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 Including Text and Pictures,
 May be made, without the express Written Permission
 of Web Editor, Doug Gent © 2016

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see my Copyright Information Page
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All Pictures on all my web pages, are now Visibly Watermarked,
All my pages are now Right Click, (copy and paste), disabled.
I ask everyone that enjoys free history sites,
to start policing these violations.
If we don't stop this, no one will donate pictures to me, or anyone,
and we all loose.
If you see one of my pictures on Facebook, etc.
tell them to remove it.

Please note- This is NOT an Official Web Site for this Memorial,
It is only part of my series of Local History Pages.
As it stands now this page will record the Dedication Ceremony only.
I am NOT part of the Official Memorial Building Group,
This is only a page to help the promotion and awareness of the Memorial.

Located 12 miles east of Terrace BC
Beside the famous little Usk Pioneer Chapel

This memorial and the Church are both on Private Property.
Please respect their Property, Church, and the Memorial.

Latitude- 54º 38' N,
Longitude- 128º 25' W

Memorial dedicated to those who died
while working in the Forestry Sector in Northwest BC

Like all occupations, a person working for a living,
should not die from doing their job.

Logger's Memorial at Usk

A plaque affixed to one of the boulders at the Memorial, reads
 “In Memory of those who lost their lives in the Forest Industry.”

Dedication Ceremony was held
Apr 27, 2014, at 2 pm

Hard Hats and saw hanging in a tree
a symbol of a logger's death at that spot.

Frank Donahue gave a very good speech on the
reason for the Memorial.
Please click on link below to read that.
I also understand others had some input in the speech.
Tribute to Loggers.pdf

Some of those involved in the construction,
per the local newspaper article in Apr 2014,
Brian Lecleir, Bill McRae, and Doug Suttis

I have decided to not put the list of men on this site,
until the memorial is completed.

I understand a permanent brass plaque will eventually
be placed on the memorial,
when all the correct names are collected.
So any changes and corrections,
 are important before that happens.
When the Brass Plaque is installed, I will add a photo here.
At that point it will be Public, and part of History.

I think it was also causing confusion with 2 or 3 lists floating around.
The builders at Usk will be the one and only contact.

I encourage families to submit their names to the Memorial,
In honour of their Son, Father, Grandfather, Husband, etc.
Most of these men are buried all over the north,
and this gives their friends, and fellow workers,
one place to come and pay their respects.
It is a good cause, and hope the builders
get the credit they deserve.

I will forward on name submissions,
If they happen to be sent to me,
but I am not an official part of the Memorial Builders Group.

I will be giving the list I compiled, as of May 20, 2014,
 to the Memorial builders at Usk, as soon as I can.

Contributor's to the Making of the Memorial
from a Sign at the Dedication Ceremony


Adams Lumber
Anthony's Excavating
Bill & Helene McRae
J & L Excavating
Story's Excavating
Little Hoe Excavating
Skeena Concrete
Spiritstones
Silvertip Signs
Skeena Sawmills

 

   
Assort'd Tools and old Chain Saws on display
 at the Dedication Ceremony.

All photos taken by my daughter- Amber Gent