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Knox Bay on West Thurlow Island was the site of a camp owned by P. B. Anderson, a well-known pioneer independent railway logger, who moved his equipment there in 1917. In his memoirs, Anderson said: “This tract of timber on Thurlow Island was one of the finest quality of old growth fir and cedar on the Pacific coast. We had to build camps in the woods as well as at the beach. There was also a long wharf from the shore to deep water for steamboats to land, and there was a big booming ground to drive…I bought twelve (more) timber claims, twelve square miles adjoining my original holdings so now I had timber to last me eight years.”
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