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Bert Rae (left) and Al Armstrong (right).
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Bert Rae (left) and Al Armstrong (right).
Herbert Lawson Rae next to horse; Robert Stewart (Bert) Rae on horseback.
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.
Left to right: Kate Mills (nee Robertson and formerly Mrs Allen Rae) with graddaughter, Mabel Armstrong - Minnie Armstrong's (nee Rae) oldest child.
Bert Rae in his late teens.
Lived on current Norm Halvorson land.
Currently Judd Road area.
Left to right: Mrs Kate Mills (formerly Mrs Allan Rae), ?, Dave Mills.
Retta Rae, Harold Thorne, Wilfred Rae
Woman to the far left: Retta Rae.
Seated: Harold Thorne.
2nd from the right: Wilfred Rae.
Other women believed to be neices of Hughie Mills.
Left to right: Robert Stewart Rae, Jack Habricht, unknown, Walter Magee, Thomas Edgar Rae.
Retta Rae (left), others unknown.
Suspected to be relatives / friends of the Rae family.
Wilfred Rae on Squamish Valley Hop 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 local First Nations. 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.
Timeline
1890 - Hops first grown by E.B. Madill.
1891, February - Group from Puyallup Valley (near Tacoma) examined Squamish as potential hop growing area. The Squamish Valley Hop Raising Company was formed by Vancouver businessmen. Dr Bell-Irving (great uncle of previous Lieutenant Governor) was owner of the company. President was William Shannon and Secretary was T.T. Black; and Directors: Dr Bell-Irving, W.E. Green, George Magee, E.L. Phillips.
1892 - The Squamish Valley Hop Raising Company leased land from E.B. Madill. 1.5 acres of hop vine nursery stock was planted. In addition, 260 acres were purchased, 20 acres of which were cleared. Ranch was in the present location of Eagle Run extending from Heidenriech's house to Judd Road to Horse Creek. Frank H. Potter, a hop rancher from Puyallup, became a manager. No hops grown but frame house and out-buildings built for Potter.
1893, Fall - 5 acres hops grown on Madill's leased property. No hops grown on Squamish Valley Hop Company's own land. 40 acres cleared but planted potatoes, oats, and hat. W. Shannon still president of the company. Chas. McLaughlin, secretary.
1894 - Fred Clayton Thorne replaced Frank Potter as manager of Squamish Valley Hop Company. Hop industry began to thrive. Allen Rae, E.B. Madill, George Magee, and Tom Reid grew hops.
1897 - D.H. Tweedie was manager of Madill's hop ranch.
1898 - Charles Rose was manager of Squamish Valley Hop Company (Bell-Irving ranch). Wife, Alice, was ranch cook.
1906, March - 28 acres of hops planted at Bell-Irving ranch.
1914 - With beginning if war, hop prices fell. Hop ranches were shut down. The Squamish Valley Hop Company was owned by Dr Bell Irving and Mr Murry (manager of Bank of Commerce in Vancouver) owned ranch at that time. Fred Thorne took over Squamish Valley Hope Company ranch and started raising short horn cattle.
1917 - Hop industry had died in Squamish.
~1931 - George Carson was running his brother Robert (Bob) Carson's hop ranch when it burned down.
1944 - Roderick Mackenzie owned old Squamish Hop Co. ranch. Referred to as the mackenzie Ranch or the Pig or Hog Ranch. Since he produced hops for export to help the war effort, it received those names.
Huey Mills and Kate Mills (formerly Mrs Allan Rae) sitting in the background. Man in the foreground is unknown.
Research compiled by Eric Anderson, 2011: This photo, apparently taken by one of the Magee brothers, shows the construction phase of the flume project. The occassion is a visit to the site by Hughie Mills' new bride Catherine, the former Mrs Allen Rae, in the Spring of 1910. In this photo, Hughie Mills appears to be giving his wife a tour of the project. Mills was a building contractor in the valley, and very likely worked on the flume construction. The location is at the west side of the Squamish Timber Company camp, just above the bank of the Brohm River, which is to the left from this scene. It is difficult to tell from the photograph whether the water for the flume is being led from the Brohm River (in the back and to the left of of the photo) or the Cheekye River (around to the right). Either is possible. The Squamish Timber Co. camp and the beginning of the flume lies between the Brohm River and the Cheekye River. Water for the flume might be more easily taken from the Brohm( closer), but the Cheekye has the steeper gradient. The larger the logs to be flumed, and the steeper the grade, the more water is required.
Retta Rae (left) and friend.
Grading the road from Squamish to Cheekye
Part of Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
Grading the road from Squamish to Cheekye (30-35).
Left to right: Claude Hertnell, Lawson Rae.
Part of Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
Brohm Lake and Brohm Ridge were named after pioneer William Brohm. The ridge is the northernmost of two prominent buttresses on the west face of Garibaldi Mountain.
1958 building that was in the 1984 site of Robinson's.
Left to right: Frank Buckley, Angus McRae, Frank Scott.
Destroyed in 1973.
Squamish Review: Tuesday, March 15, 1949
Part of Historical Newspaper Archive
[MAP]
BOARD OF TRADE HOLDS BUSY MEETING
TUBERCULOSIS CLINIC TO VISIT SQUAMISH
[MAP]
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
[PHOTO]
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
Squamish Review
Vera Swann, Daisy Barnfield, Mrs Marsh
Vera Swann, Daisy Barnfield (mother), Mrs Marsh
Armstrong's barn built by Minnie Armstrong
Drawing of the Armstrong's barn built by Minni Armstrong at 65 years of age.
Part of Jessie Rae Photograph Collection