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- October 1981
Flood at the Venekamp's home on Lawson Road.
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Flood at the Venekamp's home on Lawson Road.
Squamish Advance: Thursday, November 2, 1950
Part of Historical Newspaper Archive
ERECTING NEW AUTO SHOWROOM
BRACKENDALE
CBC PRODUCER
[PHOTO]
NEWCOMER BEATS HOUSING SHORTAGE
BUY XMAS SEALS
TAX INCREASE
FURTHER EFFORTS FOR NEW HIGHWAY
ARMISTICE SERVICE FOR NOVEMBER 11
DISLOCATES ELBOW IN MILL ACCIDENT
SCHOOL PUPILS HOLD GOOD MASQUERADE
CHANGE HANDS
RECEIVE GRADER
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
JAMES SINCLAIR'S SURPRISE VISIT
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
WOODFIBRE
BRITANNIA
CARD OF THANKS
ASSOCIATION FAVORS 'MISSING LINK' ROAD
PUBLIC NOTICE
Squamish Advance
Squamish Advance: Thursday, March 27, 1952
Part of Historical Newspaper Archive
SQUAMISH ROAD SHELVED AGAIN
IMPROVEMENTS TO ROAD AND LANES
'51'S GOOD CITIZEN?
CANCER CAMPAIGN
APRIL CONCERT
THE CRADLE
H.S. JOURNALISM CLUB TOURS CITY
MORE SUGAR FOR HOSPITAL FUND
CARSON TO SPEAK
J.A. MEMBERS TO RECEIVE AWARDS
WESTMINSTER ELKS VISIT SQUAMISH
MORE WORK ON LEGION HALL
BUILD PARKING PLACE
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
SNOWMOBILE GETS NEW DIFFERENTIAL
SCOUTS RECEIVE THEIR ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
WOODFIBRE WINS BADMINTON CUP
BRACKENDALE
VILLAGE OF SQUAMISH
NEW BUS WILL ARRIVE THIS WEEK
SUMMER SCENE AT DIAMOND HEAD IN GARIBALDI PARK
Squamish Advance
Squamish Advance: Thursday, February 21, 1952
Part of Historical Newspaper Archive
LOCAL SERVICE FOR LATE KING
LOCAL GIRLS ATTEND CGIT CONVENTION
CCF CLUB IS FORMED HERE
TRAIN SERVICE BACK ON SCHEDULE
PLANS START ON SQUAMISH ROAD
BE THERE!
LEGION BUILDING SHOWING PROGRESS
BRACKENDALE
SOMETHING NEW
HELICOPTER PILOTS TO TRAIN HERE
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
DONALD MANSON
[PHOTO]
DIRECTOR OF THE CBC
PTA PLANS COUNTRY FAIR
A SKIER'S PARADISE
[PHOTO]
HOSPITAL READY IN EARLY APRIL
COFFEE SHOP WILL RE-OPEN
ANOTHER LOGGING SHOW OPENED
JAMES NESBITT
[PHOTO]
PARLIAMENTARY REPORTER
CLASSIFIED ADS
COMMUNICATIONS
GOVERNOR-GENERAL
PARLIAMENT OPENS
REID FORSEE
[PHOTO]
AROUND TOWN
Squamish Advance
Richard Barbour at Brackendale farm
Richard Barbour at Brackendale farm, born 1916. Dressed in new clothes for a trip to Vancouver.
Steam donkey and Spar tree at Merrill & Ring Logging operation
Steam donkey and Spar tree at Merrill & Ring Logging operation, 500 feet south of Alice Lake.
Photo by: Bun Yarwood.
Merrill and Ring, an American company bought their claim in 1888 for 25 cents per acre. This went from Valleycliffe through the foothills to Brohm Lake. They did not set up in the valley until October 1926. The operation had come from Duncan Bay, before that they had been at Camp O near Alert Bay. Their first camp is where Valleycliffe is located now. They employed 200 people. The hiring was done by Loggers' Agencies in Vancouver. They would fall the trees with cross cut saws then haul the logs with a steam donkey to the train. They used a steam axe to split the wood as machines used only wood fuel at the time.
