Conclusion of From Seafarer to Sawmiller – The Saga of Carlton Stone and His Hillcrest Lumber

This week we follow Carlton Stone’s big move to Mesachie Lake. That mill, too, is now history, as is Carlton Stone himself.

But his legacy lives on, former Hillcrest employees and their families still holding annual summer reunions after all these years. That’s quite a testament to a lumber tycoon who earned the respect of his employees through a career of caring and consideration for their wants and needs as well as his own.

What a far cry from some Vancouver Island robber barons of old!

Stone left other legacies, too, including this one that’s a highlight of the B.C. Forest Discovery Centre, the beautiful No. 9 locomotive.

What a beauty!

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