Longworth, British Columbia#Community

A trackside signpost marks Longworth station, a flag stop for Via Rail's Jasper – Prince Rupert train.{{cite web| url=http://www.viarail.ca/en/stations/rockies-and-pacific/Longworth| title=Longworth flag stop| website=www.viarail.ca}} The immediate Via Rail stops are Hutton to the northwest and Penny to the southeast.

Longworth, like Hutton to its northwest, and Lindup to its southeast, was an original train station (1914) on the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway1914 Timetable. p. 4.{{cite web| url=http://maps.library.utoronto.ca/datapub/digital/G_R_3572_C4P3_1911.jpg| title=Map of the Central Section of British Columbia / Shewing the Country Served by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway| website=www.utoronto.ca}} (the Canadian National Railway after nationalization). The name, a locational surname of Anglo-Saxon origin, deriving from any one of the places called "Longworth" in Berkshire, Herefordshire, or Lancashire,{{cite web| url=http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Longworth | title=Last name: Longworth | website=www.surnamedb.com}} was probablyPrince George Citizen, 27 Jan 1984 selected from the list prepared by Josiah Wedgwood (submitted at the request of William P. Hinton, the railway's general manager).Prince George Citizen, 27 May 1957

Longworth lies at Mile 79.4, Fraser Subdivision{{cite web |url=http://www.cwrailway.ca/cnrha.ca/Timetables/Mountain%20Region/BC%20North%20Division/Fraser.pdf | page=79 |title=1977 Timetable |website=www.cwrailway.ca}} (about Mile 169 during the line's construction). New arrivals for the Mile 172 camp and those passing through to Mile 166 (northwest of Lindup) often become lost on the forest trails.Fort George Herald, 7 Jun 1913 {{anchor|WlasitzFam}}

An interesting example of track maintenance workers was the 1936 section crew.{{cite web| url=https://www.virtualmuseum.ca/sgc-cms/histoires_de_chez_nous-community_stories/pm_v2.php?id=display_original&lg=English&fl=0&rd=115047 | title=Image: Longworth section crew, 1936 | website=www.virtualmuseum.ca}} The image shows John Prudun (1902–81){{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/5e3b8261-0abf-4be7-855b-e69f17f50183 |title =Death Certificate (John PRUDUN)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} (left background), George Wlasitz (1891–1962){{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/52a9ceb3-3a26-484f-bb23-5cc21a97dbdd |title =Death Certificate (George WLASITZ)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} (left foreground), Peter Doonchoff (c.1883–1945){{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy/Results?search=Search&as.type_death=true&as.registration_num=1945-09-673227 |title =Death Certificate (Peter DOONCHOFF)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} (foreman: centre background), Steve Wlasitz (1919–2008){{Cite web | url=http://geneofun.on.ca/names/photo/2525710 |title=Cemetery Project (Stephen WLASITZ)|website=www.geneofun.on.ca}} (right foreground), and Steve Bylycia (1899–1956){{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/164cdb87-b785-4033-b7e0-ea2ff364458b |title =Death Certificate (Stefan BYLYCIA)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} (right background). Subjects who advanced to section foremen were John Prudun at Hansard and Steve Bylycia at Hutton. George Wlasitz of Lindup, who remained a section hand, would at least have employment throughout the Great Depression and go on to qualify for a 20-year pass that allowed free travel on Canada and U.S. railroads. His son Steve would qualify for a 10-year pass that allowed free travel within Canada for the family, before resigning for a better paying sawmill job.{{Cite web | url=https://search.nbca.unbc.ca/uploads/r/northern-bc-archives-special-collections-1/2/b/6/2b64109c25b2859ae58efd839a40826c50a110ad57372915614f6ceb0927b7a4/2017.06.2.76_Wlasitz__OCR_.pdf#page=5 | last=Wlasitz |first=Steve & Helen |title =Upper Fraser Historical Geography Project Transcript |year=2000 | pages=3, 4, 20 & 42 |website=www.nbca.unbc.ca}}

Built in 1914, the standard-design Plan 100-152 (Bohi's Type E){{Cite web | url=http://www.oil-electric.com/2008/09/type-e-mythology.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090101162602/http://www.oil-electric.com/2008/09/type-e-mythology.html | url-status=usurped | archive-date=January 1, 2009 | title=Type "E" Mythology|website=www.oil-electric.com}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.michaelkluckner.com/bciw10gtp.html |title = Vanishing BC GTP Railway stations|website=www.michaelkluckner.com}} station building was demolished in 1969.{{cite book |last1=Bohi |first1=Charles W. |last2=Kozma |first2=Leslie S. |pages=[https://archive.org/details/canadiannational0000bohi/page/121 121 & 136] |title=Canadian National's Western Stations |year=2002 |publisher=Fitzhenry & Whiteside |isbn=1550416324 |url=https://archive.org/details/canadiannational0000bohi/page/121 }} Longworth, and similarly isolated communities, unsuccessfully appealed when the Prince George-McBride way freight ceased operations in 1977.Prince George Citizen, 11 Oct 1977 These crews, who knew everyone along the line, would often stop beside residents' homes, especially where heavy groceries needed carrying.Prince George Citizen, 25 Jul 1977

Although CNR trains struck straying livestock,Prince George Citizen: 26 Aug 1937 & 25 Jul 1940 wildlife was a greater problem. During one 24-hour period in 1982, collisions with trains killed 17 caribou near Longworth. Steep snow banks along the rail lines made it all but impossible for moose and caribou to get off the track in time. Over a three-week period, 30 caribou and 150 moose were estimated to have been killed in the area. The reported deaths of 1,000 moose in a previous year was reckoned an understatement.Prince George Citizen: 18 Jan 1982 & 23 Feb 1982

The remaining passenger shelter went in 1996.Prince George Free Press, 21 Jan 1996

