An Agassiz logging company is getting some time to shine in an international spotlight.
Founded in 1980, Peters Contract Logging is one of four logging companies to be featured on the new Discovery docuseries 鈥淭imber Titans,鈥� which premieres at 7 p.m. PST on Discovery on Monday, Feb. 5.
鈥淭imber Titans鈥� follows four logging companies through the wilderness of British Columbia as they fight through extreme weather and unforgiving terrain to harvest one of the country鈥檚 most vital natural resources. It鈥檚 brought to Discovery by Great Pacific Media, the producers of 鈥淗ighway Thru Hell鈥� and 鈥淢ud Mountain Haulers.鈥�
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Peters Contract Logging uses cables for their logging operations, which means they transport logs from the forest to the yard via a series of cables and pulleys. This makes it easier to transport the logs across difficult terrain that other heavy machinery could not otherwise access.
Sheldon Peters, who took over the company from his late father, Garry Peters, said he was really excited to see what the audience for 鈥淭imber Titans鈥� thinks about their day-to-day work.
鈥淭he experience has been great,鈥� Peters said. 鈥淭he people out there filming have been great, helping and seeing our everyday jobs. It鈥檚 awesome.鈥�
鈥淲e do this every day; it鈥檚 just a routine thing,鈥� said Leanne Dunk, who also runs Peters Contract Logging. 鈥淭o us, it鈥檚 kind of boring, but to other people, it鈥檚 fascinating.鈥�
Peters agreed.
鈥淚 love my job, I love what I do, but I didn鈥檛 think it was something that people are going to watch on TV,鈥� he said.
鈥淢ore than one night, anyway,鈥� Dunk replied with a laugh.
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Word spread quickly among the logging community as well as local social media groups with tease videos for 鈥淭imber Titans鈥� being shared far and wide. Peters said with filming came some nervousness, but it was also very exciting.
Locals will very likely see some familiar faces as much of the crew is from Agassiz-Harrison, Chilliwack and even the Hope area.
Thunderbird Entertainment (responsible for producing 鈥淒eadman鈥檚 Curse鈥� and 鈥淢olly of Denali鈥�) owns Great Pacific Media, and they were honoured through a name acknowledgement ceremony at the Sts鈥檃iles First Nation last January. The Sts鈥檃iles and Sq鈥檈wlets communities celebrated the use of the thunderbird鈥檚 name, saying Thunderbird Entertainment鈥檚 鈥渆xemplary stewardship of the name that is steeped in Indigenous heritage鈥� was an act of reconciliation.
