Penny, between Longworth and Dome Creek on the northeast side of the Fraser River in central British Columbia, offers an access point for outdoor recreational activities.

[5] Previously designated as Mile 159 during the line's construction, it was the area headquarters for Foley, Welch and Stewart, the prime contractor.

[20] Commonly claimed as an English place name on the list prepared by Josiah Wedgwood (submitted at the request of William P. Hinton, the railway's general manager),[21] no such location existed in the United Kingdom.

[34] The next year, Penny was one of the 11 communities between Prince Rupert and the Alberta border, where the CNR replaced its agent-operator position[35] with a resident serving as CN Express agent.

[38] In 1988, an ice bridge was built across the Fraser River to carry the station by flatbed truck to its new home, the Prince George Railway & Forestry Museum.

Resident Charles Hartsell (1862–1937)[85][86][87] was possibly the companion who mistook him for a moose and accidentally shot him in the arm a few miles from Penny in 1919.

[109] By 1921, the recognized guides for big game hunters in the Penny area were B. T. Sykes,[110] C. Hartsell and J. R. Norboe (c.1853–1921) (Narboe alternate spelling).

[113] A. Roy Spurr (1885–1954),[105][114] who arrived at the Tête Jaune railhead in 1911, was a fur trader, who operated a store, café and accommodation, and provided a bookkeeping service, at camps during the railway construction.

However, year round work existed in sawmill towns such as Giscome, Aleza Lake, Hutton, Penny, and Longworth.

[146] In 1940, the 50,000-foot per shift capacity sawmill was again destroyed by fire, but the planing mill and processed lumber piles escaped conflagration.

[147] Fulfilling his prior commitment,[148] Myers sold the mill to John F. McMillan and C. Earl Jaeck (1904–52), formerly at Bend,[149][150] who changed the name to the Penny Sawmills.

[158] In 1942, a new dry kiln was installed,[159] and several new homes and bunkhouses were constructed on the mill site to accommodate the demand from running two shifts.

[175] Leboe Bros. of Crescent Spur provided mainly fir logs from the Goat River area, which were floated down the Fraser to the mill.

[124][182] The main mill, bought by Eagle Lake Lumber of Giscome, was renamed Penny Forest Products,[183] and continued as a much smaller operation.

[192][195][202][203] Samuel (Sam) (1895–1940)[105][204] & Annie (1890–1931)[205] Michaylenko,[206] who arrived as the CNR section foreman around 1919–20, operated a store 1929–31, and apparently applied to be postmaster.

[202][255] Philippe (1900–84)[256][257] & Anna (1905–83)[258][259] Michaud, who resided 1952–61, opened the Dew Drop Inn, a coffee shop, poolroom and accommodation for boarders.

Their children were Roland, Emile, René, Gisele, Madeleine, Fernande (c.1936–2008),[260] Gilberte, Philip, Lorraine (1942– ),[261] Louis, Louise, and Jeannie.

To fill individual customer orders, John, as shipper, coordinated product through the planer mill and into boxcars for delivery.

The family made their own entertainment, singing and playing musical instruments, and the community attended these gatherings at their place.

[379] Their children Dan,[380] Diane Louise (1954–2009),[381] Larry,[382] Maxine, and Jenny, attended the Penny school, as well as three of the grandchildren.

[383] Dan has authored five books,[384] When 15, Clarence joined his father and older brother in driving their horse team that hauled logs for milling.

[302] June Boudreau worked briefly in Prince George,[368] before marrying William (Bill) Benedict (1928–2013),[3] and having children Julie[400] (died of SIDS at six months), Shirley (Allannah), Darlene, and Wayne.

[3] Remarried, June Vandermark has been a prolific writer of letters to the editor, which criticize mainline religious,[402] environmental,[403] and sundry matters.

[440] Their children raised in Penny were Gary (1948– ),[441] Richard (Ritchie) (1949–2004),[410][442] Shirley (1961– ),[443] Stewart (1953–93),[444] and Terry-Lynn (1955– ),[445] with Ronnie born after the family left in 1955.

[456] On John's death in hospital at Prince George, public functions in Penny were cancelled and the school closed as a precaution,[439] which was repeated during another polio outbreak two years later.

[504] When ice jams upstream and downstream blocked the river during the 1980/81 winter, owners could not reach their cars parked on the west bank, and flooding submerged 13 vehicles and carried off several boats.

Discontent in the camps prompted demands for increased wages, and strike action occurred in April and July 1932, at which time the workers departed for Prince George.

The family settled in Penny just before World War II, with the children spending varying periods of their adult lives there.

[534] When Highway 16, linking Prince George and McBride, opened in 1969,[535] many residents parked their vehicles on the opposite bank of the Fraser River.

[544] Using a 150-foot wire strung between two 50-foot poles as an aerial, predominantly battery-powered radios received better reception from certain stations in Calgary or the U.S. west coast.