[10] Russell R. Walker (1888–1973),[11][12] a photographer of the era, observed tunnel work opposite Hansard on the north bank of the Fraser just west of the railway bridge.

[19] By August, pile driving for the piers was in full swing and two steam shovels were excavating the bridge approach on the northeast bank.

[9] With track laying at two miles (3.2 km) a day, a completed trestle and the arrival of the railhead were optimistically predicted by October 1.

[9][21] While on leave with fellow workers from the Bates & Rogers camp at Christmastime, Harry Porter (c.1873–1913)[22] met George Onooki (c.1890–1914),[23] a former co-worker from Mile 160.

[24] Plans for a separate vehicle deck on the bridge never proceeded and the Eaglet Lake Lumber Co. purchased the surplus steel girders in 1916.

[25] High water levels during the 1936 spring floods left very little clearance for driftwood to pass beneath the bridge deck.

[49] When the government introduced forest management licences in 1954, Church Sawmills was among the first five approved in principle within the Prince George district.

The rebuilt and upgraded facility, about 15 miles (24 km) north of Hansard Bridge on the McGregor River,[52] processed logs from the surrounding area.

[69][70][71] During the late 1960s, the company built an office/bunkhouse/community club complex (called the McGregor Camp) on the east corner of the Pass Lake road intersection at Mile 98.5.

[76] However, the majority of these lagoons on rural-residential lots in the Prince George region malfunctioned, because precipitation exceeded the rate of evaporation.

[77] To prevent sewage from surfacing in swampy areas, the company adopted exfiltration, with effluent sprayed from a stabilization lagoon into a sand basin.

[80] After Northwood removed fuel storage tanks from Upper Fraser and McGregor, the contaminated soil was excavated and treated on the western section of the camp.

[83] In 1998, while heavy-duty mechanic Jeffrey Taylor was pounding a steel pin with a sledgehammer, a metal fragment projectile lacerated two main arteries in his neck.

Rushed from McGregor to Prince George for treatment, he survived, but brain damage severely affected speech and leg movement.

[86] In the mid-1960s, the community numbered 150 and the company successfully petitioned for a name change to McGregor and a transfer of the post office from Cornel Mills.

Confusion between "Dewey" and "Dewdney", that caused misdirected mail, prompted a postal name change to "Cornel Mills" in 1956.

[96] Under review for years, the McGregor camp's remoteness from logging areas,[97] and being an hour's drive from Prince George, persuaded Northwood to give residents notice that the facility would close in June 1999.