Sawmills

Item is a picture of a man putting wood into an Indar Fuel truck for transportation at Albert McMahon's sawmill, located at Suicide Creek, Mission. Indar Fuel Company was founded by Indar Singh Gill, where he carried fuel until 1958. His business declined when natural gas was starting to be used instead of fuel. The landscape includes evergreen trees and the mountains of the Fraser Valley.

Letter from Jack Miller, Manager, Paragon Sawmills Ltd. to Mayo Singh regarding mill cut and a cheque for mortgage instalment.

Photo of a mill in Port Alberni where Gurbakhsh Narang used to work. There is a parking lot with various cars visible in the photo as well as some power lines. Stacks of lumber can also be seen.

Photo of a mill in Port Alberni where Gurbakhsh Narang used to work. There is a parking lot visible in the photo. There is also power lines visible in the photo.

An aerial photo of the Doman Industries Ladysmith sawmill. The property, situated parallel to Ludlow Road, consists of a large, roughly rectangular artificial landmass built onto the waters of Ladysmith's sheltered harbour. The majority of the property is taken up by lumber yards where lifts of lumber are stored in tall stacks. A cluster of milling buildings and warehouses sits roughly in the centre of the property near to the road into Ladysmith. The property is dotted with regularly spaced utility poles. A few small sheds stand at the waters edge, with one having an attached parking lot. The water immediately abutting the property is used as a log pond, where felled trees float arranged in large, rectangular sections.

A long lift of lumber wrapped in white plastic packaging sits on a raised track in an unidentified Doman Industries sawmill. Through a garage door exit in the background, more lifts of lumber in white plastic packaging can be seen piled in an outdoor lumber yard. Mountains and trees can be seen behind them.

A conveyor belt sits idle inside the Doman Industries Silvertree Sawmill in Vancouver, B.C. Various pieces of sawmilling equipment can be seen behind the conveyor belt or mounted on cross beams below the ceiling.

In a brick building at an unidentified sawmill in China, Herb Doman and another businessmen examine a number of thin strips of roughly-cut wood placed on a small wheeled cart. Herb's face is cut off by the upper edge of the photograph. Three more businessmen stand behind them. A wagon laden with long, straight wooden boards sits further back in the room. Smaller boards sit piled near the periphery of the room. The floor is covered in wood shavings. A crowd of onlookers stands at the edge of the room, gathered near a garage door leading outside. Another building and a short tree can be seen in the background.

Roughly-cut logs of various lengths sit piled in a dusty lumber yard at an unidentified sawmill in China. A brick is leaned against one pile to keep it from falling over. Dense trees and low buildings under a clear sky can be seen in the background.

A crowd of six workmen and businessmen gather near a deck at a sawmill in China. A chair sits on the floor near the crowd. Another workman can be seen farther back, standing near a machine. The floor is covered in wood shavings. Machinery, lights and scaffolding can be seen in the background. Faint sunlight shines in through windows on the rear and left walls.