Forum: Photography


Subject: May Challenge Entry

Masema opened this issue on May 23, 2003 ยท 16 posts


Masema posted Fri, 23 May 2003 at 3:14 PM

Thanks for the comments...this was taken near Vancouver Canada. There is some history behind this place if anyone's interested: In the early 1900's, this spot was occupied by one of the largest sawmills in the British Empire. The mill was built in 1889 at the site of a new CPR (Canadian Pacific Railway)station. David MacLaren, the owner, named it "Barnet" after his wife's family. The Barnet Mill stood unused untill 1899 when economic conditions at last made it's operation worthwhile. A settlement grew up around the mill, and by 1909 the village of Barnet boasted 21 families, a school, post office, telegraph office, CPR station, police, water and electrical services. However, the Depression ended Barnet's prosperity and the mill closed in 1931. It reopened in 1939 as the Kapoor Sawmill, but was destroyed by fire in 1946. Plans to rebuild the mill to it's former scale never materialized, and the town began to fade. A small replacement mill was finally dismantled in 1958. Today, few traces remain of the once-prosperous mill and town. This story was taken from a plaque near-by. Hope you found this as interesting as I did. Just goes to show you that there is history everywhere, you just gotta look for it :)