Wotruba home in the Upper Valley
- CA SQPL 06-056
Wotruba home in the Upper Valley, homesteaded and built in 1910 or 1911. Seated on the far right is Agnes Tatlow who is about 8 years old. To Agnes' left is her mother, Rose.
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Wotruba home in the Upper Valley
Wotruba home in the Upper Valley, homesteaded and built in 1910 or 1911. Seated on the far right is Agnes Tatlow who is about 8 years old. To Agnes' left is her mother, Rose.
Charlie and Elvira Schoonover pictured in front of their home in the upper valley, across from the power station.
417477 Government Road
This lovely log house was built by Charles Schoonover in 1932. Having worked as a hunter, trapper, and logger further up in the valley for nearly 30 years, Schoonover settled his family here in a house that reflected the beauty of the forests he loved.
Original use: Private residence.
Current use: Private residence.
Current condition: Very well maintained.
Man second from left is Dutch Charlie. Hunters were mostly from Vancouver. Photo taken between 1910 - 1911.
Squamish, when the Blind Channel used to be a part of the Mamquam River. Red Bridge and Magee's hay field can be seen.
Brackendale Hotel at time of turkey shoot
Standing in bottom row on far left is Al Armstrong. Standing in bottom row, 7th from left is Hughie Mills. Standing in the bottom row, 7th from right is Walter Magee. Standing in bottom row, 4th from right is Jimmy Day. To the far right is Billy Judd when he was about 14.
Yapp's logging camp on the Cheekye River above the railroad bridge. Photo taken around 1910.
In 1907, Allan Newton Barbour and his brother Charles came to Squamish and logged using 6 yoke of oxen and took out six 24' logs a "turn" (load). The area logged was near the PGE Shops (by Castle's Crossing), across the river rom the shops, on the Burnt Ground near the cemetery, at Paradise Valley, and about five miles north of Cheekye. 2 to 20 men were employed. It was customary to log close to the river so the logs just had to be dragged into the river and floated to the Howe Sound where they were picked up by the Powell River company tugs and taken up to their mills. Log jams were broken up by men in canoes. Mr McComb was the first to tow logs down the river in a boat. The Barbours would later sell out to Mr Yapp. Mr Yapp's Squamish Timber Company was incorporated on March 21, 1907. In 1910, the Yapp Company cleared the Cheekye area. A steam donkey would haul the logs 400 feet and then an 8 horse team hauled them 1/2 mile on a skid road. Another donkey, called a roader, took the logs to the river. Here the logs followed a log trough. Instead of chokers, logging dogs were used. When the Howe Sound Northern Railway came into Cheakamus, the Yapp company used the train to transport logs to the booming grounds at Squamish. In 1911, a company owned by Mr Lamb took over the Yapp stand of timber.
Research compiled by Eric Andersen, 2011: The location of the camp is actually above the highway bridge and not the railway bridge.
The Squamish Timber Company is often referred to as "Yapp's", after company boss Chester Yapp. According to one source, the company was incorporated in March 1907. It was operating on the Cheekye Fan by 1908.
Government Wharf shot from where the boats come in
On the left is a part of a boat coming in. At the far end of the dock is Galbraith's Hotel. In the foreground to the right is Freight house.
The Squamish Hotel, built in 1911. Hughie Mills is immediately to the right of the fourth post.
"The Chief" photographed in 1912 from the home of E.D. Reeves, the first telegraph operator in Squamish.
This granite monolith is approximately 700 metres high and is second only to Gibraltar in size. It is so named because its outline against the sky forms the profile of a sleeping Indian chief. The profile of a chief's face can also be seen in the rock.
The Schoonover house, which later became the MacDonald house.
417477 Government Road
This lovely log house was built by Charles Schoonover in 1932. Having worked as a hunter, trapper, and logger further up in the valley for nearly 30 years, Schoonover settled his family here in a house that reflected the beauty of the forests he loved.
Original use: Private residence.
Current use: Private residence.
Current condition: Very well maintained.
Elvira and Charles Schoonover, 1947
Charles Schoonover building home
Near the Brackendale Store.
417477 Government Road
This lovely log house was built by Charles Schoonover in 1932. Having worked as a hunter, trapper, and logger further up in the valley for nearly 30 years, Schoonover settled his family here in a house that reflected the beauty of the forests he loved.
Original use: Private residence.
Current use: Private residence.
Current condition: Very well maintained.
Mildred MacDonald with James and Neettie Eadie
Mildred MacDonald seated at the back with James and Neettie Eadie in the front.
Mr and Mrs John Sobotka with daughter
Sam M Bonde sporting bowling trophy
Sam M. Bonde sporting a bowling trophy. (Alderman 1969 - 1970)
Stanley George Clarke in his home, 1980.
Sam Bonde and Bess Macveety (1973). Bonde Alderman 1969 - 1970.
Mr and Mrs James Eadie, Honourable Grace McCarthy, and Mayor Pat Brennan
Mr and Mrs James Eadie, Honourable Grace McCarthy, and Mayor Pat Brennan at inaugural run of Royal Hudson (May 20, 1977).
Myrtle Philip on 89th birthday
Walter Green on 100th birthday
Walter Green in 1982 on occasion of 100th birthday.