Merrill & Ring Boom and Woodyard, 1927
- CA SQPL 17-005
- 1927
Dave Thompson (left) and Charlie Moore. Close up of load of logs.
Photo by: Ed Aldridge.
Aldridge, Ed
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Merrill & Ring Boom and Woodyard, 1927
Dave Thompson (left) and Charlie Moore. Close up of load of logs.
Photo by: Ed Aldridge.
Aldridge, Ed
Merrill & Ring "2 Spot" (wood burning) pushing drag out on dump. Charlie Calchan Engineer Boom Camp & Wood Yard. Comments by Ed Alridge: Note wood all gone off tender. Will wood up at wood yard before leaving. Steel gang unload steel of scow - at gridion in foreground.
Photo by: Ed Aldridge.
Aldridge, Ed
Left to right: Dave Thompson, Wilma Ferguson, Henry Ferguson, Charlie Moore.
Merrill & Ring Dump and Brow, 1927. See number 5 in the Ed Alridge Photograph Collection for another view of a load of logs.
Photo by: Ed Aldridge.
Aldridge, Ed
Merrill & Ring Logging Co. Camp
Early 1927 in Valleycliffe. Steam locomotives standing approximately where "townhouses" now stand.
Far left: 14 ton Plymouth gas locomotive foreground: "North-western" speeder - Model T Ford engine.
Right: 50 ton shay Loco #1 1 beam frame.
Arch bar trucks. Behind her with crummies, 50 ton shay #2 (new) girder frame, cast frame trucks. Wagon to boiler. Shays converted to oil burners later in 1927.
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
Governor General Lord Willington arrived at Britannia
Governor General Lord Willington arrived at Britannia, April 12, 1927. He came in the "Norsal" and was going through the mines on a tour.
Orval Van Horlick and Alec Munro
Orval Van Horlick on right and Alec Munro on left setting up tent in Britannia, 1927.
Laying steel over Merrill & Ring Mud Creek Bridge
Laying steel over Merrill & Ring Mud Creek Bridge, 1927 (now called "Ring Creek").
Photo by: Ed Aldridge.
Aldridge, Ed
First full train of logs going south
First full train of logs going south through "Old Camp" on way to dump. Merrill and Ring 0-4-0 14 ton plymouth gas locomotive.
Left to right: Bun Yarwood, ?, Big Dave Thompson, Al Lund, ?, Bill Tourcotte, ?.
May 1927.
Photo by Ed Aldridge.
Aldridge, Ed
View of building across from Squamish Hotel, 1927
Second building on the left: Mulhern house.
Fourt building: Hurren house.
Fifth building: McNeil house.
Left to right: Freda and Marjorie Lasser (Mrs Stan Clarke and Marjorie Leffler respectively) on Bughouse Heights. Aproximately 1927.
May Queen: Clara Judd.
Maids of Honour: Lotty Cameron & Evelyn Chadwick, Crown Bearer on left and teacher (now Mrs Johnny Marrison).
Lead Scout: Stanley Bennett, others unknown.
Dixon home; Mackenzie Store in the background.
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
Bob Schoonover with his Model T Ford
May Day 1928 float on PGE tracks
Attendant: Evelyn Chadwick.
Teacher: Freda Lasser.
Others unknown.
Bill Turcotte in 1928 in tree climbing gear.
Looking south over open observation cars of PGE Sunday train to Alta Lake
Ship is probably "Lady Cynthia", sister ship to "Lady Cecilia" (union steamships).
Photo by: Ed Aldridge.
Aldridge, Ed
Cleveland Avenue looking north
Rainbow Lodge on Alta Lake, 1926 - 1928
George Taylor with catch of fish
George Taylor was the fish warden in Squamish.
PGE 55 locomotive at Alta Lake
Left to right: Hector McLean, Ed Aldridge, Henry Jensen. At Rainbow Lodge.
Merrill & Ring "4 Spot" with low built steel laying flatcar
Merrill & Ring 4 Spot with low built steel laying flatcar, ~1928 in Stawamus Valley. Climbing 6% grade on branch that ran south to Bughouse Heights.
Photo by: Ed Aldridge.
Aldridge, Ed
Union Steamship "Lady Cynthia" landing at Squamish
Circa 1927 - 1928.
Photo by: Ed Aldridge.
Aldridge, Ed
Going downstream from Old Red Bridge
Ellis Chadwick (son of Provincial Constable, John Chadwick) going downstream from Old Red Bridge, approximately 1927 to 1928. P.M.L. 5 in background. Is suspected to be the first police motor boat in Squamish. Building on the right hand side: Old Green home.
Halvorson, Lynette
Merrill & Ring Bridge over the Mamquam River, 1928
Approximately 90 feet from the top of the rail to the water in the river. Gas locomotive #4 on the bridge (built by Bill and Sam Culliton). 4 main span strings 90' x 3' diameter. Information from Ed Aldridge.
Photo by: Ed Aldridge.
Aldridge, Ed