[3][4] Previously designated as Mile 194 and the Hudson Bay Spur, it was the closest railway point east of Willow River for accessing the Fraser.

During the 1945/46 winter, when a brush with a freight train broke a moose's leg, a rifle shot put the hobbling animal out of its misery.

[17] Rather than plunging into the deep snow flanking the roadbed, moose often ran ahead of trains for miles, which delayed services and hindered section crews (track maintenance).

Towed through heavy mud and deep holes by bulldozers near Giscome, three buses brought eastbound passengers from Prince George, and returned with the westbound ones.

[26] In 1978, Upper Fraser was one of the 11 communities between Prince Rupert and the Alberta border, where the CNR replaced its agent-operator position[27] with a resident serving as a CN Express agent.

[69] During the 1942/43 winter, a falling tree fractured logger Albert Roussin's skull,[70] and a decking hoist employee at Camp 15 badly burned his face when a blow torch, thawing an engine, caused a gas tank explosion.

[80] Falling branches or tree trunks killed company loggers Jean Ouellette (c.1927–50)[81] and Emanuel Zielke (1927–50),[82] prompting calls for better training.

[84] When the government introduced forest management licences that year, Upper Fraser Spruce Mills was among the first five approved in principle within the Prince George district,[85] and quickly granted.

[90] In 1960, Don McPhee and Cecil T. Clare sold Upper Fraser Spruce Ltd. for almost a million dollars to National Forest Products Ltd. (NFP) (formerly Midway Terminals Ltd.).

[96] A heavy plate falling from a crawler inflicted fatal head injuries upon mechanic William (Bill) H. Chance (1921–62),[97] who had recently transferred from Sinclair Mills.

[109] An alleged unjustified disciplinary action by a supervisor, an open sewage system, and sham safety procedures, prompted an illegal walkout.

[113] A year later, weakened lumber markets resulted in massive layoffs at Northwood's Houston and Upper Fraser sawmills,[114] and reducing to single shifts from the fall.

[116] The pulpworker strike months later put many sawmill employees on indefinite layoff, owing to a lack of burning capacity or space to store the chips.

[120] Surpassing earlier upgrades,[121] the company installed a new double-cut bandsaw and lumber sorter in 1978[122] in a $6.4 million modernization to improve the mill's efficiency.

New computerized equipment controlled thinner saw blades and edgers that maximized the amount of square lumber from each round log, but eliminated 10–15 jobs.

[184] Disembarking Ole Hansen of Hansard's boat prior to its capsizing, saved Mable and Gladys (the older Padlesky children) from a likely drowning.

Gladys (1941–2004)[187] crawled out, mother Jeanne dragged Joyce (1943–55)[188] in a sheet, and holding Gloria (c.1948–), they exited to safety, but the blaze destroyed the building and all their possessions.

[189] An alternate account mentions a forest fire as the cause, and Joyce running back into the burning building before her mother rescued her.

[212] Subsequently, the district used a $25,000 federal planning grant to investigate the feasibility of establishing a new community to replace the existing rundown mill town.

Tabor Pastoral Charge of the United Church held occasional services,[217] which developed into a regular Monday night Sunday school and study group from November 1970 to June 1971.

[223] By the mid-1970s, the closure of post-offices in smaller communities between Prince George and Hansard, left only the ones at Willow River and Upper Fraser open.

[196] A report recommended the half-filled dormitory building in Prince George, which housed mostly Upper Fraser students, be replaced by alternative accommodation and/or bussing.

[244] The original general store, which Dave Lee managed as late as October 1980,[245] appears to have ceased operating, because the premises were available for rental two and a half years later.

[268] In 1999, having given 12 months' notice to tenants of the 24 occupied houses, Northwood closed the 30-house town site, leaving a community of 15–20 privately-owned homes, including a store.

[270] Although only three students travelled from Sinclair Mills by 2010, parents successfully appealed a proposal to eliminate this section from the Giscome school bus service,[271] and the route remained.

[281] When David J. Gagnon (1942–53)[282] went missing while chasing a cat, dragging the river and searching the adjacent woods failed to disclose any clues as to his whereabouts.

[289][290] Charles Hamilton Rombough (1913–76) beat and kicked Hazel Cousins (1914–61),[291] his common-law wife, and put her outside the house when she was inadequately dressed for the extreme cold.

[303] Although sexual assault charges were unproven against Stanley George Biggs, an Upper Fraser welder,[304] intimidation[305] and subsequent violent crime suggested a pattern.

[311] In 1986, an earthquake measuring 6.0 on the Richter scale (centred 25 kilometres (16 mi) north of Upper Fraser) shook most of the stock from the grocery store shelves and caused a minor electrical fire at the school.

[318] After a 1981 referendum, telephone subscribers from Salmon Valley to Hansard opted for a fixed monthly charge for toll-free calling to Prince George.