Swanson Bay

SWANSON BAY was a North Coast company town on the mainland shore of Graham Reach, midway up the INSIDE PASSAGE. It was the site of BC's first pulp mill, established in 1909 (see PULP AND PAPER). The community, which also was a LOGGING centre with several SAWMILLS, reached a population of 500. The town was named for John Swanson, a steamer captain with the HBC. E.H. Crawford, a local logger, is credited with inventing A-FRAME LOGGING in the bay. By the mid-1920s the pulp mill had closed but...

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