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| Siding | Mile No. | 1922 | 1933 | 1943 | 1960 | 1965 | 1968–72 | 1977 | 1990–92 |

(Capacity Length) | | Cars | Cars | Cars | Cars | Cars | Cars | Feet | Feet |

Longworth | 79.4 | 67 | 65 | 57 | 52 | 125 | 125 | 5,750 | 6,230 }}

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| Other Tracks | Mile No. | 1920 | 1922 | 1960 | 1965–68 |

(Capacity Length) | | Cars | Cars | Cars | Cars |

Berg Sawmills | 79.4 | | | 4 | |

Longworth | 79.4 | | | | 20 |

UGG Sawmills | 80.4 | Unknown | Unknown | | |

UGG Sawmills? | 82.5 | Unknown | | | }}

The narrow strip of accessible spruce forest bordering the railway that stretched some {{convert|100|mi|km}} east of Prince George was known as the East Line.{{sfn|Hak1986|p=14}} In the 1920s, with logging limited to the winter and fall seasons to facilitate the hauling of logs by horse or oxenPrince George Citizen, 3 Apr 1997 over snow and ice, loggers were transient. However, year round work existed in sawmill towns such as Giscome, Aleza Lake, Hutton, Penny and Longworth.{{sfn|Hak1986|p=137}} {{anchor|WJaeck}}

The first sawmill was built about 1915.{{cite web| url=http://appserve.noratek.com/pls/cats_web/cats_web.display_item?AIID=23963 | title=Image: Longworth mill, c.1915 | website=www.appserve.noratek.com}} In partnership as the Jaeck-Allen Lumber Co., Allen constructed their mill in 1919.Prince George Citizen: 3 Sep 1919 & 6 Nov 1950{{cite web| url=http://appserve.noratek.com/pls/cats_web/cats_web.display_item?AIID=23965 | title=Image: Longworth mill, c.1919 | website=www.appserve.noratek.com}} One family was Bessie (1878–1949)Prince George Citizen, 15 Dec 1949 & Wallace (Wally) N. Jaeck (1876–1954), later at Bend,Prince George Citizen, 1 Feb 1954{{Cite web | url=https://bccd.vpl.ca/index.php/browse/title/1920/Wrigley%27s_British_Columbia_Directory |title = 1920 BC Directory|website=www.bccd.vpl.ca}} with son C. Earl Jaeck (1904–52), also later at Bend.{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/16d8dd9f-5fcd-4757-9a3b-0cff459a9c26 |title =Death Certificate (Charles Earl JAECK)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}}Prince George Citizen, 28 Apr 1952{{Cite web | url=http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1921&op=img&id=e002868788 |title =1921 Census|website=www.bac-lac.gc.ca}} The other family was Robert (Bob) (1885–1950){{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/ecdc8e5f-ae35-4fa6-b811-333cd2e85209 |title =Death Certificate (Robert ALLEN)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} & M. Olive (1891–1977){{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/3dac4114-1201-4a1d-8bb5-0872e06f16c2 |title =Death Certificate (Mary Olive ALLEN)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}}Prince George Citizen, 3 May 1977 Allen, with children Florence

(1912–85),{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/89434b55-484b-4bf3-8840-d823ee76f1c9 |title =Death Certificate (Florence Mary Olive RIGGS)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}}Prince George Citizen, 12 Oct 1985 Ethel (c.1914–?),{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/bb82c3c2-853a-43fb-bf0b-52e50ac8e064 |title =Marriage Certificate (WHITE/ALLEN)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} Robert (c.1918–?),{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/277a059a-1d7a-474d-a1c4-2e931de38464 |title =Marriage Certificate (ALLEN/MALLERY)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} Enid

(1920–90),{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/2142ac65-ecb0-4807-81d6-6411460afe17 |title =Death Certificate (Enid Pearl ROBINSON)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}}Prince George Citizen, 24 May 1990 Hazel (c.1921–?), and Harry (c.1921–?). In 1921, Wally acquired the Longworth Lumber Co. from a Mr. Trimble. In 1923, the Jaeck-Allen partnership dissolved when Allen joined Frederick (Fred) Thrasher (1890–1967){{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/c5e94ba8-3dae-42fb-bbe3-f1c1953c3352 |title =Death Certificate (Frederick Gordon THRASHER)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} (the mill's former accountant) in a sawmill venture at Snowshoe, {{convert|3.1|mi|km|1}} from Loos.Prince George Citizen, 19 Apr 1923, 2 Jul 1925, 4 Mar 1926 &, 9 May 1929 Labour shortages at Longworth, forced the mill to drop the night shift initially,Prince George Citizen, 12 Jul 1923 and later to erect a boarding house and rooming house to address the limited accommodation for employees and visitors.

