Johnny Baker, Molly Harry, Austin Harry
- CA SQPL 12-006
Left to right: Johnny Baker, Molly Harry (Yo-so-solt), Austin Harry (XwaXwalkn).
Austin Harry, of Squamish Nation, lived in Sta-a-mis in the early 1900's.
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Johnny Baker, Molly Harry, Austin Harry
Left to right: Johnny Baker, Molly Harry (Yo-so-solt), Austin Harry (XwaXwalkn).
Austin Harry, of Squamish Nation, lived in Sta-a-mis in the early 1900's.
Eleanor Bishop and son, Robert Jr, along Cleveland Avenue. Note the old wooden sidewalk.
Photo by: Robert Bishop.
Pat Brennan placing extension on boiler smoke stack
Pat Brennan placing an extension on a boiler smoke stack in Woodfibre.
Front to back: Olive Judd, Carey Bateman, Ruth Judd, Edith Judd canoeing in Judd Slough.
Carl Johnson at Alice Lake, 1935
Part of Anne Moore Photograph Collection
Dan Munro in uniform (far right). Early 50's.
Left to right, front row: Elvira (nee Bump), Robert, Charles, Mildred.
Back row: Mary.
Dock and warehouses collapsed due to an underwater slide carrying piling out from under the dock. 1400 tons of pulp and 5 forklilfts lost, 1955 in Woodfibre.
Photo by: Duff.
Women in buggy at Squamish Hop Company Ranch
Group of unknown women in buggy at the Squamish Hop Company Ranch.
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.
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.
Part of Magee Photograph Collection
Merrill & Ring Logging Camp 1926
Photo by: Bun Yarwood.
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.
Bruce Fletcher and Irene MacLennan
Principal Bruce Fletcher and teacher Irene MacLennan of Division 2 at Lower Squamish School in 1914.
Suspected to be 1914.
Looking north with a view of Mount Garibaldi.
PGE truck delivering supplies to a Union Steamship docked at Government Wharf, 1958.
Mrs Alice Rose and Barbara Edwards
Left to right: Mrs Alice Rose, Barbara Edwards (would be Mrs Harry Judd).
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
Part of Mary Goad Photograph Collection
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
Squamish Townsite and Rivers, 1947
BC Government Air photo.
Photo by: Department of Lands & Forests.
Part of Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
Squamish's name was changed to Newport in 1911 by the H.S. and P.V.N. Railway and was changed back on September 14, 1914 as the result of a contest for school children. The name had to be changed since there was another town in BC named Newport. The twelve final names considered in the contest were: Newport, Strathacona, Prince Arthur, Kingsport, Great Haven, Columbia, Imperial, Squamish, Pacificgate, Bonaventure, and Viveleroi. Squamish is named for the Indian word "Squohomish" (various spellings) meaning "strong wind".