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Interview with Stan Shewaga
Stan Shewaga was born in St. Boniface and grew up in the north end of Winnipeg. After working in Louisiana for a while, he joined the American Army in the fifties, when he was about 17. After he left the army, he hitch hiked throughout Canada and ended up working in logging in B.C., where he learned to be a rigger. He received his journeyman ironworker ticket while working at the pulp mill in Port Alberni. After that, he started working at Harmac, the pulp mill in Nanaimo, B.C., where he got…
The Powell River Pulp and Paper Mills, Powell River, B.C.
View of pulp and paper mill across water
Swanton [sic] Bay, Vancouver Island, B.C.
View of Swanson Bay pulp mill from the water
No. 3&4 Machine Room. Pacific Mills, Ltd., Ocean Falls, B.C.
Interior view down center of aisle
Pacific Mills, Ocean Falls, B.C.
View of the pulp mill from mountain
Paper Mills & Company Dock, Powell River, B.C.
Logs in water in foreground.; Ship at left background.; Mill at right
No. 1&2 Machine Room. Pacific Mills, Ltd., Ocean Falls, B.C.
Interior view down center of aisle
No. 2 Machine. Pacific Mills, Ltd., Ocean Falls, B.C.
Close view of paper making machine