$500,000 bridge over Cheakamus River
- CA SQPL 20-078
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$500,000 bridge over Cheakamus River
Building the Cheakamus Bridge (~1925).
Left to right: Herb Armstrong, Mart McIntyre, Allan Newton Barbour, Paul Sellons.
Part of Magee Photograph Collection
Cheekye as seen from the bridge
Part of Unknown Photograph Collection
Cheekye is from the Indian name for Mount Garibald - in-ch-KAI which means "dirty place". The mountain was so named since dirty snow would result when dust would be blown onto the snowfields from cinder cones and lava. The pioneers adapted this name to the area and river.
Ozzie Rae on old Cheekye Bridge (?)
Walter Magee on Cheakamus Bridge
Part of Unknown Photograph Collection
Walter Magee with Herres girls
Part of Unknown Photograph Collection
Walter Magee with Herres girls on bridge at Cheakamus. Suspected to be Lizzie on the left (Mrs Bill Tourcot) and Mary on the right (Mrs Al Armstrong).