Subject: Lumberton

St. Eugene School of Nursing Class of 1930

The 1930 Cranbrook graduating class of the St. Eugene School of Nursing, from left:Catherine Harrison (Cranbrook), Thelma Bartle (Cranbrook), Marguerite Trusler (Lumberton) and Edith Johnson (Cranbrook).

Internal ID:	0004.0023
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1930

BC Spruce Mills Flume

BC Spruce Mills flume at Lumberton, B.C. This was one of the largest sawmills in the interior, in its time. They had an extensive flume system that transported material from all over the Moyie River valley to the sawmill log pond.

Internal ID:	0008.0008
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1925

BC Spruce Mills, Ltd.

BC Spruce Mills, Ltd. at Lumberton, showing staff and crew before the company ceased operation. Does anyone know any of the people?

Internal ID:	0040.0020
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1940

Bonners Ferry Will Play Here

A visiting baseball team from Bonners Ferry comes to the Kootenays.

Internal ID:	0042.0151
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	June 10th 1926

Local Notes

Cranbrook Lacrosse is discussed.

Internal ID:	0042.0156
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	June 10th 1926

Cranbrook Beach

Cranbrook Beach, known now as Jim Smith Lake.

Internal ID:	0042.0245
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	July 21st 1927

Cranbrook Rotary

Internal ID:	0042.0253
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	May 5th 1927

Theatres-Photographers

Internal ID:	0042.0833
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	January 30th 1930

Last League Game

Fernie and Lumberton in grand finale of East Kootenay Hockey schedule.

Internal ID:	0050.0131
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	February 5th 1931

Lacrosse Cup Display

Lacrosse cup on display in local jewelry store window awaiting the winner of this season's competition.

Internal ID:	0051.0093
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	June 17th 1926

Federal Election Results

Printing the results of election, with Windermere candidate receiving no votes from own home town.

Internal ID:	0051.0128
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	September 16th 1926

Lumbering Basic Industry

Lumbering continues as main basic industry in East Kootenay. Detailing the industry from the beginning of Cranbrook, through the depression and wartime boom era.

Internal ID:	0051.0264
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	September 1st 1955

EK Voter List

Revised voters list shows increase in voters in Kootenay East.

Internal ID:	0051.0764
Medium:	Manuscript
Date:	August 22nd 1935

Lumberton Autoists

Comings and goings of Lumberton residents and softball teams.

Internal ID:	0051.0806
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	June 11th 1936

Hockey League

Newspaper letter to the Editor - Lumberton to allow Cranbrook players on their team as Cranbrook doesn't have enough players to support a team of their own.

Internal ID:	0051.0844
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	December 25th 1930

Cranbrook Rotary

Cranbrook Rotary meet for regular weekly luncheon, with speaker dealing with several aspects of the building situation affecting the district.

Internal ID:	0052.0584
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	August 11th 1922

Cranbrook Autoists

A.D. Bridges looking for lost Ford tire and rim between Lumberton and Cranbrook.

Internal ID:	0052.0632
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	October 13th 1922

Moyie Autoists

Lumberton junior hockeyists took train to Moyie for a game against local team, with Moyie winning 3 to 4.

Internal ID:	0052.0786
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	January 23rd 1930

Cranbrook Rotary

dvertising upcoming Louisiana Minstrel Shows and Matinees being put on by Cranbrook Rotarian Club.

Internal ID:	0052.0829
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	February 27th 1930

Lumberton Roads

Dry weather has aided in the operations in the woods for hauling logs near Lumberton.

Internal ID:	0052.0832
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	February 27th 1930

Rotary Minstrels

A large number of Lumberton residents went to Cranbrook to enjoy the Minstrel show put on the Cranbrook Rotary Club.

Internal ID:	0052.0853
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	March 13th 1930

Gyro Performance

Lumberton Rotary members made regular trip to Cranbrook for rehearsals, hints that Kimberley Rotary members should start doing same, also criticism of both Gyro and Rotary club performances.

Internal ID:	0052.0854
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	March 13th 1930

Clapp

Cranbrook resident visits her daughter in Lumberton.

