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Logging in Powell River 1924 - 1928 The years 1924 - 1928 saw old-growth logging at its heyday in the Powell River area. In addition to many small "gypo" outfits, three big outfits were taking enormous quantities of old growth timber. Brooks, Scanlon and O'Brien were well through their 1.5 million cubic meters of Douglas fir and cedar from Stillwater through the Horseshoe River Valley, until the big fire swept through the Horseshoe area in July. Their railway had 30 miles of track, four engines, and 112 cars. Another big operation owned by Ring and Merrill was in its third year on the Theodosia River, with six locomotives and many miles of track. Bloedel, Stewart and Welch operated 24 miles of track and five camps between Myrtle Point, Haslam Lake, and east of Duck Lake.
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