A lot of Merrill and Ring timber was burnt in a Norton McKinnon fire in 1927. The McKinnon's engine was given as payment. Aloysius McNalley and John Broomquist collected it. The same year, Arthur Edwards assisted in the building of the Merrill & Ring camp at Edith Lake.
In 1929, Merrill and Ring moved their operation across the Mamquam valley to Edith Lake east of Alice Lake. A settlement of 225 men was set up there. Railway track covered the mountainside from Cheekye River southward.
Merrill and Ring closed in 1930 due to the low price of logs during the Depression. Logs were selling from 5 to 6 dollars per thousand. At this time, the logs were hauled by train to the dump at the mouth of the Stawamus River. Merill and Ring started back up in 1932.
Merrill and Ring shut down 3 times in 1937: after New Years due to snow, due to fire season, and in the fall when a bridge over the Cheekye River was washed out. Merrill and Ring left Squamish in 1940.
Mrs Peter Herres on the Herres Farm
The Herres Farm was once located in a field by Leski's crossings was burnt down in 1929.
Mount Garibaldi as seen from Brackendale
Garibaldi Mountain was named for the great Italian nationalist Giuseppe Garibaldi. Apparently, it was named by an Italian serving as a sailor on a survey ship, the mountain being in view on Garibaldi's birthday (July 4).
The 2678 metre tall mountain is a dormant composite volcano. The last series of eruptions occurred 10,000 years ago. It was first climbed in 1907 by J. Trorey, A. Dalton, W. Dalton, C. Warren, A. King, and T. Pattison.
Brackendale Store on Government Road
The main structure of the Brackendale Store was built in 1916 by Hughie Mills to replace John Jackson's old store which burnt down the year before when a fire started in the upstairs pool hall. The site was originally bought from the Judd family as Lot 6 of their subdivision. During the new store's first year, the upstairs served as a temporary home to the Judd family after their own house burnt down.
Although the appearance of the original store is difficult to see in the store's present form, the basic structure is still apparent when viewed from the back. Regardless of any alterations which have occurred, the Brackendale Store retains heritage value to the community as a long standing local landmark which has continuously provided service to the community since its early days.
Road to Brackendale Store looking north.
Currently Judd Road area.
Woman on steps of Brackendale School
Woman on steps of Brackendale School playing a ukelele. Likely an early teacher.
Squamish Advance: Thursday, May 15, 1952
Part of Historical Newspaper Archive
STRAITH OPENS NEW SCHOOL
COUNTRY FAIR IS VERY SUCCESSFUL
MAY 24TH PLANS WELL UNDER WAY
COMMUNICATIONS
PTA MEETING
ROSS CHAPMAN NEW CHAMP
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
COMMUNICATION
GORDON DOWDING IS CCF CANDIDATE
TRUCKS DELAYED
NAVIGABLE WATERS PROTECTION ACT
R.S.C. 1927 CHAPTER 140
NEW STORE TO OPEN
BRACKENDALE
REMEMBER?
Squamish Advance
Squamish Advance: Thursday, April 10, 1952
Part of Historical Newspaper Archive
WANT VEHICLES TESTED ON SPOT
EASTER SERVICES IN LOCAL CHURCHES
NO BAD INJURIES IN COLLISION
NEW BUS SERVICE BEACH-TOWNSITE
CONSERVATIVES TO MEET NEXT WEEK
DRAINAGE PLAN IS UNDER WAY
BRACKENDALE TOT SEVERELY BURNED
TAX CHANGES ANNOUNCED
COIN COLLECTORS DO VERY WELL
LIBERALS TO NOMINATE CANDIDATES HERE
MODERN VERSE -- POLITCAL STYLE
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
THE CRADLE
EASTER HOLIDAYS START TOMORROW
CHILDREN TO HOLD VARIETY CONCERT
CLASSIFIED ADS
BRACKENDALE
MORE GIFTS FOR THE FIRST BABY
JOYCE SULLIVAN
[PHOTO]
LIBS TO NOMINATE
LOTS OF ILLNESS HERE
PUBLIC NOTICE
SPRING?