Internal ID:	0052.0858
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	March 20th 1930

Road Reconstruction

Ongoing road work on outlying areas in Cranbrook district nearing completion, and more work will be done on Kimberley/Windermere road once equipment being used in other construction gets freed up.

Internal ID:	0052.0914
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	May 8th 1930

Canadian Forestry Movies

Canadian Forestry Association "Save The Forest" car and representative visit Cranbrook for few hours on way to Northern Columbia district with new reels and movie lectures on forest protection.

Internal ID:	0052.0987
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	July 10th 1930

Cranbrook Liberals

Newspaper article reporting on a British Columbia Liberal gathering at Nelson on Thursday and Friday of this week.

Internal ID:	0053.0028
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	September 29th 1922

Gyro Pool Drowning

Lumberton resident lost her son to drowning at Cranbrooks' new Gyro Swimming Pool after getting caught under the raft.

Internal ID:	0053.0063
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	July 31st 1930

Ladies Aid Jam Drive

Jam and pickle drive held by Ladies' Aid of St. Eugene hospital collected 190 jars in Cranbrook and 50 jars in Lumberton.

Internal ID:	0053.0164
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	September 25th 1930

1928 Lumberton Baseball Team

Lumberton, B.C. Ball Team, 1928; included in photo is Scotty Mitchell on extreme left.

Internal ID:	0171.0001
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1928

Lumberton looking east

Photo of Lumberton looking east. Ca. unknown.

Internal ID:	0213.0009
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	0000

Lumberton, BC

An overview of Lumberton showing the BC Spruce Mills operatrion and the boareding house.

Internal ID:	0223.0007
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1920

Spruce Mills Ltd, Lumberton, B.C. c.1925

Sawmill - B.C. Spruce Mills Ltd, Lumberton, B.C. c.1925

Internal ID:	2271.0001
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1925

Lumberton Supply Sloops, c. 1930

Hauling sloops of supplies intoi the B.C. Spruce Millos winter camps at Lumberton, B.C., c. 1930.

Internal ID:	2516.0084
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1930

Winter Logging At Lumberton, c. 1930

Large load of logs coming out of Weaver Creek, Camp 2 withthe B.C. Spruce Mills at Lumberton. It is a Best Cat skidding the load.

Internal ID:	2516.0101
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1930

Winter Logging at Lumberton, Weaver Creek

A Best Cat probably coming ut of Weaver Creek on the B.C. Spruce Mills timber limits with large logs, c. 1930.

Internal ID:	2516.0103
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1930

Logging Wagon At Lumberton, c. 1930

A large load of logs coming down a hill, probably at Weaver Creek, 4-up hitch in front and hookied to a brake in the rear. On the B.C. Spruce Mills timber limits at Lumberton, B.C.

Internal ID:	2516.0106
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1930

Flume and Bridge at Lumberton Camp 2

The flume at Weaver Creek's Camp 2 and the bridge across the Moyie River. A sloop load of logs is hooked to the 4-shiv Cranbrook Foundry braking system that B.C. S;pruce Mills pioneered at Lumberton, B.C.

Internal ID:	2516.0108
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1930

Flume Tunnel at Lumberton, B.C.

This is the flume exit from the tunnel constructed through the mountainside at Lumberton on the B.C. Spruce Mills timber limits, c. 1930. The sign says "Private Property / Keep Off / No Trespassing."

Internal ID:	2516.0117
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1930

Double Flume At Lumberton

Double logging flume coming down the mountainside on the B.C. Spruce Mills timber limits at Lumberton, B.C., c. 1930. The company built 23 miles of flume.

Internal ID:	2516.0118
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1930

Logging Flume at Lumberton, B.C.

Logging flume coming down the mountainside in a long curve on the B.C. Spruce Mills timber limits at Lumberton, B.C., c. 1930. The company built 23 miles of flume.

Internal ID:	2516.0119
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1930

Logging Flume at Lumberton, B.C.

Logging flume, well-braced on outside corners, snaking down a valley on the B.C. Spruce Mills timber limits at Lumberton, B.C.

