Denis Marshall’s Sawdust Caesars: Early Logging and Sawmills of the Salmon Arm Area documents the timber extraction and milling industry that fundamentally shaped the settlement geography of Shuswap Lake and the Salmon River basin. The text details the establishment of major sawmilling enterprises—such as the Salmon River Lumber Company—alongside railway tie camps, lake-towing steamboat operations, and seasonal flumes. Marshall illustrates how intensive commercial timber harvesting was superimposed over the forested slopes and river drainages stewarded by the Secwépemc Nation, detailing the labor dynamics, environmental changes, and economic shifts that accompanied the extraction boom across the interior railway belt.

British Columbia Salmon Arm Region, Forest products industry British Columbia History, History, Logging British Columbia Salmon Arm History, Lumber trade British Columbia Salmon Arm History, Sawmills British Columbia Salmon Arm History

Includes bibliographical references.

Includes bibliographical references.