 3 rows, posed amidst piles of wooden planks on the sawmill's log deck[?]. more

Group photo of Sikh men standing in front of the Hillcrest Gurdwara [Sikh Temple] in Sahtlam, B.C. The gurdwara is decorated with triangular flag bunting.

Group photo of 13 South Asian lumber mill workers from the #1 Planer Day Shift at Industrial Timber Mills Ltd, Youbou, B.C. Six workers are seated on sawhorses, the rest are standing. The workers are posed on the deck of a building at the logging camp[?]. The planer is a machine that smooths and cuts logs of rough lumber to desired thicknesses and dimensions. Back Row: Sandager S. Chahl; Harbent… more

Group photo of 15 lumber mill workers from the #2 and #3 Planer Shed Day Shift at Industrial Timber Mills Ltd, Youbou, B.C. The workers are posed inside of a warehouse in front of tall stacks of wooden planks. Six of the workers are seated on a dolly, 7 of them are standing, and 2 of them are sitting on metal joists suspended from the ceiling.The planer is a machine that smooths and cuts logs of… more

Group photo 66 lumber mill workers from the British Columbia Forest Products community in Youbou, B.C. The workers are posed in 4 haphazard rows amidst the sawmill equipment and piles of lumber at a log deck[?].

Group photo of 30 lumber mill workers from the Day Shift at Industrial Timber Mills Ltd, Youbou, B.C. The workers are posed in 3 rows amidst piles of wooden planks on the log deck[?].

Photo of Dalip Singh leading two cows down a dirt road in Youbou, B.C.

Photo of 8 young girls posed in the grass in front of a fence at the 1943 Lake Cowichan Dominion Day parade. The girls are wearing tutu-like dresses and paper hats decorated with pictures of a sun rising behind pine trees and text reading "IWofA". Together, the girls are holding up 5 cloth banners with various union slogans printed on them. more

Group photo of 47 lumber mill workers at Industrial Timber Mills Ltd, Youbou, B.C. The workers are posed in three rows on a log deck[?] amidst piles of wooden planks of various sizes. Four boxcars sit on a railway to the left of the workers. Behind the boxcars, a lone worker stands posing atop a pile of wooden planks.

Group photo of 46 lumber mill workers at Industrial Timber Mills Ltd, Youbou, B.C. The workers are posed in three rows on a log deck[?] amidst piles of wooden planks of various sizes. Four boxcars sit on a railway to the left of the workers.

Photo of a bunkhouse and cookhouse for the South Asian labourers at Industrial Timber Mills Ltd, Youbou, B.C.