Comments on: Sudbury Region Logging at Wahnapitae in the Late 1800s – by Gary Peck http://www.republicofmining.com/2008/09/15/sudbury-region-logging-at-wahnapitae-in-the-late-1800s-%e2%80%93-by-gary-peck/ Republic of Mining Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:07:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Wrecksdale http://www.republicofmining.com/2008/09/15/sudbury-region-logging-at-wahnapitae-in-the-late-1800s-%e2%80%93-by-gary-peck/comment-page-1/#comment-531 Wrecksdale Wed, 12 Nov 2008 04:30:57 +0000 http://www.republicofmining.com/2008/09/15/sudbury-region-logging-at-wahnapitae-in-the-late-1800s-%e2%80%93-by-gary-peck/#comment-531 That's TEMPLE EMERY (not Tempie). The Emery Lumber Co. of Saginaw, was formed in 1885 as a partnership of Saginaw Lumber & Salt Co.(1883), and the Emery Bros. Co. of East Tawas, Mi. Emery Lumber and the Saginaw firm were under the control of James MacLaren of Buckingham, Que. James MacLaren was one of the original licensees (1872) of McKim township timber berths, resold in 1883. Temple Emery and his younger brother Hiram A. Emery were the partners of Emery Bros. The Emery Co. began logging this area in 1885 with the purchase of Cleland twp. timber berths from Rathbun Co. and later purchases of timber in Garson Falconbridge and Capreol, all under license since 1872. Timber from these limits were hauled to the Wahnapitae River and from Georgian Bay to East Tawas, where the logs were divided between the two firms, (2 to 1 in favor of MacLaren) and carried by rail to Saginaw. With an increase in tariffs in 1886 an arrangement was made to process the logs at Midland, Ont. In 1888 Hiram A. Emery sold his interests to Nelson Holland, of Buffalo. By 1892 Holland and Temple Emery purchased the outstanding shares of the Saginaw partners, returning the milling operations to East Tawas. In 1897 Holland & Emery established their mill at Byng Inlet, Ont. and due to financial difficulty of Mr. Emery, the frim was reorganised as Holland & Graves, later known as Graves, Bigwood & Co. Luther Pomeroy Graves was a cousin of Nelson Holland, while William Bigwood was the son-in-law of Temple Emery. That’s TEMPLE EMERY (not Tempie).
The Emery Lumber Co. of Saginaw, was formed in 1885 as a partnership of Saginaw Lumber & Salt Co.(1883), and the Emery Bros. Co. of East Tawas, Mi.

Emery Lumber and the Saginaw firm were under the control of James MacLaren of Buckingham, Que. James MacLaren was one of the original licensees (1872) of McKim township timber berths, resold in 1883. Temple Emery and his younger brother Hiram A. Emery were the partners of Emery Bros. The Emery Co. began logging this area in 1885 with the purchase of Cleland twp. timber berths from Rathbun Co. and later purchases of timber in Garson Falconbridge and Capreol, all under license since 1872.

Timber from these limits were hauled to the Wahnapitae River and from Georgian Bay to East Tawas, where the logs were divided between the two firms, (2 to 1 in favor of MacLaren) and carried by rail to Saginaw. With an increase in tariffs in 1886 an arrangement was made to process the logs at Midland, Ont.

In 1888 Hiram A. Emery sold his interests to Nelson Holland, of Buffalo. By 1892 Holland and Temple Emery purchased the outstanding shares of the Saginaw partners, returning the milling operations to East Tawas. In 1897 Holland & Emery established their mill at Byng Inlet, Ont. and due to financial difficulty of Mr. Emery, the frim was reorganised as Holland & Graves, later known as Graves, Bigwood & Co. Luther Pomeroy Graves was a cousin of Nelson Holland, while William Bigwood was the son-in-law of Temple Emery.

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