Jack Turnbull (probably 1878–1964){{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/88cb6c29-97ce-47af-85e5-9711db2d2f2f |title =Death Certificate (John Burns TURNBULL)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} ran logging camps for the company during the 1925/26 winter.Prince George Citizen: 12 Nov 1925, 3 Dec 1925 & 28 Jan 1926 Following the severe 1927 forest fires,Prince George Citizen, 1 Sep 1927 a lookout opened in 1929. This building still exists {{convert|4|mi|km|spell=in}} away on top of Longworth Mountain.Prince George Citizen, 16 May 1929 {{anchor|RSpurr}} That year, the Longworth mill worked double shifts, but US lumber duties loomed,Prince George Citizen, 24 Jan 1929 and the mill closed in 1932. In 1935, Donald (Don) S. McPhee (1892–1964),{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/cba65d23-5da6-4c20-9916-d46b6848ea49 |title =Death Certificate (Donald Sellers McPHEE)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} formerly at Sinclair Mills,Prince George Citizen, 6 Mar 1964 and A. Roy Spurr (1885–1954), formerly at Penny,{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/95435e6a-923f-4d6f-9aa1-28dd58374cc4 |title =Death Certificate (Albert Roy SPURR)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}}Prince George Citizen, 16 Aug 1954 partners in the Giscome mill, acquired the bankrupt Longworth Lumber Co., {{anchor|TBerg_a}} and relocated the equipment to the Hudson Bay SpurPrince George Citizen, 5 Mar 1936. (Upper Fraser). Longtime resident John Flotten (1896–1987){{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/42a3e429-7dfd-4047-b4b1-fee0195a1dd1 |title =Death Certificate (John Engebrektsen FLOTTEN)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}}Prince George Citizen, 19 Dec 1987 and Torsten Berg (1912–2007), who would later mill at Lindup,{{Cite web | url=http://geneofun.on.ca/names/photo/2518069 |title=Cemetery Project (Torsten BERG)|website=www.geneofun.on.ca}} were pole producers.Prince George Citizen: 17 Jun 1937, 25 Sep 1941 & 5 Feb 1942 {{Crossreference|selfref=no|(see #TBerg_b)}}. The return of logging in 1937 provided a vital outlet for the farmers' produce. Don McPhee managed the summer and winter logging campsPrince George Citizen, 14 Oct 1937 established between Toneko Lake and the Fraser.Prince George Citizen: 24 Mar 1938, 9 Mar 1939 & 4 Dec 1941 Karl (Carl alternate spelling) Anderson (1906–94),{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/de006b60-d2b2-48f8-a650-0b8706508567 |title =Marriage Certificate (ANDERSON/SMALL)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}}{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/26d20a54-ad08-443a-8b6e-86b304b11bca |title =Death Certificate (Karl Edwin ANDERSON)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} and C. Gunnar Johnson (1911–82),{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/ea12f76a-0fde-4a63-974d-90bdb670de74 |title =Death Certificate (Carl Gunnar JOHNSON)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} son/stepson of Carl & Alice Caroline (c.1900–1945) Johnson,{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy/Results?search=Search&as.type_death=true&as.registration_num=1945-09-664589 |title =Death Certificate (Alice Caroline JOHNSON)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}}Prince George Citizen: 21 & 28 Jun 1945 held the contract to build the plank road for haulingPrince George Citizen, 9 Jun 1938 to a point where logs could float downriver to a mill. Robert Allen operated his crew {{convert|3|mi|km|spell=in}} from LongworthPrince George Citizen, 4 Jan 1940 during the 1938/39 and 1939/40 winters, before relocating his equipment back to Snowshoe. In 1942, the Sinclair Spruce summer camp was in the vicinity.Prince George Citizen, 12 Mar 1942 Carl Johnson, who purchased the former mill site with plans to renovate the houses,Prince George Citizen, 24 Mar 1938 resold the properties to Karl Anderson.Prince George Citizen, 25 Apr 1940

InjuryPrince George Citizen: 24 Mar 1938, 4 Aug 1938, 21 Sep 1939 & 8 Aug 1940 and death were common in sawmills and logging camps. Falling trees fatally crushed loggers Carl G. Johannson (c.1886–1925){{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy/Results?search=Search&as.type_death=true&as.registration_num=1925-09-360384 |title =Death Certificate (Carl Gerhard JOHANNSON)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}}Prince George Citizen, 1 Oct 1925 and William Stack (possibly Slack) (c.1900–1925).{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy/Results?search=Search&as.type_death=true&as.registration_num=1925-09-360398 |title =Death Certificate (William SLACK)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}}Prince George Citizen, 12 Nov 1925 Kicks from horses used for hauling sent several men to hospital.Prince George Citizen, 28 Jan 1926 Another year, a falling log broke logger Harold Mallery's (1916–2000) leg,Prince George Citizen, 27 Apr 1939 & 18 Apr 2000 and a falling tree fatally injured Everett Martin (c.1911–1939).Prince George Citizen, 12 Oct 1939 At C.A. Berg's sawmill, near Longworth, while jumping from a snowplowing tractor, Kenneth D. Wilson (1920–56){{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/7cf78b6e-fe0d-48d3-9b06-91999a0cd14b |title =Death Certificate (Kenneth Daniel WILSON)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} was fatally crushed between the tracks and hydraulic cylinder.Prince George Citizen: 6 & 9 Feb 1956

In 1965, logging operator Torsten Berg was fined for omitting some employee earnings from his Unemployment Insurance Commission records.Prince George Citizen, 13 Apr 1965

In 1981, the government established a 478,683-hectare provincial forest at Longworth.Prince George Citizen, 28 Jan 1981

Lennox Thompson (1879–1960),{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/1e87a7e2-a902-4538-80a8-29b7cb0cfc12 |title =Death Certificate (Lennox THOMPSON)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} who farmed 1918–40,Prince George Citizen: 27 May 1943 kept poultry and grew strawberries and hay.Prince George Citizen, 17 May 1934

