BRITISH COLUMBIA LOOKOUTS
PHOENIX MOUNTAIN
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1925: "A programme of lookout construction, which provided for the erection of three standard lookouts with necessary telephone communications and fire-finding equipment, was undertaken. Primary units equipped with modern fire-finding equipment were constructed during the year on Mount Phoenix, near Greenwood." (Report of the Forest Branch, Department of Lands)
1925: Listed under improvements in the Southern Interior District: Phoenix Mountain Lookout, $2,266.00. (Report of the Forest Branch, Department of Lands)
November 27, 1925: "The British Columbia forest service is planning to extend its series of fire outlook stations so that eventually every important timber area in the province will have ab observatory. Five lookout stations are already established and the department is now planning a station for Mount Benson which will serve a wide area near Nanaimo and another for Phoenix Mountain near Cranbrook." (Creston Review)