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 “Timber Titans,” which premieres at 7 p.m. PST on Discovery on Monday, Feb. 5.
“Timber Titans” 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’s most vital natural resources. It’s brought to Discovery by Great Pacific Media, the producers of “Highway Thru Hell” and “Mud Mountain Haulers.”
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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 “Timber Titans” thinks about their day-to-day work.
“The experience has been great,” Peters said. “The people out there filming have been great, helping and seeing our everyday jobs. It’s awesome.”
“We do this every day; it’s just a routine thing,” said Leanne Dunk, who also runs Peters Contract Logging. “To us, it’s kind of boring, but to other people, it’s fascinating.”
Peters agreed.
“I love my job, I love what I do, but I didn’t think it was something that people are going to watch on TV,” he said.
“More than one night, anyway,” 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 “Timber Titans” 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 “Deadman’s Curse” and “Molly of Denali”) owns Great Pacific Media, and they were honoured through a name acknowledgement ceremony at the Sts’ailes First Nation last January. The Sts’ailes and Sq’ewlets communities celebrated the use of the thunderbird’s name, saying Thunderbird Entertainment’s “exemplary stewardship of the name that is steeped in Indigenous heritage” was an act of reconciliation.