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

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]

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]

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]

Left to right: unknown, Al Lassmann, Jack Phelps on logging truck

Squamish

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.

Lamb's logging camp. Now present day cemetery.

Research compiled by Eric Andersen, 2011: Lamb Bros. Logging camp ca 1912, on present site of Garibaldi Cemetery. The Company ran a rail car loading operation similar to that of Squamish Timber Co. two miles to the north. The Cheekye log flume crossed this camp site, later occupied by a Japanese logging company.

2nd from right, back row: Scott MacDonald.
Far right, back row: Bert Rae.

Unknown men with steam donkey.

Research compiled by Eric Andersen: Side view of 'swing yarder'. Older man at left may well be Mr. Stafford, camp foreman - "...a man who has left the stubble of many a harvested forest on many a hillside and in many a valley in Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia. He began to log in Quebec a long time ago."

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.

Lamb's logging - Lefurgy Ltd (Garibaldi & Logging Camp, Brackendale).

Research compiled by Eric Andersen, 2011: Lamb Bros. Logging camp ca 1912, on present site of Garibaldi Cemetery. The Company ran a rail car loading operation similar to that of Squamish Timber Co. two miles to the north. The Cheekye log flume crossed this camp site, later occupied by a Japanese logging company.

Location unknown.

Austin Harry (XwaXwalkn), of Squamish Nation, lived in Sta-a-mis in the early 1900's.

All 40' longs. George Percey is in the foreground. Al Land in the back. Some 72' "boom sticks".
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.

Looking north.
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.

Man on water tank: Jae Basset, Donkey Fireman.
Donkey: 13x15 Williamette Yarder-Loader unit. Weights over 100 tons fully equipped with lines etc.
Spar tree: Merrill & Ring first wetting. Tree topped at 190 feet. Bottom of the tree jumped about 15 feet on skid pads (ends of small logs visible directly under bottom of spar) while top guys hold top of tree in place. Elsie Lund (nee Wilkinson) whose father owned the Squamish Hotel went up this spar in the riggers chair with her Head Digger husband Al to the pass block (top) before the tree was jumped. Account by Ed Aldridge.
Photo by: Bun Yarwood.

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

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]

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]