During WWII the Air Force conscripted the mill and manned the machinery with airmen in order to cut lumber to help build bases up the coast in Port Hardy, Coal Harbour and Bella Bella. After the war, the local mill used this building as its cookhouse. In the 50's, this building doubled as the community hall. Friday night was "Movie Night", with the Union Steamship Line ferrying in the features. Saturday night the old pilings were shaking as the local community held frontier dances until the wee hours.