Lamming Mill Site Traditional Cache
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Ever since they were boys, Ernest (1903-1984) and Oscar (1898- ) and Gordon Lamming of Sault St. Marie, Ontario worked in their father’s sawmill.
In 1934 they started their own mill at Rocky Mountain House, Alberta. When timber became scarce, they were attracted to the Robson Valley by Adrian Monroe, who wanted to sell the logs and timber that remained after his mill burned down.
Until 1946, a portable mill was used at various locations. In 1945 a new mill was started at Mile 5.4 west of McBride, with a six-car siding. The Canadian National Railway agent called the siding Lamming Mills in imitation of other mill towns in BC.
At its peak of production, around 1960, their mill shipped about 10 million board feet of lumber a year. Many of the 80-man crew lived in the nearby town-site, which grew to a population of about 250. It had its own school, church, post office (open from 1945 to 1969), community hall, and company store.
At one time, the brothers had three sawmills operating, at Dome Creek, Lamco Road, and Lamming Mills. Ernie worked at the sawmill until it closed in 1966, and for three years after ran a small mill next to Zeidler’s further east toward McBride.
Today, there is a Cedar mill operating on the actual site of “Lamming Mills” mill site.
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