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Angus McCrae, locomotive engineer
- CA SQPL 06-057
Angus McRae, a locomotive engineer standing on his locomotive (Engine No. 59) with two engines pushing behind clearing the track. Picture taken about 4 miles above Swift Creek.
In front of logging locomotive
- CA SQPL 06-019
- 1910 - 1913
Left to right: Harry Brightbill, Sainsbury (cook), Amedy Levesque in front of logging locomotive, 1910-1013.
Amedy Levesque and his partners, Leviolette, McIntyre, and Levesque Co. ("The French Boys") were the first to use high rigging extensively in the valley. To rig a 70 foot high spruce tree, Arthur McIntyre would go up the tree, no spures, and chop off branches as he went. When he was tired, Amedy Levsque went up, finished chopping off the branches, topped the tree, and hung the two guy lines and blocks.
- CA SQPL 06-083
All the Squamish people attended the PGE picnic in D'Arcy, BC. The return trip on the train cost only $1.00.
Picture of the snowplow on Engine No. 59
- CA SQPL 06-058
- ~1930
Picture taken at 19 mile bridge, 4 miles above Swift Creek. Circa 1930.
Train derailment at Seton Lake
- CA SQPL 06-015