The Legacy of John Waldie and Sons: A History of the Victoria Harbour Lumber Company
Name/Title
The Legacy of John Waldie and Sons: A History of the Victoria Harbour Lumber CompanyEntry/Object ID
2013.67.03Tags
Lumber History, Lumberjacks, Logging History, Ontario History, Victoria Harbour Lumber Company, Simcoe County, OntarioScope and Content
Book discussing the history and development of the Victoria Harbour Lumber Company in Victoria Harbour, Ontario (township of Simcoe).Context
The book discusses the history of both the company as well as the founder, John Waldie. It is broken down into chapters, they are as follows: 1. Who was John Waldie? 2. The Lumber Industry John Waldie Entered 3. The Victoria Harbour Lumber Company 1886-1907 4. The Victoria Harbour Lumber Company 1907-1927 5. Where did the Logs Come From? 6. The Village of Victoria Harbour 7. The Victoria Harbour Lumber Company 1927-1942 8. The Western Waldie Lumbermen The Victoria Harbour Lumber Company was founded by John Waldie in 1886 in the township of Simcoe, Ontario. It was an incorporation of three mills the Kean, Fowlie, and Power. However, John Waldie died in 1907, and at the time of his death the company was producing 200,000 board-feet per day and was the second largest of its type in Canada. By 1911 Victoria Harbour was the largest village in Simcoe County. However, during the First World War, Mill No.1 was torn down, and Mill No.2 suffered a fire. By 1920 most of the commercial pine had been harvested. On November 26, 1927 the company ceased operations and the third- and last remaining Mill was torn down.Collection
Lumber History Collection, The Victoria Harbour Lumber CompanyCataloged By
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