Squamish Advance
Squamish Advance: Thursday, March 6, 1952
Part of Historical Newspaper Archive
3 MILLION ALLOTTED FOR NEW ROAD
AROUND TOWN
ST. PATRICK'S DANCE BIG EVENT
BRACKENDALE
PGE GOES FULL STEAM AHEAD
STOCKS NEW PRODUCT
ADDRESSES CCF MEETING HERE
OLD TIMER PASSES
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
SOBOTKA --- SMITH
HEROES SAVED
GOODS ALREADY BEING COLLECTED FOR SALE
PGE ADOPTING NEW OPERATING CODE
SQUAMISH CREDIT UNION
ANNUAL MEETING
FRIDAY, MARCH 14-'52
PARISH HALL, SQUAMISH
AT 8 P.M. SHARP
CONGREGATION BEARS BUILDING REPORT
CHECK THAT DATE
ATTENDS RE-UNION
JIMMIE SHIELDS
[PHOTO]
Squamish Advance
Squamish Advance: Thursday, January 31, 1952
Part of Historical Newspaper Archive
FAMOUS SKI SLOPES IN GARBALDI PARK
[PHOTO]
HOSPITAL READY TO OPEN IN EARLY APRIL
BEEF PRICES DROP
LEARNING BASIC STEPS OF SKIING
DIAMOND HEAD MAKES BIG MAG
RADIO SHOP HOLDS ANNUAL SALE
SEAL SALE WELL OVER THE TOP
BRACKENDALE
LOGGING LAGGING
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
WHAT NEXT?
BISHOP CONDUCTS ANGLICAN SERVICE
SCHOOL BROADCASTS --- A CBC FEATURE
[PHOTO]
THE SUNSHINE SOCIETY
[PHOTO]
LOCAL ROADS IN BAD SHAPE
TENDERS FOR DREDGING
OTHELLO
[PHOTO]
DREDGING TENDERS CALLED
THE WESTERN FIVE - HEARD OVER THE CBC
[PHOTO]
Squamish Advance
Flooding in Brackendale near MacKenzies Farm
Flooding in Brackendale near MacKenzies Farm by previous Big Chief Drive-In (Government Road).
Part of Jessie Rae Photograph Collection
Hop Ranch barn that used to stand by a field at Eagle Run.
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.
Part of Jessie Rae Photograph Collection
Myrtle Herndl's son, Wilfred, on a flatbed in front of the old Judd barn.
In front of Brackendale Station
Margaret Thorne, 2nd from left, holding Clayton Thorne. Ella Thorne, 2nd from right.
British Columbia Mountaineers (expedition team) at the Judd residence.
The present form of Brackendale did not begin to take shape until the subdivision of the Judd property in 1910 into 20 large lots along the Government Road, including the original lot purchased for the Brackendale Store. The original Judd Home itself burnt to the ground in 1916 and was rebuilt as the structure which stands there today as the current home of Mrs Farquharson, one of Henry and Anne Judd's youngest daughters.
Henry Judd (or Harry, as he was also known) and his wife Anne were among that small group of settlers which included the Robertsons, the Raes, William Mashiter, E.B. Madill, George Magee, Tom Reid, and a few others who are now regarded as the Pioneers of the Squamish Valley.
Having made purchase by public lottery of a major piece of property covering much of what is Brackendale today, Henry Judd arrived in the Valley in 1889 to begin farming his land. Building his original home at the present site of the Brennan Home, Judd sold that house to his parents after marrying Barbara Anne Edwards, who had come to work at the Squamish Valley Hop Ranch. A new home was built by the young couple on the site of the present Judd House.
Lamb's logging camp. Now present day cemetery.
Research compiled by Eric Andersen, 2011: Lamb Bros. Logging camp ca 1912, on present site of Garibaldi Cemetery. The Company ran a rail car loading operation similar to that of Squamish Timber Co. two miles to the north. The Cheekye log flume crossed this camp site, later occupied by a Japanese logging company.
Donald McCallum at Brackendale
Part of Magee Photograph Collection
Donald McCallum came to Squamish in 1909. He married Margaret Dewar in March 1913. She owned the first cafe: The Waltz Inn Cafe. He retired and left Squamish in 1949.