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Object Description

Object Name

Print, Photographic

Object ID

2010.001.875

Title

A group of mill workers from MacMillan Mill.

Date

[196-].

Description

A group of mill workers from MacMillan Mill. The mill was located where Bedford Landing is now. From left to right; unidentified, Harry Coates, unidentified, Kelsey Moore, Ron Yates, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified.

People/Subject

Coates, Harry

Elected president of the Fort Langley Board of Trade in 1963.

mills

See From: sawmills
See Also: logging, logging camps

Moore, Kelsey Joseph

Kelsey Joseph Moore (possibly "Kellsey" or "Kelsie") was born in New Westminster on February 16, 1924, to parents Clara Matilda and James Joseph Moore of Fort Langley. He got his start in the electrical contracting business in approx. 1940, and later ran his own store in Fort Langley, K. Moore & Co. Ltd., that specialized in plumbing and electrical. Kelsey was a member of the Native Sons of B.C., the Langley Lodge, and the Fort Langley Board of Trade. He was married to Helen, and had one son, Bradley. Kelsey died on July 8, 1965, at the age of 41, when the flight he was on, CPA DC6B Flight 21, crashed at 100 Mile House.

Stores and businesses

Term Source: dhv

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