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Circa 1975 — Workers at a saw mill in Vancouver next to the Fraser River attend a meeting where they are being told the mill is closing. I can’t remember if this was the first of the many sawmills that used to line the north side of the river along Kent Avenue to close or if it was the last. The expressions on the faces show they didn’t have much hope of finding work at another mill so it was probably one of the last.

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