In 1924, Wilson A. (1880–1959){{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/a3076f7e-2f0b-437b-ab05-e0820ce4a1de |title =Death Certificate (Wilson Albert RIGGS)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} & Mary (c.1883–1939){{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy/Results?search=Search&as.type_death=true&as.registration_num=1939-09-565671 |title =Death Certificate (Mary RIGGS)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}}Prince George Citizen, 11 Jan 1940 Riggs arrived.{{Cite web | url=https://bccd.vpl.ca/index.php/browse/title/1927/Wrigley%27s_British_Columbia_Directory |title = 1927 BC Directory|website=www.bccd.vpl.ca}} Their children were Annie Armanda (1905–70),{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/bb2a40df-03aa-448b-83c7-13dae0e0b846 |title =Death Certificate (Annie Armanda POPOVITCH)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} George W. A. (1907–78),{{Cite web | url=http://geneofun.on.ca/names/photo/2521708 |title=Cemetery Project (George RIGGS)|website=www.geneofun.on.ca}}Prince George Citizen, 3 Apr 1978 Harold E. (c.1910–?),{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/bb5b3dce-ab7f-4f0a-94d9-4fd0518fb933 |title =Marriage Certificate (RIGGS/ELGIE)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} Wilbert A. (1912–99), later of Penny,{{Cite web | url=http://geneofun.on.ca/names/photo/2526151 |title=Cemetery Project (Wilbert A. RIGGS)|website=www.geneofun.on.ca}}Prince George Citizen, 21 Jan 1999 Lillian Oliveria Pearl (1914–85),{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/5021c336-d3fa-4863-849a-a0703a370998 |title =Death Certificate (Lillian Oliveria Pearl HUNT)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}}Prince George Citizen, 1 Aug 1985 Arthur (c.1917–1987),{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/f7f9f877-ac8f-4617-a9ee-e4f4e5fe40ea |title =Marriage Certificate (RIGGS/JOHNSON)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}}Prince George Citizen, 14 Oct 1987 Clara Margaret (c.1921–?),{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/d0b294d5-32a2-4aec-b49c-a23c80d7a067 |title =Marriage Certificate (NEDEN/RIGGS)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}}{{Cite web | url=http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1921&op=img&id=e002859352 |title =1921 Census|website=www.bac-lac.gc.ca}} William, Ernest, and Dorothy. The family residence became a focal point of the community.Prince George Citizen, 14 Mar 1929 Their expanding farmPrince George Citizen: 24 Jul 1930 to 2 Oct 1930; & 22 Jan 1931 to 19 Mar 1931 comprised vegetable cropsPrince George Citizen, 29 Sep 1938 and dairy cattle. In 1937, Wilson was the first local farmer to ship cream to the Interior Creamery at Prince George,Prince George Citizen, 10 Jun 1937 expanding to a local six-farm source by 1940.Prince George Citizen, 25 Jul 1940 These farmers' purebred Ayrshires gained renown.Prince George Citizen: 4 Dec 1941 & 16 Jul 1942 He was also active in advancing the farming community.Prince George Citizen: 10 Feb 1938 & 16 Feb 1939 {{anchor|TurnerFam}}

Logger and farmer William Henry (1888–1949){{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/e588de5d-f89b-41c9-9b50-0532711925a1 |title =Death Certificate (William Henry TURNER)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}}Prince George Citizen, 31 Mar 1949 & Estella (1890–1946){{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy//f9f92b10-ddbd-48a3-be7f-e167d79f5a3b |title =Death Certificate (Estella Maude TURNER)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} Turner arrived around 1924. Their children were Thelma (c.1917–?), R.D. (1918–94), Earl (1919–84),{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/bbbf1f59-52a5-4bbf-a785-d3b9235d8f95 |title =Death Certificate (Earl Philip TURNER)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}}Prince George Citizen, 10 Apr 1984{{Cite web | url=http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1921&op=img&id=e002868727 |title =1921 Census|website=www.bac-lac.gc.ca}} Ronald (1921–88),{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/3c419910-26d7-4c81-b3ec-dbc63b8fa03a |title =Death Certificate (Ronald Alexander TURNER)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}}Prince George Citizen, 9 Mar 1988 Ernest E. (1923–56), who drowned at Hansard,{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/4c33d071-ff84-480e-8a89-1f11dfa82aba |title =Death Certificate (Ernest Edward TURNER)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} Wallace, Herbert (1926–53), who died in a traffic accident at Prince George,{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/76b7d1da-ff77-4331-b1aa-02a44e18e035 |title =Death Certificate (Herbert TURNER)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}}Prince George Citizen, 27 Apr 1953 Naomi, Alberteen, and Helen. Ronald and his parents were residents until death. R.D. legally changed his name to Ardie Keith.Prince George Citizen, 25 Jul 1969 {{anchor|MuellerFam}}

Gratian (1873–1970){{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/9f25125d-66e7-453d-ae9e-3c7f54bc1be8 |title =Death Certificate (Gratian MUELLER)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}}Prince George Citizen, 6 Jan 1971 & Mary (1878–1937){{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Genealogy/Results?search=Search&as.type_death=true&as.registration_num=1937-09-534505 |title =Death Certificate (Mary MUELLER)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} Mueller arrived around 1924. Their children were Mary (1898–1987),{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/64ab9635-6178-4d30-9e76-ff501f5ab7f7 |title =Death Certificate (Mary KUCHLER)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} Emma (1900–88),{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/bcafa72a-9636-40b8-adfe-5a9483bee365 |title =Death Certificate (Emma Barbara KETTER)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} Gratian (c.1903–1938),Prince George Citizen: 14 Oct 1937; 15 & 29 Sep 1938 Edward (1904–94),{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/cd2a91dd-9ae1-49ac-ba57-a946cbc92042 |title =Death Certificate (Edward Albert MUELLER)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} Paul (1907–97),{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/bc7d1951-2c0d-455e-90d5-1025b5a11826 |title =Death Certificate (Paul MUELLER)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}}Prince George Citizen, 20 Aug 1997 Raymond (1909–98),Prince George Citizen: 24 Mar 1988 & 27 Feb 1998 Dorothy (c.1911–?), Ann (c.1914–?), Joseph (c.1917–?), Rose (c.1919–?), Theresa (1920–?),{{Cite web | url=http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1921&op=img&id=e003116367 |title =1921 Census|website=www.bac-lac.gc.ca}}Prince George Citizen, 13 Dec 1985 John (1923–2017),{{Cite web | url=https://www.quesnelobserver.com/obituaries/john-a-mueller |title =Obituary (John A. MUELLER)|website=www.quesnelobserver.com}} and Liz. Gratian Sr. and W.H. Turner were the only local farmers who did not avail themselves of the free initial TB testing of their herds.

