"I was born on March 1, 1942 in Edmonton, Alberta. I lived on a farm at Jarrow, Alberta with my parents who ran a mixed farm. I attended grade school at Jarrow School then attended Irma High School for two years.

After leaving high school, I worked as a farm hand for a few years then went to work on drilling rigs as a derrick hand. I worked oilfield in the winter and road construction in the summer. 

I was married in 1963 with three of my five children being born in Alberta. In 1967, I left Viking, Alberta and packed up the family and moved to Cassiar, BC where the youngest two were born. In Cassiar, I worked as an equipment operator for two years then transferred to the power house and boiler house for the next four years. Always the entrepreneur, after hours we ran an Avis U Drive and sold snow jet snowmobiles and Uniroyal tires. 

In 1971, I bought my first truck and hauled gravel with it. Three years later we moved to Stewart, BC and bought another truck to work for the mine. In 1975, the mine closed down so we moved to Fort Nelson, BC where we have lived ever since.

Over the years, we have worked in every phase of logging including road building and maintenance, developing and logging the blocks, hauling logs, block siviculture for replanting and all phases of deactivation. We also have experience in the oilfield and regularly work in the oilpatch. 

A few years ago I heard about the environmental requirements for the oil and gas industry and saw an opportunity for C.F. Wright Group to add to its services. The oil and gas industries would be required to reclaim their invert waste and other contaminated soils due to many new and stricter rules for handling toxic spills.

After researching the issues, I decided to turn the family farm we've owned for nearly 20 years into a state-of-the-art remediation farm. It was only one of three in the province of BC and the most northern of its kind, located at Mile 285 of the Alaska Highway. Initially, there was quite a bit of 'red tape' to get through before final approvals and many consultants' reports were needed but we persevered and opened in June 1999. We sold the Farm to Hazco in 2004 but can still transport waste.

That same year, talks began with UFA to bring an agency to Fort Nelson. In a new 16,500 sq.ft. industrial building on our property in town, we built our new head office, shop, cardlock, car wash and convenience store. Our Grand Opening was Aug. 19, 2005. 

As the kids grew so did C.F. Wright Group but it remains a very family oriented business. My wife Karen is the Vice-President of the company and two of our three daughters work in the office and store. JoAnne is the Office Manger and Sandra is our Store Manager. Lynn inherited the entrepreneurial spirit and runs a restaurant, lodge and gas station with her husband Wayne in Check Point, NWT. Our sons Percy and John started their own companies, Farside Logging Limited and Just Wright Transport.

Cliff Wright, President of C.F. Wright Group

UFA Cardlock, Carwash and Convenience Store NOW OPEN

featuring:

five cardlock islands with 16 pumps

retail fuel sales

bulk & retail oil sales

clear and marked gasoline and diesel

a line-up of fluids, lubricants and auto accessories

showers and washrooms

homemade fried chicken and spuds

fresh soups, sandwiches and baking

cold drinks, coffee and iced cappuccino

lottery tickets

ATM machine

CDs & DVDs

toiletries & sunglasses

general tools & safety supply