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The Newport Hotel during the flood of 1921.
Brittania in harbour around 1910 - 1911
Dick Bracken, son of John Bracken
Portrait of Sigurd Anderson taken around 1907 in Upper Squamish.
Left to right: Chief Jimmy, unknown, August Jack.
Young girl, Jean Herres poses underneath a horse beside a dog. Chickens are in the background.
In front of logging locomotive
Left to right: Harry Brightbill, Sainsbury (cook), Amedy Levesque in front of logging locomotive, 1910-1013.
Amedy Levesque and his partners, Leviolette, McIntyre, and Levesque Co. ("The French Boys") were the first to use high rigging extensively in the valley. To rig a 70 foot high spruce tree, Arthur McIntyre would go up the tree, no spures, and chop off branches as he went. When he was tired, Amedy Levsque went up, finished chopping off the branches, topped the tree, and hung the two guy lines and blocks.
Schoonover log cabin in Brackendale
The Schoonover log cabin still stands on Government Road in Brackendale.
417477 Government Road
This lovely log house was built by Charles Schoonover in 1932. Having worked as a hunter, trapper, and logger further up in the valley for nearly 30 years, Schoonover settled his family here in a house that reflected the beauty of the forests he loved.
Original use: Private residence.
Current use: Private residence.
Current condition: Very well maintained.
Mildred, Elvira, Robert Schoonover
Left to right: Mildred, Elvira (nee Bump), Robert Schoonover.
Robert Schoonover (left) and father Charles Sherman Schoonover posing with rifles, 1900.
Bob Bruce came from Nova Scotia to Brackendale in 1912 to work in logging.
Left to right: Norm MacDonald, Jack Quick
Elvira Schoonover in her early twenties