History Is Where You Stand Part 12: Industries and Enterprises
The resources of the Peace have always attracted people. The
region's abundant fish and wildlife supported the First Nations
for generations. Fine furs brought the great trading companies
into the area, followed by homesteaders eager to exploit the
soils. In the last 
few
decades the Peace River has been dammed to generate electricity,
oil and natural gas have been pumped from the ground, coal has
been mined and the forests cut to produce lumber, pulp and construction
materials. Smaller industries and businesses have also flourished
in the area, always linked in some way to the resources of the
Peace River country.
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12-01: J. Gordon Wilson Enterprises -- Hasler Creek Coal
12-02: Coal at Hudson's Hope -- King Gething
12-03: Placer Mining on the Peace River
12-04: Why the Peace River Valley should be preserved
12-05: Sawmills -- the Olinger Story
12-06: Sawmill Confirmed for Taylor, 1969
12-07: E.J. Spinney Pioneers Trucking Freight to Fort Nelson
12-08: Warren Nelson Transport Limited
12-09: J. Gordon Wilson & Northern Freightways
12-10: Fred Loucks Trucking & Canadian Pacific Transport
12-11: Canadian Freightways
12-12: Comments on Early Oil Exploration in the Peace
12-13: First Oil and Gas Drilling in the Western Peace
12-14: The Domestic Use of Natural Gas
12-15: Dawson Creek -- BC's First Gas Town
12-16: The First Gas Well in the Western Peace River area
12-17: The Forest Service in the Peace, 1930 - 1967
12-19: Exploratory Gas Well at Commotion Creek, 1941-42
12-20: History of Oil and Gas in the South Peace: 1913-1953
Recent History - 1998
BN12-01: Gas Drilling Rights Sales Remain Low
BN12-02: Record Drilling Activity in the Peace
BN12-03: Quintette Hiring Back to Meet Shortfall
BN12-04: West Coast Ups Stake in Alliance Pipeline
BN12-05: Louisiana Pacific Committed to Dawson Creek
BN12-06: Communitiy Futures to Start Marketing Corporation
BN12-07: PNG Applies for Natural Gas Rate Increase
Recent History - 1999
BN12-08: Two Companies Seek Single Forest Licence
BN12-09: Seismic crews thinking green
BN12-10: Chetwynd Coal Project Put on Hold
BN12-11: Work on Alliance Pipeline Starts
BN12-13: Louisiana Pacific invests $283 million in area
BN12-14: Oil and Gas Sales up in April, 1999
BN12-15: D.C. Chamber of Commerce Celebrates 55 Years
BN12-16: BC Hydro to test Bennett Dam's Shrum Generating Station
BN12-17: Tumbler Ridge Not Dead Yet -- Mayor Optimistic
BN12-18: Mini-loader Pays off for Al Berkner
BN12-19: Forest Business Office opens in Dawson Creek
BN12-20: Northern Wood Forum in 2000
BN12-21: L-P to build $10 million regeneration plant
BN12-22: Value-Added gears up to promote northern hardwoods
BN12-23: Louisiana-Pacific veneer plant official
BN12-24: November 1999 oil and gas rights sales
BN12-25: Chamber of Commerce choses new Executive
BN12-26: Residents fight L-P' logging plans on Blockline Road
BN12-27: 1999 oil and gas rights sales -- summary
Recent History - 2000
BN12-28: Louisiana-Pacific promises to cut emissions
BN12-29: Average jobless rate doubles in region
BN12-30: Northeast coal never fulfilled its promise
BN12-31: Dawson Co-Op to expand Home & Agro department
BN12-35: Quintette Mines to Close Three Years Early
BN12-36: Gas Drilling at Record Rate
BN12-37: Dawson Co-Op Members Choose New Board
BN12-38: Empire Cleaners Closes after Twenty-two Years
BN12-39: Tumbler Ridge to take over 972 houses
BN12-40: LP's laminated veneer plant being built in Dawson Creek
BN12-41: Artisans abound at Wood Forum 2000 in Dawson Creek
BN12-42: Oil and Gas rights sale brings in $51 million for province
Recent History -- 2001
BN12-43: Louisiana Pacific extols its Environmental Record
BN12-44: Study yields positive results for coal mine at Tumbler Ridge
BN12-45: B.C. Government gets $126 million for oil and gas lease sales in February
BN12-46: Ethanol Plant remains goal for Peace River Regional District
BN12-47: Mall development the underlying issue as Co-Op meets
BN12-48: Changes made to Co-Op Board of Directors
BN12-49: The Community Futures Development Corporation
BN12-50: New Coal Mine for Tumbler Ridge?
BN12-51: Chetwynd Pulp Mill up for sale
BN12:52: Accomodation sector sees growth in Northeast BC
BN12-53: Louisiana-Pacific's Dawson Creek veneer plant on hold
Recent history -- 2002 & 2003
BN12-54: Joy Propane celebrates 35 years in business
BN12-55: Branding the Peace
BN12-56: Pipeline Project to have major economic impact
BN12-57: "Branding the Peace" to get under way
BN12-58: Tembec buys LP's Chetwynd Pulp Mill
BN12-59: Forest Industry faces big changes
BN12-60: Extra Foods grocery store opens in Dawson Creek
BN12-61: EnCana aiming for up to 200 gas wells south of Dawson Creek
BN12-62: Coalbed Methane -- BC must learn from American mistakes
BN12-63: Peace Energy Wants to be a Player in Wind Power
BN12-64: Record-setting Sale of Gas Drilling Rights
BN12-65: Business helps special needs workers
Recent History -2004 to 2006
BN12-66: Louisiana Pacific to decide on plant opening in Dawson Creek
BN12-67: Wind permit for Peace Energy Co-Op
BN12-68: Peace Energy Co-Op has partner
BN12-69: Wolverine Coal mine to open in 2005
BN12-70: Greensmart Deal in Works in Dawson Creek
BN12-71: Greensmart Deal Signed
BN12-72: Willow Creek Mine has bright future
BN12-73: Greensmart Continues Preparations in Dawson Creek
BN12-74: Get Ready for a Coal Rush in the Peace
BN12-75: Encana Corporation to build gas plant in South Peace
BN12-76: Steeprock Gas Plant approved
BN12-77: AltaGas joins wind park project
BN12-78: Greensmart unveils its first trailer at Dawson Creek plant
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