Aero Camp

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Site of a large logging camp that was most famous for providing spruce logs for airplanes like the De Havilland Mosquito in World War 2. This was the site of the only railway in the Charlottes. You can see remnants of the railway trestle and a partly sunken barge by the beach, as well as another trestle across Skidegate Lake.

The camp opened in 1936 by A P Allison Logging, which was providing timber for the Powell River Company. In 1942 the operation was taken over by the Canadian Government's Aero Timber Products, because the spruce logs had become critical war material. It was at this time that the camp became known as "Aero". After the war, the government sold off its assets to the Powell River Company, and Aero was operated by Kelley Logging. By 1955 the company had switched over to truck logging, and by 1965 the camp was closed.

You can now hike or bike to the camp along the old logging railway grade. Remnants of a logging locomotive can still be found near the camp.