Early 1927 in Valleycliffe. Steam locomotives standing approximately where "townhouses" now stand.
Far left: 14 ton Plymouth gas locomotive foreground: "North-western" speeder - Model T Ford engine.
Right: 50 ton shay Loco #1 1 beam frame.
Arch bar trucks. Behind her with crummies, 50 ton shay #2 (new) girder frame, cast frame trucks. Wagon to boiler. Shays converted to oil burners later in 1927.
Photo by: Ed Aldridge.

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.

Bunk houses loaded on skeleton cars ready to go to Edith Lake Camp site. Looking south.
Photo by: Ed Aldridge.

Ship is probably "Lady Cynthia", sister ship to "Lady Cecilia" (union steamships).
Photo by: Ed Aldridge.

Left to right, top row: Mr Vogle, Les Moule, Bill Richmond, Owen Reeve, ?, George Appleyard, Fred Barnfield, Bill McAllister, Les Walton, Tommy Gilgan, Russ Lamport, Brian Buckley, ?, Jimmy Harley (in loco).
Third row: Bill Curran, Len Gorsuch.
Second row: Eric Axen, Art Anglin, Ed Aldridge, Jack Frost, Tommy Fowler, Harold Bailey, Don Robinson, Frank King, Rosie Zack, Lil Hutchinson, Christy Wheatley, Mrs Tremblay, Margaret Thorne, Bill Hales, Bob Slack, Harry Brightbill, Bob Bruce, ?, ?, ?, ?, Joe Gault, Joe Mulhern, Bill Riley, Barry Hunt, Cy Marchant, Bill Bazley.
Front row: Jim Taylor, Jim Hurren, Ivo Confortin, Jim Robinson, Tommy Fraser, Bill Gedge.
Dennis or Buzz Downer, ?, ,?, Arnold Kermein.

This is under the heading "Alta Lake."

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BOARD OF TRADE HOLDS BUSY MEETING

TUBERCULOSIS CLINIC TO VISIT SQUAMISH

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MACKENZIE'S LTD. TO EXPAND HERE

ROUND OF PARTIES FOR YOUNG FRY

CREDIT UNION HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING

RED LETTER DAY FOR SQUAMISH

AT LEAST THE STORK DERBY IS OVER

WILL LEGION WIN THE CUP?

MRS. MACDONALD, SQUAMISH PIONEER, PASSES

VALENTINE PARTY FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL

BRITANNIA CHILDREN HAVE ANNUAL VALENTINE PARTY

ANNOUNCEMENT

THE SQUAMISH REVIEW

EDITORIAL

CREDIT UNION

P.-T. ASSOCIATION FEATURES MUSICALE

JANITOR PROBLEM SOLVED

SQUAMISH RECREATIONAL ASSOCIATION ANNUAL REPORT

OLD TIMER PASSES

E. P. YARWOOD FLOWN TO VANCOUVER

BRITANNIA BEACH NEWS

RETURN OF FIRE UNIT

ORCHESTRA IN THE MAKING

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VISIT TO GIBSONS

MRS MACDONALD

GET YOUR DOG LICENSE

NEW OFFICERS FOR W.A.

HARDY'S WESSEX CAPITAL

BASKETBALL SEASON ALMOST OVER

CARD OF THANKS

DAIRY DISCONTINUES LOCAL RETAIL TRADE

ELECTRICAL SHOP OPENS FOR BUSINESS

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SQUAMISH, PAST AND FUTURE

TEACHERS CONVERSE

LONG WINTER COMES TO AN END

COMING EVENTS

PERSONALS

ENGLISH PRAYER BOOK 400TH ANNIVERSARY BEING CELEBRATED

BIGGER WAX SUPPLIES

LOCAL GIRL WED

PUBLIC CEREMONIES PLANNED

CANDLE LIT CARD PARTY

DIM OUT

DIAMOND HEAD EXPECTS BUSY SEASON

RED LETTER DAY

DAMAGE SLIGHT ON HALLOWE'EN

THOUSANDS WELCOME PGE AT PRINCE GEORGE

WEAR A POPPY NOVEMBER 11

TURKEY DINNER IS GREAT SUCCESS

BRACKENDALE

REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE TUESDAY

LOCAL AND PERSONAL

COURT OF REVISION

ALTAR SOCIETY PLANS AMATEUR NIGHT

NEW BUS FOR SQUAMISH STAGES

NOTICE

CLASSIFIED ADS

RAILROAD GETS MORE DIESELS

REPAIRS CLOSE ROAD

TEAMS SPLIT SUNDAY GAMES

SQUAMISH BOYS WIN IN SCOUT RALLY

TO CALL TENDERS FOR NEW DYKE

SCHOOL'S OUT

NEIGHBORLY NEWS
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STRIKE CONTINUES

BRACKENDALE

WAITING AND WISHING
FINAL ELECTION COUNT STARTS NEXT WEEK

GRAVELLING ROADS

LOCAL AND PERSONAL

PRETTY WEDDING SOLEMNIZED HERE

AND IT'S NOT EVEN A ROAD

AWARD WINNERS

CLASSIFIED ADS

OLD-TIMER PASSES AFTER LONG ILLNESS

CARD OF THANKS

JAMES K. NESBITT
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MARION EADIE FETED AT SHOWER
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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
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All the Squamish people attended the PGE picnic in D'Arcy, BC. The return trip on the train cost only $1.00.

Trestle bridge north of Lilllooet with Mr Crysdale, prior to 1915

Freight teams at PGE's Cheakmus camp - headed by C.R. Crysdale. Division engineer's office on the left. January 1914.

Photo by: Duff.

Fighting deep snow in Cunningham Cut Mile 19.5 (now 58 Miles), 1935.

Photo by: H. Brightbill