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The 1910s were the best years for the company due to a depletion of the forests of
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William Scott Jr. They initially purchased the Graham and Horne sawmill to process their timber, but by 1901, they finished building their own sawmill at Port Arthur, which was the largest in Western Canada. Pigeon River Lumber Company was the largest employer in the
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