Fraser Mills Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia

Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. On C.N.R., in Coquitlam, N. side Fraser River, New Westminster Land District

Mapped Location

Fraser Mills: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

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General information on Fraser Mills

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Fraser Mills

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
Fraser Mills Official

 

A Selected Bibliography of Fraser Mills, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia

A compilation of essential readings detailing the history, geography, and culture of the region.

A History of Coquitlam and Fraser Mills, 1858-1958 by H. A. J. Monk, John Stewart

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H. A. J. Monk and John Stewart’s A History of Coquitlam and Fraser Mills, 1858-1958 chronicles the explosive industrial colonization of a sprawling, heavily timbered riverine expanse located at the strategic confluence of the Coquitlam and Fraser rivers. The narrative maps how the impenetrable biological mass of the ancient coastal rainforest and the volatile, flood-prone hydrology of the lower Fraser delta initially choked overland movement, forcing early settlers and timber barons to rely exclusively on this massive aquatic highway to transport raw logs and export milled lumber. By detailing the monumental industrial effort required to construct Fraser Mills—which evolved into the largest lumber processing facility in the British Empire—and the grueling pioneer labor needed to clear the dense alluvial floodplains for viable agriculture, the text illustrates how large-scale economic expansion was strictly governed by the severe physical realities of this riparian topography. Ultimately, the account demonstrates that systematically harvesting these colossal timber stands and engineering robust mechanized milling infrastructure directly upon the riverbanks were the absolute prerequisites for transforming a rain-soaked, isolated wilderness into a globally dominant epicenter of Pacific seaboard timber manufacturing.

76 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Desiderata
History · 1st Edition · District of Coquitlam-Fraser Mills Centennial Commission, New Westminster, 1958
Related Catalog Items: Fraser Mills · City of Port Coquitlam · Metro Vancouver Regional District · City of Coquitlam

 


 

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Last updated: 2023-09-26