McMullan, Daniel Lawrence

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McMullan, Daniel Lawrence

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  • D.L. McMullan, Larry McMullan

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1907-1992

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Daniel Lawrence McMullan was born on his family’s homestead near Clarkleigh, Manitoba on July 7, 1907. In 1918 his family moved to Salmon Arm, British Columbia where McMullan completed secondary school in 1924. The same year he moved to Victoria to attend the Provincial Boys’ Parliament.

In 1927 D.L. McMullan commenced his studies at the University of British Columbia with the goal of entering the Faculty of Applied Science. In his student years he secured summer employment on several forest projects which prepared him for his life’s profession. These included: 1928, field crew member on the Amiskwi and Beaverfoot Survey with the Dominion Forest Service; 1929, compassman with the PGE Resources Survey (joint survey project of BC, the Canadian National Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway); 1930, Elk River Forest Survey with the British Columbia Forest Service (BCFS); 1931, North Kamloops Survey with the BCFS; 1932, Railway Belt Survey with the BCFS; 1933 and 1934, Engineering work with Industrial Timber Mills around Cowichan Lake. D.L. McMullan graduated with a Bachelor of Applied Science degree in Forest Engineering in 1934.

In 1935 he worked on the Kettle River Valley Forest Survey with the British Columbia Forest Service (BCFS). In 1936 and 1937 he worked on the E&N Survey with the BCFS. In 1937 he was appointed to a permanent position with the BCFS as Junior Forester based in Victoria. The same year he married Nellie May Laudrum. They had three children, two of whom also became foresters. In 1942 D.L. McMullan was appointed Assistant Acting District Forester based in Prince George. In 1946 he was transferred back to Victoria. He resigned from the BCFS and accepted a position as Forester with the newly formed British Columbia Forest Products Limited, based in Vancouver. In 1948 he assumed the position of Manager of Timber and Lands. He remained in this position until his retirement in 1972.

Daniel Lawrence McMullan died in Comox in 1992.

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Created: R. Frogner, 2016-01-10
Revised Khughes 2017-12-08

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British Columbia, Vital Statistics, death registration 1992-09-006662.
Biographical information supplied by family, see accession file 2012.50.

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