Ms. Que Banh<p>I first went to this old timber mill ruins in <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Merville" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Merville</span></a> in the early 90s - years before it was included as part of the present <a href="https://beige.party/tags/HeadquartersTownsite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HeadquartersTownsite</span></a> Park. It's one of the easiest accessible <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AbandonedPlaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbandonedPlaces</span></a> you can visit in the <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ComoxValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComoxValley</span></a> on <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VancouverIsland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIsland</span></a>. I've done many past photoshoots with models here &amp; assisted in shooting some music videos &amp; short films here many years ago.<br>Some folks built skateboard ramps &amp; rail jumps inside the unroofed building ruins in the late 90s.</p><p>The mill was built between 1912-1913 for the Canadian Western Logging Company. There was an entire small mill town at this location with post office, schools, medical clinic &amp; more. The Headquarters townsite survived until the late 1950’s when the school &amp; houses were sold for $1 each with the proviso that they be moved off company property. <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Ruins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ruins</span></a> of the mill can be seen at Headquarters Townsite Park. The park is stewarded by local community citizens.</p><p>The old concrete building at the entrance to Headquarters Townsite Park from Farnham Road was built as a rough timber mill in 1912-1913. Despite being fully equipped, the mill was never used for reasons that remain unclear. Some say the mill was only built so that the company could gain certain concessions from the BC government. The recession of 1913 may have led the company to abandon it. Parts from the mill were later used to build a new mill in Courtenay.</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCTimberHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCTimberHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCLoggingHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCLoggingHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BCHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BCHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VancouverIslandHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VancouverIslandHistory</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/VanIsle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VanIsle</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PacificNorthwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PacificNorthwest</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Cascadia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Cascadia</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/PNW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PNW</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/graffiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>graffiti</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Urbex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Urbex</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/ExploreVanIsle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ExploreVanIsle</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photography</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/AdventuresInTrespassing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdventuresInTrespassing</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/NatureReclaiming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NatureReclaiming</span></a></p>