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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.
Suspected to be friends / relatives of the Buckley family.
Alice Lake after logging, 1935
Part of Anne Moore Photograph Collection
Merrill & Ring Logging Camp (now Valleycliffe) in 1927. Looking north up Stamish Valley.
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.
Aldridge, Ed
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The photo says "Harmac News" on the back, and "A. R. Kemp" is printed in the bottom corner.
MacMillan & Bloedel
1300-year-old Douglas fir on Waterloo Mountain
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1300-year-old Douglas Fir on Waterloo Mountain, Shawnigan Logging Division. The photo is by Irving Strickland of the Victoria Times. There is also a MacMillan & Bloedel stamp on the back of the photo.
Victoria Daily Times
Squamish Advance: Thursday, July 9, 1953
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HIKER IS LOST IN GARIBALDI
WORK TO START AT LOCAL MINE
LOGGER INJURED
CHEEKYE CALLING
TOWING'S BOOMING GROUNDS DEEPENED
IMPROVEMENTS TO FIRE DEPARTMENT
THREE PARTIES PICK CANDIDATES
FINAL B.C. ELECTION RESULTS KNOWN
LEGION GROUNDS TO BE PRETTIED UP
THE CRADLE
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
PROSSER --- GOODALE
ENGAGEMENT
POLICE COURT
PTA SPONSORS DENTAL CLINIC
COMING EVENTS
CLASSIFIED ADS
STRATFORD FESTIVAL
[PHOTO]
Squamish Advance
Squamish Advance: Thursday, January 31, 1952
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FAMOUS SKI SLOPES IN GARBALDI PARK
[PHOTO]
HOSPITAL READY TO OPEN IN EARLY APRIL
BEEF PRICES DROP
LEARNING BASIC STEPS OF SKIING
DIAMOND HEAD MAKES BIG MAG
RADIO SHOP HOLDS ANNUAL SALE
SEAL SALE WELL OVER THE TOP
BRACKENDALE
LOGGING LAGGING
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
WHAT NEXT?
BISHOP CONDUCTS ANGLICAN SERVICE
SCHOOL BROADCASTS --- A CBC FEATURE
[PHOTO]
THE SUNSHINE SOCIETY
[PHOTO]
LOCAL ROADS IN BAD SHAPE
TENDERS FOR DREDGING
OTHELLO
[PHOTO]
DREDGING TENDERS CALLED
THE WESTERN FIVE - HEARD OVER THE CBC
[PHOTO]
Squamish Advance
Squamish Advance: Thursday, February 7, 1952
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JAMES SINCLAIR ADDRESSES LOCAL MEETING
TRADE BOARD HOLDS SUCCESSFUL BANQUET
KING GEORGE PASSES AWAY SUDDENLY
SCOUT COMMISSIONER VISITS SQUAMISH
LOCAL OLD-TIMER PASSES AWAY
FLEETWOOD LOGGING BUYS FLAT CARS
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
LOGGING RESUMING AS SNOW GOES
BONABELLE BACK ON FEBRUARY 13
TENDERS FOR DREDGING
BASTIAN -- SOBOTKA
FURTHER CCF MEETING
[PHOTO]
JANE HARKNESS - rC
CARD OF THANKS
Squamish Advance
Squamish Advance: Thursday, February 14, 1952
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MILD WEATHER SPEEDS LOGGING
BOARD OF TRADE HOLDS SESSION
LOCAL HOLIDAY
KING'S FUNERAL THIS FRIDAY
SAVE ALL ARTICLES
DISCARDED ARTICLES MAY BE USEFUL
JOAN MAXWELL
[PHOTO]
SQUAMISH EDGED BY WOODFIBRE BASKETEERS
INSTITUTE ACTIVE
LEGION TO HOLD MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR LATE KING
W.A. TO HANDLE CANCER CAMPAIGN
PLANS MADE FOR KLONDIKE NIGHT
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
BRACKENDALE
WET WEATHER CLEARS SNOW HERE
ROCK SLIDES DELAY PASSENGER TRAINS
LUCILLE DUMONT
[PHOTO]
IN MEMORIAM
CLASSIFIED ADS
FINED FOR TRESSPASS ON INDIAN RESERVE
CANADA SHOWS POPULATION GAIN
LICENCES EXPIRE
WILL HOLD FIRST AID CLASSES HERE
DIES SUDDENLY
FORMER PUBLISHER VISITS SQUAMISH
RETURN TO CITY
MOVE TO NEW HOME
Squamish Advance
Squamish Advance: Thursday, March 13, 1952
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LOGGING NOW IN FULL SWING HERE
BASKETBALL GAMES WON BY LOCAL TEAMS
TRADE BOARD DISCUSSES SITE OF NEW DYKE
HOSPITAL BOARD CHOSEN HERE
FALLER INJURED IN LOGGING ACCIDENT
PROGRAM DIRECTOR
[PHOTO]
HOSPITAL TO PROFIT FROM STORE'S SALES
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 48 (HOWE SOUND)
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT DECEMBER 31, 1981
CHALET PREPARES FOR EASTER SEASON
[PHOTO]
THE DIAMOND HEAD SNOWMOBILE
BRACKENDALE
THE CRADLE
LOGGING COMPANY BUYS NEW MACHINE
PUBLIC NOTICE
INSTITUTE PLANS TO COLLECT WOOLENS
IN MEMORIAM
BADMINTON NOTES
CLASSIFIED ADS
MEN WANTED
1 WORKING FOREMAN
2 LABORERS
[PHOTO]
SOLWAY QUARTET - HEARD OVER THE CBC
BEARD GROWING CONTEST NOW OPEN
ROAD AND GUN CLUB IN ANNUAL MEETING
FIRST BABY WILL RECEIVE MANY GIFTS
Squamish Advance
Squamish Advance: Thursday, September 13, 1951
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LOGS ROLL AGAIN
MANY CHANGES IN SCHOOL STAFF
OPPORTUNITY FOR BUDDING ARTISTS
BOARD OF TRADE RESUMES WORK
ORCHESTRA FUNCTIONS AGAIN IN SQUAMISH
SURPRISE SHOWER FOR LOCAL BRIDE
FIRE BURNS THROUGH LOGGED-OVER AREA
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
RUBY CHAMBERS
[PHOTO]
REPORTER'S DREAM COMES TRUE
ALISON GRANT
[PHOTO]
A SKIERS PARADIES
[PHOTO]
FIRE BURNS
CLASSIFIED ADS
DANCE PRIZE WINNERS
BRACKENDALE
PLANT SALE IS SUCCESS
Squamish Advance
Squamish Advance: Thursday, November 22, 1951
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INDIAN RIVER ROUTE IS DEFINITELY OUT
CHEAPER THAN BEEF?
