Facing north.

Identified men in Vancouver (?)

Left to right: Mrs Allen Rae (nee Robertson and would be Mrs Hughie Mills), Minnie Rae, Olive Judd, and Ed Rae on Norton-McKinnon Railway.

In 1911, McKinnon and Norton of the Newport Timber Company were logging in Squamish in the area known as the base camp road, near Curly Lews' place. They had donkeys, a large shay engine, and a weird whistle. Mr McKinnon was a bartender and Mr Norton was a logger. Amedy Levesque and George Laviolette worked as brakemen on the locomotive. The camp was run by Mr Fuller.

Built in 1904 near Leski's Crossing.

Mrs Hughie Mills (formerly Mrs Allen Rae)

Present site of Fields.

Left to right: Bob, Gertrude (Mrs Wilson), Margareta (Mrs McLeod), and Mabel (Mrs Keith).

Robert Stewart and Jessie (nee Judd) Rae's home in Brackendale. Now Ester Lane home.

Jimmie Rae, Grace Braiathwaite (?), Jim & Les Armstrong (sons of Herbert and Minnie Armstrong).

Unidentified cattle field - suspected relatives / friends of Rae pioneer family.

Note: Magnification techniques used on horses.

Mrs Kate Mills (formerly Mrs Allan Rae) seated with grandchild.

Left to right, back: ?, Gertrude Armstrong, Margareta Armstrong, Mabel Armstrong.
Front: Jim Armstrong, Bob Armstrong, ?.

Left to right: Mrs Kate Mills, Ozzie Rae, Olive Judd, and Minnie Rae on the Mackinnon Railway.

In 1910, a man by the name of Norton McKinnon came to the area to log by railway, laying track from the Mamquam River to the Northern Pemberton Railway line. Unfortunately, a company fire in 1913 by the Mamquam River resulted in the loss of McKinnon’s business, and he left Squamish soon after.

Despite this setback to one of the first logging pioneers, harvesting continued through the Squamish area with the company of Merrill and Ring. With a steam engine salvaged from Norton McKinnon’s company, Merrill and Ring continued laying railway track from what is now the log dump south of the Stawamus Reserve to Valleycliffe and across the Mamquam River.

School teacher at Brackendale School (1906). Stayed with Mrs Allen Rae.

Unidentified women - suspected to be relatives from Vancouver of pioneer Rae family.

Wilfred (Whiff) Rae behind Huey Mills home or hop farm.

Hop farming was Squamish's first major industry. The major producer was Squamish Valley Hop Raising Co. (Bell-Irving Ranch). Hops are perennials and grown about 6 feet apart. They are picked during September and August. Hops are dried and bleached with sulphur in a kiln. In Squamish, Chinese labour was brought in to tend the hops. Local First Nations picked them. They would camp in the area now between Petro Canada gas station and the Cottonwood condominiums. The hops in Squamish were top grade. They were shipped to Vancouver in bales wrapped in Burlap, then shipped to Britain where they were used to make beer.

Auntie Minnie (left) was Mrs Kate Mills' sister, Minerva Robertson. Married name unknown (parents came to Squamish in 1888).