Raymond (Ray) married Louisa Hutchinson (1918–2016).Prince George Citizen, 10 May 2016 When they moved to Sinclair Mills in 1943, Ray drew upon his river experiencePrince George Citizen, 19 Jul 1986 to raft their home downriver through the Grand Canyon rapids.Prince George Citizen, 24 Mar 1988 Joseph (Joe) Mueller, Mary & George (1889–1983){{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/e6162ca0-97a2-4fce-98ac-0500286169e9 |title =Death Certificate (George Herman KUCHLER)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} Kuchler, and Edward Mueller probably left a little earlier,Prince George Citizen: 8 Aug 1940, 25 Sep 1941 & 16 Jul 1942 and John finally a decade later.Prince George Citizen, 19 May 1952 & 6 Oct 1958 Paul & Marjorie (1919–2009) moved to Prince George in 1956, but for many years divided their time between the homestead and town.{{Cite web | url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/princegeorgecitizen/obituary.aspx?n=marjorie-mueller&pid=131500681 |title =Obituary (Marjorie MUELLER)|website=www.legacy.com}}Prince George Citizen, 13 Feb 1968

Theresa (Tracy) married Charles (Charlie) McCoy (c.1915–?).{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/02109603-4a31-4a93-b567-4ac16ed90b04 |title =Marriage Certificate (McCOY/MUELLER)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}}Prince George Citizen: 10 Feb 1938, 24 Mar 1938 & 14 Apr 1938 When she retired as postmaster in 1985, she had held the position (assumed on a temporary basis) for 30 years. A former sawmill office skidded down the track from Lindup, the 10- by 12-foot hut (which she owned) served as the post office.{{cite web |url= https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/postal-heritage-philately/post-offices-postmasters/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=28930& |title=Postmasters |website=www.bac-lac.gc.ca}} Their children were BobPrince George Citizen: 12 Jul 1956 & 14 Mar 1957 and Wayne.Prince George Citizen: 25 Sep 1957, 2 May 1979, 2 to 4 May 1983, 11 Oct 1986 & 30 Dec 1988 By 2018, Bob had been a resident for 76 years. {{anchor|LHJaeck}}

Wallace's brother, Leonard H. Jaeck (1880–1958), later at Bend,{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/99c2b1f5-7e02-464a-9f4a-71a4d320619b |title =Death Certificate (Leonard Hubert JAECK)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}}Prince George Citizen, 20 Feb 1958 farmed 1931–36,Prince George Citizen, 1 Aug 1946 and kept a herd of dairy goats.Prince George Citizen, 9 Jul 1931 He was formerly the blacksmith at the mill.Prince George Citizen, 2 Jun 1927{{Cite web | url=https://bccd.vpl.ca/index.php/browse/title/1929/Wrigley%27s_BC_Directory |title = 1929 BC Directory|website=www.bccd.vpl.ca}}

The 1918 population estimate of 30,{{Cite web | url=https://bccd.vpl.ca/index.php/browse/title/1918/Wrigley%27s_British_Columbia_Directory |title = 1918 BC Directory|website=www.bccd.vpl.ca}} increased to 60 by 1920, 75 to 100 by 1924–25,{{Cite web | url=https://bccd.vpl.ca/index.php/browse/title/1925/Wrigley_Henderson_Amalgamated_BC_Directory |title = 1925 BC Directory|website=www.bccd.vpl.ca}}Prince George Citizen, 13 Mar 1924 150 by 1926,{{Cite web | url=https://bccd.vpl.ca/index.php/browse/title/1926/Wrigley%27s_British_Columbia_Directory |title = 1926 BC Directory|website=www.bccd.vpl.ca}} and 200 by 1927. Arthur E.C. Read (1888–1945) (Reid alternate spelling), a storeowner during the late 1910s, was the inaugural postmaster 1915–20, but the post office remained closed for 15 of those months. Commonly, the postmaster in such towns was also a storeowner. He then spent three years in Hutton. In 1923, Alice Irene Black (1893–1996){{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/105b115c-5a1d-40c0-b4ac-2c3a47590399 |title =Death Certificate (Alice Irene Read)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} married Arthur.{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/0c53a6b1-6345-4907-b4eb-35a05533c750 |title =Marriage Certificate (READ/BLACK)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}}Prince George Citizen, 1 Nov 1923 By 1924, the town boasted a church (parson visited from McBride), school, dancehall, general store and poolroom. A local symphony orchestra provided music for the dances held every two weeks.Prince George Citizen, 28 Feb 1924 First mentions of a body returning for burial, and the cemetery itself, are 1921 and 1937 respectively.Prince George Leader, 6 May 1921Prince George Citizen, 23 Sep 1937 Burials still occur at this location.

The Longworth school opened in 1921 with Miss Doris Webb as the inaugural teacher.Prince George Leader, 7 Oct 1921 Built in 1920 on land donated by the mill, the 38' x 16' frame building was extended eight feet in 1924 to accommodate increased attendance.{{cite book |last1=Hall |first1=Barbara |last2=Nellis |first2=Kris |title=School District No. 57 (Prince George) historical memories. (Volume II): people, places, programs & services |year=2012 |publisher=Prince George Retired Teachers' Association, Education Heritage Committee }} The 1931 enrolment comprised 33 students in Grades 1–9.Prince George Citizen, 10 Sep 1931 Opened in 1927 about {{convert|2|mi|km}} from Longworth on the river, the Longworth South community hall housed both a new school and community activities.Prince George Citizen, 13 Oct 1927 {{anchor|SCoats}}

