Buckley Cove

Buckley Cove (53˚43'00" 132˚27'00" N side of Masset Inlet, Graham I, QCI). Frank L Buckley, a native of Iowa, was managing director of the Masset Timber Co, which built a large mill here in 1918 to saw Sitka or “aeroplane” spruce, a light, strong wood used to build Mosquito fighter-bombers and other planes. After WWI the demand for spruce declined. The LA Lumber Co bought the mill in 1922 and closed it two years later. The long-deserted site was originally known as Buckley Bay, and a post...

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