CHEAPER FARES FOR SCHOOL PUPILS
OUT-OF-TOWN PUPILS FOR SQUAMISH SCHOOL?
INTERMEDIATE CLUB CHOOSES OFFICERS
BUSY IN DECEMBER
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
PAT JOUDRY
[PHOTO]
WHY YOU SHOULD BUY XMAS SEALS
BEVERLEY LONG HEAD JUNIOR BADMINTON
LOGGERS INJURED
ST. JOHN'S W.A. HOLDS ANNIVERSARY SALE
CLASSIFIED ADS
LOCAL TEACHERS ATTEND DISTRICT CONVENTION
BRACKENDALE
THE WESTERN FIVE
[PHOTO]
Squamish Advance
Squamish Advance: Thursday, September 27, 1951
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FOREST FIRE EASES
WORK RESUMED ON LEGION HALL
MORRISON - TRUDEAU
LOGGING RESUMED
DAVID CALDWELL WINS LEGION SCHOLARSHIP
BRACKENDALE
START MADE ON HOSPITAL
PARISH HALL IS SCENE OF FIRE
FAST TIME ENDS SUNDAY
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
CONCERT ORCHESTRA FORMS COMMITTEE
THE ANNUAL
ALBERT ATKIN HEADS STUDENT COUNCIL
CBC OPERA COMPANY GOES INTO FOURTH SEASON
[PHOTO]
CARD OF THANKS
HOWE SOUNDINGS
BY WHOSIT
AMATEUR HOUR
UNITED SUNDAY SCHOOL RALLY
CLASSIFIED ADS
Squamish Advance
Squamish Advance: Thursday, July 19, 1951
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BOARDS OF TRADE PRESS FOR TRANSPORTATION TO VANCOUVER
BRACKENDALE
SQUAMISH TOWING INSTALLING RADIO IN MOBILE UNITS
NELSON BARREAU DIES SUDDENLY
HEAT WAVE STOPS LOGGING
MAGIC SHOW WELL ATTENDED
JAKE MCCABE
[PHOTO]
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
CLASSIFIED ADS
MASTER CONTROL ROOM
[PHOTO]
Squamish Advance
Squamish Advance: Thursday, February 1, 1951
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HIGH WINDS HIT SQUAMISH AREA
LOGGING RESUMED
WORK STARTED ON NEW FILL
BRITANNIA WINS BASKETBALL GAMES
FAIR COMMITTEE NAMES OFFICERS
JUNIOR BADMINTON ENDS TOURNAMENT
WOODFIBRE WINS BADMINTON TOURNEY
JANE HARKNESS
[PHOTO]
BRACKENDALE
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
GORDON WOODWARD'S RADIO PLAY ACCEPTED
CLASSIFIED ADS
BERT PEARL
[PHOTO]
NOTICE
WOODFIBRE
SCHOOL DISTRICT NOL 48 (HOWE SOUND) FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR 1950
PUBLIC NOTICE
WAITRESS SUFFERS SEVERE COFFEE BURNS
SCHOOL ORCHESTRA TO GIVE CONCERT
PHIL CARSCALLEN
[PHOTO]
CREDIT UNION MEETING MONDAY
KAY STEVENSON
[PHOTO]
Squamish Advance
Paula the clown (Paul MacKenzie) at Loggers Sports.
In 1967, Paul Mackenzie dressed as a clown and performed as the "World Champion Logger". Later he would be known as "Paula the Clown", the only Loggers Sports clown in Canada.
Firefighters at the "halfway" between Upper Squamish and Cheekye. Paid $0.25 / hour.
Seated far left, Mr Morbray (fire warden); seated left with white hat, Oswald (Ozzie) Ray; far right seated on bench, Charles Sherman Schoonover; seated next to him, Paul Sellons; standing far right, Compton Reade.
Steam donkey along Cheekye at Yapp's Logging Camp
Squamish Timber Company's yarding donkey.
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.
In 1912, Arthur McIntyre, Fidolle Laviolette, Amedy Levesque, and George Laviolette ("The French Boys") won a steam donkey from Al Barbour in a poker game. Barbour had refused to sell it to them earlier. Mr Barbour went back to logging with horses hauling the timber out on skid roads until he could afford another donkey. The boys formed a partnership called the Laviolette, McIntyre, and Levesque Logging Co.
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.
Left to right: Bill Huston and Bill Touton (first mailmain) in 1926 sawing logs.