Fred Downer with Howe Sound & Northern Railway's first locomotive
- CA SQPL 22-026
- 1910
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Fred Downer with Howe Sound & Northern Railway's first locomotive
Freight teams at PGE's Cheakamus camp
Freight teams at PGE's Cheakmus camp - headed by C.R. Crysdale. Division engineer's office on the left. January 1914.
Photo by: Duff.
Garibaldi passenger car "junked" in North Yards in 1959. Use began again in 1974 with Royal Hudson.
Additional information from Trevor Mills, 01/2012: The PGE Garibaldi car was never used on the Royal Hudson train. The one on the Royal Hudson train was a CPR car that is owned by the Railway Museum in town and can be seen at West Coast Railway Heritage Park.
Photo by: H. Brightbill
Brightbill, Harry
Government dock - February 1914
Part of Unknown Photograph Collection
Government dock in February 1914 (used by PGE Railway).
Photo by: Evans.
Government Road looking south in the area of Brackendale Crossing. In 1984 the crossing is by the Brackendale Art Gallery.
Part of Unknown Photograph Collection
2nd from right, back row: Scott MacDonald.
Far right, back row: Bert Rae.
Group of loggers, maybe in Queen Charlottes. Bert may be seated tenth from right.
Left to right: Tim Harley, Angus McRae, Fred Eadie, Harold Bailey, James Eadie Sr, Mr Stewart, Frank Buckley Jr, Ben Valde, Harold Graham.
Group of people in front of load of logs
Fred Downer - 2nd row, 2nd from right. Several Squamish Indians included in group.
Harold Thorne and Harold Bailey
Harold Thorne (right) and Harold Bailey in front of a supply store at old PGE shops.
Harry Brightbill on Government Wharf
Harry Brightbill, second from right, on Government Wharf.
Part of Squamish Times Archive
Howe Sound & Northern Railway's first locomotive
Part of Squamish Times Archive
Howe Sound Company sign and men
Part of Squamish Times Archive
Part of Squamish Times Archive
Part of Squamish Times Archive
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.
In front of Brackendale Station
Margaret Thorne, 2nd from left, holding Clayton Thorne. Ella Thorne, 2nd from right.
Part of G.J. Duff Photograph Collection
Left to right: Jack Manning (card), Minor Bazley, Alex McLennan, H Brightbill in front of locomotive.
Photo by: G.J. Duff.
In front of logging locomotive
Left to right: Harry Brightbill, Sainsbury (cook), Amedy Levesque in front of logging locomotive, 1910-1013.
Amedy Levesque and his partners, Leviolette, McIntyre, and Levesque Co. ("The French Boys") were the first to use high rigging extensively in the valley. To rig a 70 foot high spruce tree, Arthur McIntyre would go up the tree, no spures, and chop off branches as he went. When he was tired, Amedy Levsque went up, finished chopping off the branches, topped the tree, and hung the two guy lines and blocks.