The narrow strip of accessible spruce forest bordering the railway that stretched some east of Prince George was known as the East Line. In 1918, the Upper Fraser Lumber Co. of Dome Creek had a logging camp at Kidd.Prince George Citizen, 24 Sep 1918 Frederick (Fred) Thrasher (1890–1967) (Thresher alternate spelling) logged and operated a sawmill during the 1940s.Prince George Citizen: 25 Nov 1943, 17 Feb 1944 to A falling tree fatally crushed logger Walford Swanson (1886–1947).Prince George Citizen, 17 Jul 1947 When the sawmill burned to the ground in 1949, the nearby planer mill and finished lumber were spared.Prince George Citizen, 19 May 1949