Arriving in 1921, Sidney (Sid) T. (1876–1962){{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/f225a15f-1b60-4e9e-9caf-082622253b47 |title =Death Certificate (Sidney Tullar COATS)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} & Lulu (1883–1961){{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/4eee6d49-8dc3-4fb2-87b2-d9f90e30cb08 |title =Death Certificate (Lulu May COATS)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} Coats ran a general store,{{Cite web | url=https://bccd.vpl.ca/index.php/browse/title/1923/Wrigley%27s_British_Columbia_Directory |title = 1923 BC Directory|website=www.bccd.vpl.ca}}Prince George Citizen: 13 Mar 1924, 29 Aug 1946, 24 Jan 1952 & 19 Feb 1962{{cite book |last=PRC | page=127 |title=A Penny for Your Thoughts... |year=1995 |publisher=The Penny Reunion Committee }} with Sid as postmaster 1922–35. Lulu was a sister-in-law of Wallace N. Jaeck {{Crossreference|selfref=no|(see #WJaeck)}}. The store closed when the mill folded during the Great Depression.Prince George Citizen, 22 Mar 1989 {{anchor|RMcGillivray}} Daughter Elizabeth (1906–91){{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/2c4af414-2a12-46b4-a52c-2670bc222f3e |title =Death Certificate (Elizabeth Forrest McGILLIVRAY)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}}{{Cite web | url=http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1921&op=img&id=e002868789 |title =1921 Census|website=www.bac-lac.gc.ca}} married local{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/a9011000-761b-4a5a-bfd4-7b6025afd0c8 |title =Marriage Certificate (McGILLIVRAY/COATS)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} Rory (Roy) R.M. McGillivray (1903–94), who would later be at Bend.{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/70f287d4-2b0e-42da-8242-cf3f45de1af0 |title =Death Certificate (Rory Roderick McClennan McGILLIVRAY)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}}

In the late 1920s, storeowner Arthur Read became a notary public,{{Cite web | url=https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist0928uvic_10#page/n5/mode/1up/search/longworth |title =The Daily Colonist, 14 Sep 1928|website=www.archive.org}} but a 1931 fire destroyed his business premises.Prince George Citizen, 13 Aug 1931 After he opened the 10-bedroomed Toneko Lodge a year later,Prince George Citizen, 9 Jun 1932 he relocated the general store into this hotel, and later the post office,Prince George Citizen, 12 Sep 1935 when postmaster 1935–45. During 1937, the proprietor regularly advertisedPrince George Citizen, 10 Jun 1937 to 23 Sep 1937 the lodge and later the combined lodge and general store (which served as a retail and wholesale distributor of grains and flour).Prince George Citizen, 28 Dec 1939 He was the first president of the Yellowhead Highway Association, an advocacy group formed in 1936 to create a highway link,Prince George Citizen: 31 Jul 1999 & 2 Oct 2013 which all came to naught when the government surveyed a route wholly west of the river for the Fraser-Fort George section of Highway 16.Prince George Citizen: 18 Feb 1958, 26 Aug 1958 & 16 Aug 1960 In ill health, Arthur sold the business,Prince George Citizen, 7 Jun 1945 and died weeks later.Prince George Citizen, 28 Jun 1945 He had arrived in the district as part of a railway construction crew, been postmaster for a total of 17 years, and been a guide for big game hunting. New owner Cecil Alcock (probably 1902–75){{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/53a6ce34-744f-4ad9-b84b-2117ecb03344 |title =Death Certificate (Cecil Albert Stanley ALCOCK)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} was postmaster 1945–50, and the family kept poultry,Prince George Citizen, 22 Jan 1948 and bred rabbits.Prince George Citizen: 1 Jul 1948 & 6 Jan 1949

In the wintertime, competitive cross-country and downhill skiing was the major sport.Prince George Citizen: 14 Mar 1935 & 9 Feb 1939 In 1938, the young people organized a badminton club, and the community club purchased a movie projector.Prince George Citizen, 2 Feb 1939 At the initial screening, which comprised several short reels, the packed Longworth Hall attracted a number from Penny.Prince George Citizen, 19 May 1938 That year, after a badminton tournament, the Sinclair Mills team stayed to watch a movie.Prince George Citizen, 30 Mar 1939 On another occasion, the badminton club organized a dance in the community hall.Prince George Citizen, 21 Mar 1940 The boys' and girls' dairy calf club, formed in 1937,Prince George Citizen, 22 Jul 1937 also held fundraising dances.Prince George Citizen: 9 Sep 1937, 20 Jan 1938, 7 Jul 1938, 22 Dec 1938, 3 Aug 1939 & 8 Aug 1940 Neighbouring communities visited one another's dances.Prince George Citizen: 4 Nov 1937, 14 Apr 1938, 9 Mar 1939, 4 Jul 1940 & 5 Feb 1942 The population, numbering 129 in the mid-1940s,Prince George Citizen, 17 Oct 1946 had shrunk to 65 a decade later.Prince George Citizen, 19 Sep 1955

The Longworth School{{Cite web | url=https://search-bcarchives.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/longworth-school |title =Image: Longworth school |website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} and the Longworth South School, which often held combined events,Prince George Citizen: 13 May 1937, 10 Jun 1937, 18 Nov 1937 & 23 Dec 1937 amalgamated for the 1939/40 year as the United Rural Longworth School.Prince George Citizen, 21 Sep 1939 The new building at the crossroads sitePrince George Citizen: 3 Aug 1939 & 5 Oct 1939 was completed at a cost of $1,000 for the 1941/42 year.Prince George Citizen, 18 Sep 1941 The school was closed for the 1942/43 year.Prince George Citizen, 2 Sep 1943 In 1955, teacherages were built and equipped.Prince George Citizen: 25 Nov 1954 & 13 Dec 1954 The school struggled to secure a teacher for the 1958/59 year.Prince George Citizen, 20 Aug 1958 Catering for Grades 1–8, numbers were 9–13 for 1945–53, and 8–13 for 1955–65.Prince George Citizen: 2 Sep 1960 & 23 Oct 1963 The school closed in 1966.Prince George Citizen, 1 Sep 1966 The school at Sinclair Mills closed in 1984, Upper Fraser in 1998, and elementary education became centralized at Giscome from 1999, except for distance-learning students.

