. Canadian forest industries 1911. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 24 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER. Victoria'Harbor Lumber Co.—No. 1 Mill and Planing Mill. Victoria Harbor Lumber Co.—No. 2 Mill, showing Tramway. Important Sawmills of Georgian Bay No. 1. The Victoria Harbor Lumber Company's Splendid Plant—Com- bined Product of 300,000 ft. Per Day—A Model Yard Piling System At Victoria Harbor, Ont., which is situated near the southeast end of Georgian Bay, are located the three mills of the Victoria Harbor Lumber Company, one of the
. Canadian forest industries 1911. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. 24 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER. Victoria'Harbor Lumber Co.—No. 1 Mill and Planing Mill. Victoria Harbor Lumber Co.—No. 2 Mill, showing Tramway. Important Sawmills of Georgian Bay No. 1. The Victoria Harbor Lumber Company's Splendid Plant—Com- bined Product of 300,000 ft. Per Day—A Model Yard Piling System At Victoria Harbor, Ont., which is situated near the southeast end of Georgian Bay, are located the three mills of the Victoria Harbor Lumber Company, one of the pioneer lumber manufacturing companies of the Georgian Bay district. Victoria Harbor is one of the lumbering towns which dot the shores of the Georgian Bay and which practically owe their existence to the lumber industry. The town is delightfully situated and from the practical lumbering point of view has advantages which have counted much in the de- velopment of the Victoria Harbor Lumber Company's business. The Victoria Harbor Lumber Company was organized about 1886 by the late John Waldie, a man who made for himself, in the lumber business of Canada, a name which stands in the highest rank. When he went into the lumbering business he had already obtained an intimate acquaintance with its details, having had much to do with it through his banking connections. The mill, which was taken over by Mr. John Waldie at Victoria Harbor in 1886, was on the site of what is now known as the No. 2 mill. This mill had formerly been the property of Mr. Richard Power, from whom it was acquired by Mr. Waldie. Mr. Waldie at once commenced to develop the industry along the lines which have since been followed successfully by himself in his lifetime and by his sons who succeed- ed to the ownership of the business. Subsequently a timber mill was built which is known as No. 1 mill and this was followed in 1900 by the erection of another mill which is known as No. 3 mill. These three mills
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