The Big Chico Creek Flume: From the Mountains to Chico 1874 - 1905

Dave Nopel will tell the story of the Big Chico Creek Flume beginning in Chico Meadows and coming right down Chico Creek Canyon, some 35 miles to wood processing factories in Chico. He will use photos of the flume as it came down the canyon, including the “flume tenders cabins” where people lived and serviced the flume. This bringing of processed wood down from the mountain mills to Chico gave Chico an industrial cornerstone in it’s early years. Dave will conclude his program with his own reflections on 175 years of timber harvesting in the mountains to the east of Chico.