Road in downtown Squamish with a view of Mount Garibaldi
- CA SQPL 11-028
Part of Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
Photo by: Jean Reid.
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Road in downtown Squamish with a view of Mount Garibaldi
Part of Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
Photo by: Jean Reid.
Evelyn Lamport on Merrill & Ring railroad trestle
Evelyn Lamport on Merrill & Ring railroad trestle (present site is just north of Ayr Drive in Garibaldi Highlands). Built along the face of rock bluffs. Photo taken ~1928 on the way to Alice Lake.
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.
Squamish Advance: Thursday, November 15, 1951
Part of Historical Newspaper Archive
REMEMBRANCE DAY SERVICE HELD SUNDAY
BOARD DISCUSSES LOCAL PROBLEMS
NEW SCHOOL OPENED TUESDAY
MEMORIAL CAIRN UNVEILED HERE
HOWE SOUND SCHOOL MEETING
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
BRACKENDALE
WOMEN'S INSTITUTE HOLDS AUCTION SALE
SCHOOL MEETING
DISCIPLINE IS SUBJECT AT PTA "BUZZ SESSION"
CULVERTS BUILT
SINCLAIR COMMENTS ON GARIBALDI PARK
CLASSIFIED ADS
NEWS ANNOUNCER EARL CAMERON
[PHOTO]
SLIGHT CHANGES IN ADVERTISING RATES
PUBLIC NOTICE
[PHOTO]
MARY MORRISON - OVER CBC
LEGION BANQUET A GREAT SUCCESS
NURSES' CLUB OPENS XMAS SEAL CAMPAIGN
Squamish Advance
Squamish Advance: Thursday, March 27, 1952
Part of Historical Newspaper Archive
SQUAMISH ROAD SHELVED AGAIN
IMPROVEMENTS TO ROAD AND LANES
'51'S GOOD CITIZEN?
CANCER CAMPAIGN
APRIL CONCERT
THE CRADLE
H.S. JOURNALISM CLUB TOURS CITY
MORE SUGAR FOR HOSPITAL FUND
CARSON TO SPEAK
J.A. MEMBERS TO RECEIVE AWARDS
WESTMINSTER ELKS VISIT SQUAMISH
MORE WORK ON LEGION HALL
BUILD PARKING PLACE
LOCAL AND PERSONAL
SNOWMOBILE GETS NEW DIFFERENTIAL
SCOUTS RECEIVE THEIR ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
WOODFIBRE WINS BADMINTON CUP
BRACKENDALE
VILLAGE OF SQUAMISH
NEW BUS WILL ARRIVE THIS WEEK
SUMMER SCENE AT DIAMOND HEAD IN GARIBALDI PARK
Squamish Advance