- CA SQPL 06-039
Left to right: Elvira (nee Bump), Robert, Charles, Mildred (Mrs Scott MacDonald).
Left to right: Elvira (nee Bump), Robert, Charles, Mildred (Mrs Scott MacDonald).
Jessie and Bert Rae, Myrtle Herndl
Left to right: Mrs Jessie Rae (nee Judd), her husband Bert, and Mrs Myrtle Herndl (nee Judd).
Left to right, back row: Mary Schoonover, Elvira Schoonover.
Front row: Robert Schoonover, Mildred Schoonover.
Bob, Mary, and Mildred Schoonover
Charles Sherman Schoonover riding the horse buggy. The house in the background was built around 1912.
Charlie Schoonover and his son Robby
Charlie Schoonover and his son Robby (about 5 years old). Picture taken around 1910, north of Leski's crossing at the Schoonover place. Martin, mink, weasel, black bear, and grizzly furs are shown.
"Dirty Face Jones", picture taken in the 1930's near his cabin around Leski's Crossing.
View of Squamish around 1901 - 1905
View of Squamish around 1901 - 1905. View of Mamquam River before it changed its course. Magee's hay field on the left.
Mamquam River was named for the Indian word meaning "smelly water".
Squamish is named for the Indian word "Squohomish" (various spellings) meaning "strong wind". The name was changed to Newport in 1911 by the H.S. and P.V.N. Railway and was changed back on September 14, 1914 as the result of a contest for school children. The name had to be changed since there was another town in BC named Newport. The twelve final names considered in the contest were: Newport, Strathacona, Prince Arthur, Kingsport, Great Haven, Columbia, Imperial, Squamish, Pacificgate, Bonaventure, and Viveleroi.
Building called the "Bucket of Blood" on Cleveland Avenue between 1912 and 1914. Charlie McKinnon had a restaurant below while Holland & Edwards had a poolroom above.
All the Squamish people attended the PGE picnic in D'Arcy, BC. The return trip on the train cost only $1.00.
Shelter up at Elaho for trapping
Built by Charles Schoonover.
Elaho River forms the west branch of the Squamish River. It is named for the Indian word meaning "good hunting area".
Elvira Schoonover with Billy Goat
Elvira Schoonover with "Billy Goat". Picture taken where present Easter Seal Camp stands.
Elvira's husband brought home an orphaned kid goat one day and Elvira raised it on the bottle. It became quite tame but as it grew it became a loving nuisance. The Schoonovers didn't know where to put it until an ad for "wild" animals in a Vancouver paper gave them an "out". An answer brought the agent for a noble English lord to Schoonover Manor and soon Big Billy was part of the Duke of Bedford's estate.
Mildred MacDonald and Mary Wright
Schoonover sisters, left to right: Mildred MacDonald and Mary Wright.
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.
Schoonovers at barn in Brackendale
Charles Schoonover at barn in Brackendale (~1901) with wife Elvira (nee Bump), daughter Mildred, and son Robert.
Hop. farm barn (across from 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 Squamish Nation were the pickers. 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.
Mildred Schoonover and Jean Herres
Charles Sherman Shoonover in his early twenties
John Bracken's old home in Brackendale
Scott MacDonald around the age of 35
Scott MacDonald posing outside a house holding a chicken.
Frank Buckley and wife Doris riding in a horse drawn carriage.
Left to right, front row: Elvira, Bob, Charles, and Mildred Schoonover.
Back row: Mary Schoonover.