Bob, Mary, and Mildred Schoonover
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Bob, Mary, and Mildred Schoonover
Charles Sherman Schoonover riding the horse buggy. The house in the background was built around 1912.
Bob Schoonover with his Model T Ford
Wotruba home in the Upper Valley
Wotruba home in the Upper Valley, homesteaded and built in 1910 or 1911. Seated on the far right is Agnes Tatlow who is about 8 years old. To Agnes' left is her mother, Rose.
Angus McCrae, locomotive engineer
Angus McRae, a locomotive engineer standing on his locomotive (Engine No. 59) with two engines pushing behind clearing the track. Picture taken about 4 miles above Swift Creek.
Picture of the snowplow on Engine No. 59
Picture taken at 19 mile bridge, 4 miles above Swift Creek. Circa 1930.
Chief Jimmy and his wife pictured between 1912 and 1914. Picture was taken at the home of Elvira Schoonover.
The old fireplace of Bracken Arms Hotel
The old fireplace of Bracken Arms Hotel which was built in 1910. Picture was taken between 1960 and 1965.
Built in 1910.
Robby and Mildred Schoonover at the Schoonover place
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.
Charlie and Elvira Schoonover pictured in front of their home in the upper valley, across from the power station.
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.
Construction crew at the site of Bracken Arms Hotel
Construction crew at the site of the Bracken Arms Hotel. Picture taken around 1909 - 1919. Lance Bracken on far left and his brother Dick Bracken sitting cross-legged in the center (both are sons of John Bracken). The second man from the right with the baby is Forbes, a friend of the Schoonovers.
"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.
The Newport Hotel during the flood of 1921.
Man second from left is Dutch Charlie. Hunters were mostly from Vancouver. Photo taken between 1910 - 1911.
Squamish, when the Blind Channel used to be a part of the Mamquam River. Red Bridge and Magee's hay field can be seen.
Brackendale Hotel at time of turkey shoot
Standing in bottom row on far left is Al Armstrong. Standing in bottom row, 7th from left is Hughie Mills. Standing in the bottom row, 7th from right is Walter Magee. Standing in bottom row, 4th from right is Jimmy Day. To the far right is Billy Judd when he was about 14.
Yapp's logging camp on the Cheekye River above the railroad bridge. Photo taken around 1910.
In 1907, Allan Newton Barbour and his brother Charles came to Squamish and logged using 6 yoke of oxen and took out six 24' logs a "turn" (load). The area logged was near the PGE Shops (by Castle's Crossing), across the river rom the shops, on the Burnt Ground near the cemetery, at Paradise Valley, and about five miles north of Cheekye. 2 to 20 men were employed. It was customary to log close to the river so the logs just had to be dragged into the river and floated to the Howe Sound where they were picked up by the Powell River company tugs and taken up to their mills. Log jams were broken up by men in canoes. Mr McComb was the first to tow logs down the river in a boat. The Barbours would later sell out to Mr Yapp. Mr Yapp's Squamish Timber Company was incorporated on March 21, 1907. In 1910, the Yapp Company cleared the Cheekye area. A steam donkey would haul the logs 400 feet and then an 8 horse team hauled them 1/2 mile on a skid road. Another donkey, called a roader, took the logs to the river. Here the logs followed a log trough. Instead of chokers, logging dogs were used. When the Howe Sound Northern Railway came into Cheakamus, the Yapp company used the train to transport logs to the booming grounds at Squamish. In 1911, a company owned by Mr Lamb took over the Yapp stand of timber.
Research compiled by Eric Andersen, 2011: The location of the camp is actually above the highway bridge and not the railway bridge.
The Squamish Timber Company is often referred to as "Yapp's", after company boss Chester Yapp. According to one source, the company was incorporated in March 1907. It was operating on the Cheekye Fan by 1908.
Government Wharf shot from where the boats come in
On the left is a part of a boat coming in. At the far end of the dock is Galbraith's Hotel. In the foreground to the right is Freight house.
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.