
Ocean Falls’ first sawmill was built in 1909 by Ocean Falls Company. The Bella Coola Pulp and Paper Company organized and staked leases on approximately 80,000 acres which, ultimately provided the foundation for pulp and paper projects and the sawmill in Ocean Falls.

Ocean Falls [harbour and buildings 1941 (Creation) Coltman, Alfred Donald (Don) (Photographer) Steffens-Colmer Studios Ltd. (Photographer) Williams Bros. Photographers Collection

original 1915 print of the interior of the Power House in Ocean Falls, British Columbia, Canada. Ocean Falls used to be a company town with its residents working in the pulp and paper mill.

original 1915 print of the pipe line in Ocean Falls, British Columbia, Canada. Ocean Falls used to be a company town with its residents working in the pulp and paper mill.

original 1915 print of the pipe line and power house in Ocean Falls, British Columbia, Canada. Ocean Falls used to be a company town with its residents working in the pulp and paper mill.

print of the pipe line and Link River in Ocean Falls, British Columbia, Canada. Ocean Falls used to be a company town with its residents working in the pulp and paper mill.

Boilermakers from Lodge 359 installing the steam drum of a new boiler at the Ocean Falls generating station in 1938.
The hydroelectric power plant was originally built in 1917 as part of the Pacific Mills pulp and paper mill.
Photos from the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers archives collection “The Boilermaking Career of William Charun, Member of Lodge 359, 1948 to 1980’s.”
Photos courtesy of Richard MacIntosh, International Representative.





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