1846 



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was in the neii^hborhood of $('20,000: 

 the Pearson Mill at Barnet, where Ihe 

 destruction wrought was something 

 like 310,000. Tlie Yarrow mills in- 

 creased the amount by another SV2,- 

 000, and the Apex mills at CJoverdale 

 by $5,000. 



Several thousand cords of shingle 

 bolts were destroyed at the Campbell 

 R'ver Lumber Company's plant at 

 Hall's Praine and Pine Grove. Two 

 thousand acres of lightly wooded 

 country were swept in Columbia 

 Valley in Cultus Lake district, ilames 

 in this region sweeping right across 

 the international boundary. Be- 

 tween Powell River Townsite, and 

 Powell Lake, one of the most serious 

 fires raged for several days, threaten- 

 ing the mills of the Powell Lake 

 Lumber Company and the Brooks- 

 Bidlake Cedar Company. Here the 

 obstacles in the path of the fire-war- 

 dens were of an almost insurmount- 

 able nature, but despite these, good 

 work was done with the means at 

 their disposal. The International 

 Timber Company's No. 4 camp at 

 Campbell R'ver was attacked with 

 the result that five valuable logging 

 engines were ruined and others had a 

 narrow escape. It is estimated that 

 the damage done there was approx- 

 imately .>"^5,000. As before stated, 

 there is scarcely a region in the whole 

 of the province, with the exception of 

 Kamloops, Cranbrook, where rain 

 fell, and Nelson, but has been the 

 victim of the flames. And this ap- 

 p'ies also to Vancouver Island. 



On the latter Courtenay was one 

 of the greatest sufferers. No less 

 than three outbreaks were raging at 

 one and the same time. Camp 2 of 

 the Comox Logging and Railway 

 Company went up in flames and 

 smoke, the, Westholme Lumber Com- 

 pany's plant likewise suffered, a 

 million feet of standing timber was 

 razed near Courtenay, and the great- 

 est difficulty was experienced in sav- 

 ing Mr. Berkeley Grieve's mill. 



These are only a few of the most 

 serious conflagrations during the sea- 

 son, in which the month of June con- 

 tributed the greatest part. As a 

 matter of fact, according to official 



statements, June of 1918 has estab- 

 lished a record which could not be 

 equalled again in this respect. 



One of the strong phains between 

 public sentiment in British Columbia 

 and the forest conservation cause is 

 the need for the regulation of stream 

 How, upon which so much of the 

 fertility of the province depends. 

 Deforestation has greatly aggravated 

 conditions in the Kootenay \'alley 

 on the watershed of which about 

 thirty per cent of the forest cover 

 has been burned off. Reproduction, 

 however, is most promising and is 

 beginning already to act as a pro- 

 tective factor. 



An interesting investigation is 

 being developed by the Government 

 of British Columbia for the reclama- 

 tion of many thousands of acres of 

 valuable lands now flooded each 

 summer by the waters of Kootenay 

 Lake. The soil thus rendered useless 

 is capable of growing excellent crops. 



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