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On to White Rock: A Building's Journey Through Time
Location: White Rock, B.C., Canada

 
Lumberjacks at work. Logging trains were a frequent sight in White Rock in the early 20th century.
19 of 155 		The Campbell River Lumber mill
20 of 155 		Lily Hood and Dorothy Reichenback
21 of 155 		A family poses beside a logging train on their way to the beach.
22 of 155 		A real estate map.
23 of 155 		As the popularity of the beach for summer visitors increased, so did real estate activity.
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A giant cedar dwarfs a young boy. Trees like this were gone by the 1930s.
25 of 155 		A typical White Rock camping scene.
26 of 155 		Over the years White Rock steadily gained in popularity as a recreation spot.
27 of 155 		White, Shiles and Co. Campers Supplies, and Realtors.
28 of 155 		Philp's General Store and post office.
29 of 155 		Each summer more cottages and summer houses were built, replacing tents and shacks.
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The new train station shortly after it opened.
31 of 155 		A group of people wait outside the new station for a train to Vancouver or Seattle.
32 of 155 		A family waits for the train on the east platform.
33 of 155 		A north bound train rolls by the station.
34 of 155 		Semiahmoo Bay at low tide. The recently built station is a prominent new feature in the landscape.
35 of 155 		On tour during the Great War, an Australian Cadet brass band plays and marches by the station.
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