Anecdotes
It was formed in 1910 by A.D. McRae in partnership with Colonel Davidson, a Toronto capitalist and land developer and Mackenzie and Mann of the Canadian Northern Railway. A Dominion Charter granted in 1910 to take over the different properties of the Fraser River Lumber Co.
They were owners and operators of the Fraser Mills and the Columbia River Lumber Co at Golden BC. The mill is reputed to have been the second largest in the world at the time (1910).
They began logging in the Comox Valley in 1909 using its subsidiary the Comox Logging & Railway Co. incorporated in 1910.
In 1912 the company owned 175 retail lumber yards on the prairies. The President was J.D. Cormack.
In 1953 Robert J. Filberg was appointed as President.
References
- Isenor, D.E., W.N. McInnis, E.G. Stephens and D.E. Watson (1987)
- Boam, H.J., A.G. Brown (ed.) (1912)
