Wotruba cabin in Upper Squamish - 1915
- CA SQPL 24-022
- 1915
Left to right: Mrs Wotruba, Agnes Tatlow, Clarence Tatlow, Mr Wotruba (Grandparents with grandchildren).
Wotruba cabin in Upper Squamish - 1915
Left to right: Mrs Wotruba, Agnes Tatlow, Clarence Tatlow, Mr Wotruba (Grandparents with grandchildren).
Left to right, back row: Rae cousin, Minnie Rae, Mrs Mills.
Front row: ?, Retta Rae.
Part of Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
Brohm Lake and Brohm Ridge were named after pioneer William Brohm. The ridge is the northernmost of two prominent buttresses on the west face of Garibaldi Mountain.
Wilfred Rae on Squamish Valley Hop Farm
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. The hops were picked by local First Nations. 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.
Wilfred Rae behind Huey Mills home or hop farm
Wilfred (Whiff) Rae behind Huey Mills home or hop farm.
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.
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).
Walter Magee on Cheakamus Bridge
Part of Unknown Photograph Collection
Vera Swann, Daisy Barnfield, Mrs Marsh
Vera Swann, Daisy Barnfield (mother), Mrs Marsh
Trapping shelter at Elaho built by Charles Schoonover. The men belong to Mather's logging outfit. Photo taken around 1908 - 1909.
Elaho River forms the west branch of the Squamish River. It is named for the Indian word meaning "good hunting area".
Thomas Edgar Rae with daughter Mrs Catherine Freemento
Thomas Edgar Rae with daughter Mrs Catherine Freemento
Part of Jessie Rae Photograph Collection
Present site of Fields.
Left to right: Mrs Lizzie Turcotte (nee Herres), daughter Marion, Bill Turcotte.
Destroyed in 1973.
Steam donkey at Yapp's Logging Camp
Squamish Timber Co. crew and 'swing yarder'. 'Swing yarder' brought to Squamish by Allan Newton Barbour in 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.
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.
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.
Squamish Review: Tuesday, March 15, 1949
Part of Historical Newspaper Archive
[MAP]
BOARD OF TRADE HOLDS BUSY MEETING
TUBERCULOSIS CLINIC TO VISIT SQUAMISH
[MAP]
MACKENZIE'S LTD. TO EXPAND HERE
ROUND OF PARTIES FOR YOUNG FRY
CREDIT UNION HOLDS ANNUAL MEETING
RED LETTER DAY FOR SQUAMISH
AT LEAST THE STORK DERBY IS OVER
WILL LEGION WIN THE CUP?
MRS. MACDONALD, SQUAMISH PIONEER, PASSES
VALENTINE PARTY FOR SUNDAY SCHOOL
BRITANNIA CHILDREN HAVE ANNUAL VALENTINE PARTY
ANNOUNCEMENT
THE SQUAMISH REVIEW
EDITORIAL
CREDIT UNION
P.-T. ASSOCIATION FEATURES MUSICALE
JANITOR PROBLEM SOLVED
SQUAMISH RECREATIONAL ASSOCIATION ANNUAL REPORT
OLD TIMER PASSES
E. P. YARWOOD FLOWN TO VANCOUVER
BRITANNIA BEACH NEWS
RETURN OF FIRE UNIT
ORCHESTRA IN THE MAKING
[PHOTO]
VISIT TO GIBSONS
MRS MACDONALD
GET YOUR DOG LICENSE
NEW OFFICERS FOR W.A.
HARDY'S WESSEX CAPITAL
BASKETBALL SEASON ALMOST OVER
CARD OF THANKS
DAIRY DISCONTINUES LOCAL RETAIL TRADE
ELECTRICAL SHOP OPENS FOR BUSINESS
[PHOTO]
SQUAMISH, PAST AND FUTURE
TEACHERS CONVERSE
LONG WINTER COMES TO AN END
COMING EVENTS
PERSONALS
ENGLISH PRAYER BOOK 400TH ANNIVERSARY BEING CELEBRATED
BIGGER WAX SUPPLIES
LOCAL GIRL WED
PUBLIC CEREMONIES PLANNED
CANDLE LIT CARD PARTY
DIM OUT
DIAMOND HEAD EXPECTS BUSY SEASON
RED LETTER DAY
Squamish Review
Shelter up at Elaho for trapping
Built by Charles Schoonover.
Elaho River forms the west branch of the Squamish River. It is named for the Indian word meaning "good hunting area".
Schoonovers at log cabin in Brackendale
Left to right: Robert (13 months) and Mildred (5 years, 6 months) Schoonover at log cabin in Brackendale, September 1908.
Left to right: Unknown, Mary, Mildred, Robert, Elvira Schoonover (nee Bump) at Hope Farm.
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. The hops were picked by First Nations workers. 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.
Schoonovers at cabin in Brackendale
Left to right: Elvira Schoonover (nee Bump), Mildred (Mrs Scott MacDonald), Charles Schoonover, and son Robert at cabin 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.
Schoonovers at barn in Brackendale
Charles Schoonover at barn in Brackendale (~1901) with wife Elvira (nee Bump), daughter Mildred, and son Robert.
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.