Bob, Mary, and Mildred Schoonover
- CA SQPL 06-052
Bob, Mary, and Mildred Schoonover
Left to right, back row: Mary Schoonover, Elvira Schoonover.
Front row: Robert Schoonover, Mildred Schoonover.
Mildred MacDonald and Mary Wright
Schoonover sisters, left to right: Mildred MacDonald and Mary Wright.
Mildred MacDonald with James and Neettie Eadie
Mildred MacDonald seated at the back with James and Neettie Eadie in the front.
Mildred Schoonover and Jean Herres
Mildred, Elvira, Robert Schoonover
Left to right: Mildred, Elvira (nee Bump), Robert Schoonover.
Robby and Mildred Schoonover at the Schoonover place
Left to right: Elvira (nee Bump), Robert, Charles, Mildred (Mrs Scott MacDonald).
Left to right, front row: Elvira, Bob, Charles, and Mildred Schoonover.
Back row: Mary Schoonover.
Schoonovers at barn in Brackendale
Charles Schoonover at barn in Brackendale (~1901) with wife Elvira (nee Bump), daughter Mildred, and son Robert.
Schoonovers at cabin in Brackendale
Left to right: Elvira Schoonover (nee Bump), Mildred (Mrs Scott MacDonald), Charles Schoonover, and son Robert at cabin in Brackendale,
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.
Left to right: Unknown, Mary, Mildred, Robert, Elvira Schoonover (nee Bump) at Hope 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. The hops were picked by First Nations workers. 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.
Schoonovers at log cabin in Brackendale
Left to right: Robert (13 months) and Mildred (5 years, 6 months) Schoonover at log cabin in Brackendale, September 1908.