Downtown Squamish
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Downtown Squamish
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Downtown Squamish
- UF Lower Squamish
- UF Newport
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Downtown Squamish
125 Resource results for Downtown Squamish
Yarwood Drug Store after 1940 flood
- CA SQPL 11-033
- 1940
Part of Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
Photo by: Jean Reid.
View of Mackenzie's Department Store during parade
- CA SQPL 36-012
Lynn Hunter to the left, Jack Worthington in a taxi. This store is in the 1984 location of the IGA parking lot.
Victoria Street, February 1914
- CA SQPL 33-009
Part of Magee Photograph Collection
- CA SQPL 06-091
- 1920
Located behind the present day Kaos Kids store (where Pharmasave used to be), the kitty corner to Fields. Logs used to be unloaded here. Picture taken in 1920.
Union Steamship docking at Government Wharf, 1958
- CA SQPL 38-004
Track going out on Government Wharf
- CA SQPL 19-051
Part of Unknown Photograph Collection
- CA SQPL 05-049
Present site of Fields.
- CA SQPL 06-080
The Squamish Hotel, built in 1911. Hughie Mills is immediately to the right of the fourth post.
The old water tank on Loggers Lane
- CA SQPL 46-008
The old PGE Hall on Second Avenue
- CA SQPL 46-012
The old PGE Hall on Second Avenue which later became the Hudson House. The grass and trees in the foreground are now parked lots.
Photo by: Mrs Sullivan.
38033 Second Avenue
Now an empty lot, this building was previously the Hudson House and the PGE Hall. It was built as the PGE Hall in the 1930's as a local community hall. Built by railway and community volunteers, the PGE Hall was once the site of basketball games, dances, and other gala community events.
Original Use: Community Hall.
1993 use: Rooming House (Hudson House).
1993 condition: Retained original form without significant alteration. Location among newer buildings left the Hall looking somewhat run down.
- CA SQPL 46-007
- 1961
Located at the end of Second Avenue, 1961. This is the present site of the liquor store.
- CA SQPL 25-001
The Harry Billbright home when it was first built. It was located on 2nd Avenue in the current location of the Credit Union then moved to Stan Clarke Park and used as a Museum.
It was built in 1933 for Harry "Brownie" Brightbill, railway engineer on the "Fisherman's Special" from Squamish to Lillooet. It was constructed by Herb Dawson. The house was purchased by the District during the Mayorship of Pat Brennan. Cause for considerable disagreement in the community at the time, it may be argued that the controversy surrounding that decision has only added to any heritage value the building already had.
In June 2000, the Brightbill house was moved to the West Coast Railway Heritage Park and was one of the first exhibits to open in the new Town Square community area.
Condition: It was well maintained the Squamish Museum where it was housed was closed. There were problems with vandalism.
Original use: Residential home.
- CA SQPL 30-003
Part of Anne Moore Photograph Collection
Present location: accross from apartments on Wilson Crescent.
- CA SQPL 11-006
- 1913
Part of Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
Squamish's name was changed to Newport in 1911 by the H.S. and P.V.N. Railway and was changed back on September 14, 1914 as the result of a contest for school children. The name had to be changed since there was another town in BC named Newport. The twelve final names considered in the contest were: Newport, Strathacona, Prince Arthur, Kingsport, Great Haven, Columbia, Imperial, Squamish, Pacificgate, Bonaventure, and Viveleroi. Squamish is named for the Indian word "Squohomish" (various spellings) meaning "strong wind".
Steamship "Defiance" at Mashiter Wharf
- CA SQPL 33-022
Part of Magee Photograph Collection
Steamship "Defiance" at Mashiter Wharf (behind present Shell station).
S.S. Burt arriving at Mashiter Wharf, 1894
- CA SQPL 08-011
The wharf was located at the foot of what is now Winnipeg Street
- CA SQPL 11-035
- October 1940
Part of Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
- CA SQPL 11-037
- October 1940
Part of Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
Photo by: Jean Reid.
- CA SQPL 36-003
Photo taken of Cleveland Avenue with Firehall to the left and Post Office in the center. The edge of Johnny Hunter's service station is visible to the right.
- CA SQPL 11-030
- October 1940
Part of Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
Photo by: Jean Reid.
- CA SQPL 43-003
Looking south on Cleveland Avenue (corner of the Chieftain Hotel).