Two railway lines used the estuary of Lang Creek for loggingEast of Lang Creek
1894 - 1910 The railway ran from Lang Creek estuary log dump and booming grounds east to Whittall Creek,
then north for 7-8 miles near Weldwood road. This would have gone into the heart of the famed "J
claim" old growth timber, and claim 913 north of that.
This line was built and operated 1894 -1902 by the Moodyville Sawmill Company.
Possibly Old Curly was used here
c.1995
(Curly was used "up the coast" on
Moodyville operations, but no documentation proves it was in Powell River)
Then in 1902 BC Mills Timber and Trading Company (originally
"Hastings Mill", Capt e. Stamp's firm) bought the Moodyville licence
and worked it until c.1910.
West of Lang Creek 1911-1919 The
railway ran from Lang Creek estuary log dump and booming grounds northwest to Kelly
creek, then up Zilinsky road for four miles (into the white squares on the 1923
map)
This line was built and operated 1911-1915 by the Vancouver Timber and Trading, then 1915-1919
by the Lamb Lumber Company

Shay # 2517 was #1 for VT&T in 1911.
Lamb brothers moved the Shay, flat car, 10 log cars and 4 disconnected
trucks to greener pastures at Menzies Bay in 1919 and #2517 continued
operation to 1940.
The satellite map shows the second growth cut areas on the west slope of
the Smith hills (to the right of a line between "Lang Bay" and Duck Lake),