Industry
In addition to the Stave Falls and Ruskin Dams and power plants, and the Alouette power plant on the shore of Stave Lake where a diversion from Alouette Lake comes through a low mountainside, the Stave River's valley has been extensively logged. The only operating mills on its length are now near the Fraser at Ruskin but there are a few ruins of mills lining its western shore, including the remains of a very large cedar shake mill adjacent to the Stave Falls dam. Almost all of the mills on the Stave were focused on the production of shakes (sort of a large shingle) and some of its mills were among the highest-producing in the world.
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