Accession Num: 2014.018.1504
Negative Code: S1087B-7
Extent:
Document Date: 1973-08-16 - --
Donors: Denis Stanley
Creators: Denis Stanley
Keywords: 1970s, beehive burner, Columbia River Shake & Shingle, Columbia River Shake & Shingle fire (1973), fire, forestry, and sawmill
Locations: Nakusp
Physical Description:
1 b/w negative (60 mm)
Notes:
Ruins of Columbia River Shake & Shingle mill, Kuskanax delta, Nakusp, smouldering after fire on 16 August 1973. The fire began in the beehive burner and engulfed between 15 and 20 acres, destroying CRSS and the neighbouring B.J. Carney poleyard. Reconstruction began immediately and the mill was reopened in April 1974.