In 1990, ownership of the two-hectare former school land, passed to the RDFFG to create a community park with ball field. Students completed correspondence courses in the former schoolhouse, and residents regularly used the more recently built community hall for various activities.Prince George Citizen, 18 Jul 1990 A previous hall dated from the 1930s.Prince George Citizen: 10 Sep 1931, 26 Mar 1936, & 9 Sep 1937

"Longstock", formerly called "Hot As Hell Bonfire Dance", was an annual musical festival held at the community hall 1992–2001.Prince George Free Press: 24 Aug 1995, 5 Aug 1999 & 9 Aug 2001

By 2000, a population of 23,Prince George Citizen, 17 Nov 2000 occupied the 21 dwellings.Prince George Citizen, 22 Oct 1999 Steadily declining,{{cite book |last=Olson |first=Raymond | page=89 |title=Ghost Towns on the East Line |year=2014 |publisher=Self-published |isbn=9780986924316}} 13 permanent residents remained by 2018.

In 1924, an agitator among the Hindu community alleged a mail theft, but the subsequent charges were dismissed. That year, the town suffered a measles epidemic, and a whooping cough epidemic in 1937.Prince George Citizen, 13 May 1937

Although only a single mention of a house burning to the ground,Prince George Citizen, 1 Jun 1939 it was likely a common occurrence.

In 1955, the partly decomposed body of a lone homesteader was found with a rifle shot to the head.{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/c2c0f363-f696-4e22-b3a7-7bc9aa91de8d |title =Death Certificate (Charles John MILLER)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}}Prince George Citizen: 30 May 1955, 2 Jun 1955 & 12 Sep 1957 Nels Adolf Sjolund (1898–1955),{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/eeecc77b-e264-441f-9a56-3fa301359b8d |title =Death Certificate (Nels Adolf SJOLUND)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} postmaster in 1955, proprietor of the Toneko Lodge, and part owner of the general store, committed suicide in a like manner that year.Prince George Citizen: 19 Sep 1955 & 12 May 1959

A resident for 43 years, teamster Orva (1889–1963){{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/413a5a6d-c18e-4143-87a9-63d78eca3945 |title =Death Certificate (Orval PRATHER)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}}Prince George Citizen, 22 Jan 1964 & Mabel (1888–1955) Prather came in 1921. Their children were Iva Pearl (1917–2012),{{Cite web | url=http://geneofun.on.ca/names/photo/2528668 |title=Cemetery Project (Iva Pearl BERG)|website=www.geneofun.on.ca}}{{Cite web | url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/princegeorgecitizen/obituary.aspx?n=iva-berg&pid=158014856&fhid=11199 |title =Obituary (Iva BERG)|website=www.legacy.com}} Marjory (1919–2009), Oliver (1921-2015),Prince George Citizen, 22 Sep 2015 Gladys, Julia, Pauline (1928–58), and Arnold (1929–2013).Prince George Citizen, 6 Dec 2013 {{anchor|TBerg_b}} Buried at Longworth are Orva, Mabel, Pauline and her son, and Arnold and his wife. Pauline and son Raymond (1946–58)Prince George Citizen, 6 Oct 1958 died at the hands of husband John Melynchuk in a murder, suicide at Cloverdale.Prince George Citizen, 22 Sep 1958 Iva Pearl married{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/955b8825-5d15-4c73-baac-58522f5a8bd2 |title =Marriage Certificate (BERG/PRATHER)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}}Prince George Citizen, 30 Jan 1936 Torsten Berg {{Crossreference|selfref=no|(see #TBerg_a)}}. When a companion's loaded .22-calibre rifle accidentally discharged {{convert|2|mi|km|spell=in}} east, while on a hunting trip, younger son R. Peter Berg (1956–67){{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/b906d6ac-bb46-495e-b4d9-e0fcea7e6e24 |title =Death Certificate (Randy Peter BERG)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}} suffered a fatal shoulder wound.Prince George Citizen: 18 Sep 1967 & 5 Oct 1967 Older son Carl Berg (1936–87) died of cirrhosis.{{Cite web | url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/e0eebb52-4637-4c30-a23d-7c241108fa99 |title =Death Certificate (Carl Lenord BERG)|website=www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca}}Prince George Citizen, 10 Nov 1987

Harold Olsson (1895–1971) was mauled by a bear on a trail from his cabin, near Longworth, to Toneko Lake. A broken rib fatally punctured a lung.Prince George Citizen, 8 Sep 1972

In 1976, when two-year-old Seth Allen became separated from his parents in the Hungary Creek area, he spent a night alone in the bush, before a search effort by the 35-person community found the infant.Prince George Citizen: 15, 16 & 25 Jun 1976 Three years earlier, Thad, Seth's father, was a key organizer of a back-to-nature summer camp for urban children that was held in Longworth.Prince George Citizen: 19 Jun 1973 & 20 Aug 1973

The following year, Lawrence (Larry) Gaylord, of Longworth, was arrested in Prince George and charged with trafficking, after police found a pound of marijuana in his hotel room. His friend, Joseph Carmen Marvici, obtained counsel and appeared in court for him. Gaylord was remanded in custody and ultimately deported to Alaska. When police conducted a search and found some 300 pounds of marijuana about {{convert|0.5|mi|km|1}} from Marvici's Longworth farm, he was charged with cultivating marijuana. After the charges were stayed, Marvici laid a formal complaint of harassment against the RCMP. Although not determined criminal, the two drug squad officers' irresponsible conduct instigated disciplinary action.Prince George Citizen: 16 & 22 Aug 1977; 1 & 6 Sep 1977; 28 & 31 Jul 1978; 1 Aug 1978; & 23 Jan 1979

