The Last Logging Show: A Forestry Family at the End of an Era

A third-generation British Columbia logger returns to the forests of Haida Gwaii, in the grip of change.

By the time Aaron Williams began learning how to fall a tree, his family had been making clear cuts on BC hillsides for nearly a century. During his father’s generation, the industry started to crumble, and by the time Williams arrived, he knew his future lay elsewhere.

But his father continued in the trade, his work taking him into the forests of Haida Gwaii. There, Williams follows him i...