Bunk houses at Cheekye logging camp
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Mike Ross (left) and Bill Tutin (right) at bunk houses at Cheekye logging camp.
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Bunk houses at Cheekye logging camp
Mike Ross (left) and Bill Tutin (right) at bunk houses at Cheekye logging camp.
Robert Stewart (Bert) Rae (left) and Scott MacDonald (right) at bunk houses at Cheekye (now in the location of Fergies) in 1926.
Walter Magee on Cheakamus Bridge
Part of Unknown Photograph Collection
The original spelling of the Cheakamus area (river and canyon) is chee-YAK-mush which is Indian for "fish weir". A slight variation in belief is that the original Indian spelling is Tsee-ark-amiskt which means "fish trap" and refers to the difficulty salmon have in travelling up the river.
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.
Building railway through Cheakamus canyon
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.
Grading the road from Squamish to Cheekye
Part of Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
Grading the road from Squamish to Cheekye (30-35).
Left to right: Claude Hertnell, Lawson Rae.
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.
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.
Logging camp owned and operated by Allan and Charles Barbour - about 1907.
Research compiled by Eric Andersen, 2011: This photo, apparently taken by one of the Magee brothers, shows the construction phase of the flume project. 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 which is closer, however the Cheekye has a steeper gradient. The larger the logs to be flumed, and the steeper the grade, the more water is required.
The log flume was probably used for transporting long cedar shingle bolts, in standard 16-18 foot lengths. These would be boomed in the river, perhaps in the Jimmy Jimmy Slough (Judd Slough), and then delivered elsewhere for manufacturing into roofing shingles.
Building the Cheakamus Bridge (~1925).
Left to right: Herb Armstrong, Mart McIntyre, Allan Newton Barbour, Paul Sellons.
Squamish Advance: Thursday, June 14, 1951
Part of Historical Newspaper Archive
CONTRACT LET FOR SQUAMISH HOSPITAL
FLOODGATE REPAIRED BY WORK "BEE"
VILLAGE PLANS MORE SIDEWALKS
CHEEKYE BRIDGE BEING REPAIRED
BRITANNIA TO SELL PYRITES IN B.C.
THE CRADLE
WOODFIBRE
BOARD OF TRADE IN BUSY SESSION
TWO INJURED IN FREAK ACCIDENT
STUDENTS TO ATTEND GRADUATION BANQUET
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
B.C. ELECTRIC PLANS BUILDING PROGRAM
LOCAL STORE ADDS NEW STAFF MEMBERS
COUNTING NOISES
CUCKOO CLOCK HOUSE
[PHOTO]
BRACKENDALE
WOODFIBRE
CLASSIFIED ADS
POUNDKEEPER
LEICESTER SQUARE
[PHOTO]
CARSON CHRISTENING
[PHOTO]
WINTER FUN IN SUMMER
[PHOTO]
Squamish Advance
Left to right: Edgar Baynes, John Redford at Cheekye logging camp.
Mr and Mrs Watt at their store in Cheekye
Cheekye as seen from the bridge
Part of Unknown Photograph Collection
Cheekye is from the Indian name for Mount Garibald - in-ch-KAI which means "dirty place". The mountain was so named since dirty snow would result when dust would be blown onto the snowfields from cinder cones and lava. The pioneers adapted this name to the area and river.
Walter Magee with Herres girls
Part of Unknown Photograph Collection
Walter Magee with Herres girls on bridge at Cheakamus. Suspected to be Lizzie on the left (Mrs Bill Tourcot) and Mary on the right (Mrs Al Armstrong).
Cheakmus House built in 1906 by David Galbraith and Dutch Charlie. Destroyed in the 1940 flood, it was across from the present location of Fergie's. Henry Judd's stage is in front.
Part of Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
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.
Allan Barbour and Bill Wallace in one of the first cars in Squamish
Part of Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
Allan Barbour (left) and Bill Wallace of Cheekye (right) and one of the first cars in Squamish.
Man second from left is Dutch Charlie. Hunters were mostly from Vancouver. Photo taken between 1910 - 1911.
Yapp's logging camp on the Cheekye River above the railroad bridge. Photo taken around 1910.
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.
Research compiled by Eric Andersen, 2011: The location of the camp is actually above the highway bridge and not the railway bridge.
The Squamish Timber Company is often referred to as "Yapp's", after company boss Chester Yapp. According to one source, the company was incorporated in March 1907. It was operating on the Cheekye Fan by 1908.
$500,000 bridge over Cheakamus River