Internal ID:	2516.0120
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1930

Lumber Dring Yards at Lumberton

Milled lumber stacked for drying before shippuing at the Lumberton, B.C., B.C. Spruce Mills sawmill.

Internal ID:	2516.0124
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1930

Lumberton Logging Road Maintenance

Plowing out the winter roads at B.C. Spruce Mills, Lumberton, B.C., an 8-horse hitch on the plow, c. 1930.

Internal ID:	2516.0125
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1930

Laundry Day At Lumberton

Doing the laundry at B. C. Spruce Mills, Lumberton, B.C. Notice the smallo pelton wheel

Internal ID:	2516.0126
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1930

Lumberton Boarding House c. 1925

B.C. Spruce Mills boarding house and cookhouse at Lumberton, B.C. c. 1925.

Internal ID:	2512.0013
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1925

Logging Flume at Lumberton, B.C.

Log flume of the B.C. Spruce Mills on their timber limits at Lumberton, B.C. c. 1930.

Internal ID:	2512.0018
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1930

Logging Flume at Lumberton, B.C.

Log flume of B.C. Spruce Mills at Lumberton beginning across Nigger Lake c. 1925

Internal ID:	2512.0022
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1925

Flume Spillway at Lumberton, B.C.

Norman Moore and Edith Wells standing on the flume spillway on the B.C. Spruce Mills timber limits at Lumberton, B.C. c. 1935.

Internal ID:	2519.0068
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1935

Overview of B.C. Spruce Mills Operation

Overview of the B.C. Spruce Mills sawmill and planer operation at Lumberton, B.C. c. 1930

Internal ID:	2519.0069
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1930

John Bakken and Eric Anderson Piling Lumber

In the lumber drying yard at Lumberton, B.C., B.C. Spruce Mills employees John Bakken and Eric Anderson are hard at work c. 1930.

Internal ID:	2527.0002
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1930

Gust Samson Piling Lumber

Piling lumber at Lumberton's drying yard is B.C. Spruce Mills employee Gust Samson (on top), c. 1930.

Internal ID:	2527.0003
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1930

A Lumberton Cat Load, 1928

A B.C. Spruce Mills load of logs being pulled by a Cat - winter logging at Lumberton, 1928

Internal ID:	2660.0053
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1928

Mill Worker's Houses, Lumberton, BC

Lumberton, B.C. - showing houses at the upper levels of the town; some of which were later moved to Cranbrook, B.C.

Internal ID:	0179.0001
Medium:	Photograph
Date:	1945

Cranbrook Rotary

Cranbrook Rotatians celebrate July 4th at Lumberton, with delegate from Los Angeles convention reporting on the meeting.

Internal ID:	0052.0556
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	July 7th 1922

Hotel Manager Departs

Lumberton resident and manager of B.C. Spruce Mills hotel leaving to purchase a bakery in Ladner.

Internal ID:	0053.0098
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	August 21st 1930

W.F. Montgomery

Photographer visits Lumberton to take pictures of camp scenes and private work in the town.

Internal ID:	0052.0799
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	January 30th 1930

Bartle Accountant

BC Spruce Mills accountant at Lumberton spends his holidays in the hills painting East Kootenay autumn scenes.

Internal ID:	0053.0156
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	September 18th 1930

Wardner Autoists

Wardner residents travel to Cranbrook to attend the Cranbrook and Lumberton hockey game, and gives details of hockey game in Lumberton between Wardner and that towns team.

Internal ID:	0052.0790
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	January 23rd 1930

Lumberton Name

Wattsburg postmaster receives official notice from postal authorities that as of April 1, Wattsburg will be known as Lumberton.

Internal ID:	0052.0534
Medium:	Newspaper
Date:	March 23rd 1922

Lumberton School Class Photo

Newspaper clipping: Lumberton School - this is the first class of the Lumberton School at its new site in Blarchmont. Known names in photo are Vince and Joe Downie, Gordon and Bill Trussler, the Woodske boys and Hayfie boys, Kay Jacobsen, Richard and Clifford Jones, Bernard leFrambois and Charles Wormington.