To extend the existing Prince George-Aleza Lake highway,Prince George Citizen, 25 Apr 1929 the {{convert|30|mi|km}} to Longworth were cleared, grubbed and rough graded during 1929–31. However, the rapid deterioration of the road, culverts and bridges, made it largely impassable beyond Hansard.Prince George Citizen: 3 Sep 1931 & 15 Oct 1931 By 1938, proper grading was completed to within {{convert|2.5|mi|km}} of Longworth.Prince George Citizen: 9 & 30 Jul 1936; & 27 Oct 1938 The 1941 grading of the remainder by a logging operator encouraged bicycle sales. Although Hansard-Sinclair Mills was later gravelled,Prince George Citizen: 19 Oct 1939 & 6 Sep 1945 Sinclair Mills-Longworth was left to deteriorate.Prince George Citizen: 25 Feb 1952, 30 Nov 1953 & 24 Dec 1980 Road maps shows the route terminating just south of Sinclair Mills.{{Cite web | url=https://www.arcabc.ca/islandora/object/unbc%3A17254 |title =1949 DL Map |website=www.arcabc.ca}} & {{Cite web | url=https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/workspace/handleMediaPlayer;JSESSIONID=83caf6bd-5c13-4a2d-8744-65fde1e6d603?lunaMediaId=RUMSEY~8~1~212315~5500350 |title =1956 Shell Map |website=www.davidrumsey.com}} & {{Cite web | url=http://cartweb.geography.ua.edu/lizardtech/iserv/calcrgn?cat=North%20America%20and%20United%20States&item=Canada/Canada1958a.sid&wid=1000&hei=900&props=item(Name,Description),cat(Name,Description)&style=simple/view-dhtml.xsl |title =1958 Gousha Road Map |website=www.cartweb.geography.ua.edu}} In 1960, the provincial conservative candidate brought two horses in a car trailer to Sinclair Mills, and campaigned the next {{convert|35|mi|km}} southeast by horseback.Prince George Citizen: 16 & 17 Aug 1960 The railway continued to provide the only year-round accessibility.Prince George Citizen, 11 Jun 1977

In a 1981 survey, the residents of Longworth and Penny opposed the proposal for a reaction ferry at Penny.Prince George Citizen, 14 Jan 1981

During 1986–87, the road and bridges on the Sinclair Mills-Longworth section were rebuilt to create a "fair weather" road,Prince George Citizen: 30 Dec 1986 & 11 Aug 1987 leaving the community still dependent upon the railway in the wet season.Prince George Citizen, 26 Oct 1991 With one hill impassable for a week, a lot of the 1992 work by the highway maintenance contractor was undone by the fall rains, owing to the growing number of logging trucks breaking up the road. Although residents had no expectation of a paved road, they counted upon a well-maintained solid gravel base.Prince George Citizen, 19 Dec 1992 That year, the Hutton Road thoroughfare was renamed the Upper Fraser Road.Prince George Citizen, 17 Jan 1992 Over the following decade, not only was this section of gravel road still in poor shape,Prince George Citizen, 7 May 2001 but the whole distance as far northwest as the Hansard Bridge was barely drivable.Prince George Citizen, 2 Nov 2001 Nowadays, it is considered a good gravel road.Prince George Citizen, 25 Jul 2012

In 1924, residents installed radios for the upcoming broadcasts from the cities.{{Cite web | url=https://search.nbca.unbc.ca/uploads/r/northern-bc-archives-special-collections-1/7/a/0/7a097ec0a2a1fc2f6808fbf9ac9b19bd5d74c9f5c95d8fbdcc2cee3f992e80f7/2017.06.2.72_Ward_Crissie_and_Stewart_Laureen__OCR_.pdf#page=25 | last1=Ward |first1=Crissie |last2=Stewart |first2=Laureen |title =Upper Fraser Historical Geography Project Transcript |year=2000 | page=16 |website=www.nbca.unbc.ca}}

From 1929, the CNR telephone lines (which in 1914 connected Prince George with all GTP points east),Fort George Herald, 18 Feb 1914 opened for public usage, linking Dome Creek with Prince George.Prince George Citizen, 20 Jun 1929 In the late 1950s, CNR erected a relay transmitter station at Longworth for its new microwave radio system.Prince George Citizen, 5 Sep 1957 The CN network from Giscome still provided the public phone service by 1980.Prince George Citizen, 22 Dec 1980 In 1993, residents unanimously approved the referendumPrince George Citizen, 22 Nov 1993 for a local telephone service, at a cost of under $216,390 for the community.Prince George Citizen, 24 Sep 1993 Owing to the capital cost to Telus, even with government subsidies, negotiations dragged on for eight years.Prince George Citizen, 22 Oct 1998 When installed in 1999, the costs to each household was $20,000. However, until 2001, when the company added an independent power source to eliminate power surges, lengthy service interruptions often occurred.Prince George Citizen, 23 Feb 2001

A new transmitter, installed by CKPG-TV on Mount Tabor in 1964, provided reception as far southeast as Longworth & Penny.Prince George Citizen: 27 Oct 1964 & 7 Dec 1964

A few homes or businesses had diesel generators for electricity.Prince George Citizen: 13 Aug 1936 & 13 Dec 1985 In 1989, after 13 of the 26 eligible voters voted unanimously in favour, BC Hydro constructed an electrical distribution line to the community.Prince George Citizen: 20 Jan 1989; & 21 Jul 1989 to 2 Aug 1989

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• {{BCGNIS|10691|Longworth (community)}}
• {{cite web | url=http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository |title =Prince George archival newspapers |website=www.pgpl.ca}}
• {{Cite web | url=http://summit.sfu.ca/item/6364 |last=Hak |first=Gordon Hugh|title=On the Fringes: Capital and Labour in the Forest Economies of the Port Alberni and Prince George Districts, BC, 1910–1939 |year=1986 |website=www.summit.sfu.ca }}

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