Green Timbers - Cape Cod (Forestry) Building

Built in 1930 for the first reforestation project in British Colombia. 

Green Timbers - Cape Cod (Forestry) Building

 

Heritage Area: Green Timbers

Site #: 231

Location: 14255 96 Ave

Registered: July 24, 2006

Significance: Historical, Environmental

Description: In 1930, the Green Timbers Inaugural Plantation was established as the first reforestation project in British Columbia. A tree nursery and a forest training school were established at the site at the same time, as unemployment relief projects during the depression. The Green Timbers Nursery is the oldest Forest Service nursery. Two early instructional buildings remain from the forest training school.