Vintage Beaver Lumber Machinist Ball Peen Hammer 14 Inch

Beaver Lumber, once Canada's leading supplier of lumber, building materials and related products and services, began in 1883 as the Banbury Bros. Lumber Company in Wolseley, Saskatchewan.[1] Banbury Bros. Lumber Company bought its local rival, Gibson Lumber, in 1904 and two years later joined with the Regina Lumber and Supply Co., creating a business with twelve lumberyards. A thirst for expansion resulted in the Banbury brothers striking a deal with some Winnipeg lumberyards. A new name was needed that was in some way connected to wood, so when Edwin Banbury suggested "Beaver", the company identity was created in 1906 and would become an institution in parts of Canada for another 90 years. More info at

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver_Lumber
• https://www.sootoday.com/columns/remember-this/the-sometimes-turbulent-history-of-beaver-lumber-3804787
• http://westenddumplings.blogspot.com/2017/07/the-story-behind-beaver-lumber-in.html
• https://hardlines.ca/gp_dailynews/throwback-thursday-20-years-ago-home-hardware-set-a-date-for-the-end-of-beaver-lumber/