South Brook was located on the sandy shore of Deer Lake. It evolved much earlier than Pasadena, starting out in the early 1920s as a logging camp for the Bowater Company from Corner Brook. The railway also used South Brook, but only as a stop along its route across the island. In 1921 the census showed that South Brook only had a population of 6 people, within 2 families.
However, South Brook soon became a hive of activity, when the International Pulp and Paper Company started up its woods operations. It established a bunkhouse, cook-house and a company store to supply the needs of the areas wood camps. These camps would employ as many as 100 loggers during the winter months. Logging was the main industry in South Brook, but it also had a good supply of rock, which was suitable for the building of the power house in Deer Lake, so a quarry was set up and the rock was shipped to Deer Lake by train. Homes began to spring up in South Brook as the men coming to work in the wood camps brought their families with them. With women and children living there, schools, medical aid, and recreation facilities were needed. Church services were held in people’s houses at first, but later, all religions used the school as their church. On January 1, 1986, the Community of South Brook was amalgamated with the Town of Pasadena.
However, South Brook soon became a hive of activity, when the International Pulp and Paper Company started up its woods operations. It established a bunkhouse, cook-house and a company store to supply the needs of the areas wood camps. These camps would employ as many as 100 loggers during the winter months. Logging was the main industry in South Brook, but it also had a good supply of rock, which was suitable for the building of the power house in Deer Lake, so a quarry was set up and the rock was shipped to Deer Lake by train. Homes began to spring up in South Brook as the men coming to work in the wood camps brought their families with them. With women and children living there, schools, medical aid, and recreation facilities were needed. Church services were held in people’s houses at first, but later, all religions used the school as their church. On January 1, 1986, the Community of South Brook was amalgamated with the Town of Pasadena.
I am definalty looking forward to the change of pace....no street lights, one four way stop, one sidewalk, a huge back yard, snowmobles, lakes and rivers, ocean nearby.....'one may think that she's rugid and cold, but she's home sweet home to me!'
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