Lumber industry

Photo of the bird-eye view of Paldi. It was called Mayo Siding before the name change to Paldi.

Photo of an operational Mayo Lumber Mill. The view is the connecting point of the lumber mill and the mill pond with a belt like structure to move logs from the mill pond to the lumber mill. The background shows smoke arising from the chimneys of the mill.

Photo of Mayo Lumber Mill which was damaged by a fire in 1918 and later rebuilt in 1919. After rebuilding the lumber mill operated at a daily output of 50,000 feet of lumber. Some mill workers can be seen on the top of a wooden structure in front of the building.

Image of lumberyard workers sitting outside of a Khalsa Diwan Society building.

Image of a group of people standing and sitting on the front porch of the Mayo Lumber Co.'s Duncan Branch office and store.

Image of Mayo Singh (right), Doman Singh (center) and Kapoor Singh Sidhu (left) standing in a forest.

Image of a man sitting on a pile of lumber on a horse-driven cart. Two men in coveralls stand to his left.

Image of a group of primarily South Asian workers on a lumber site.

Advertisement for the Mayo Brothers Timber Company (later known as the Mayo Lumber Co.) that was placed in the Cowichan Leader newspaper.

Image of an exhibit model at the Canadian Museum of Civilization. The display case has a model of a Sikh lumber worker and didactics on wood in the Pacific North west.