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Fait partie de Terry and Sherrie Thorne Collection
Postcard photo of people disembarking from the government wharf completed in 1902.
Fait partie de Terry and Sherrie Thorne Collection
Postcard photo of people disembarking from the government wharf completed in 1902.
Mt. Garibaldi from Squamish Landing near Vancouver, B.C. [Back]
Fait partie de Terry and Sherrie Thorne Collection
Postcard showing people disembarking from the government wharf that was completed 1902.
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Mt. Garibaldi from Squamish Landing near Vancouver, B.C. [Front]
Fait partie de Terry and Sherrie Thorne Collection
Postcard showing people disembarking from the government wharf that was completed 1902.
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Squamish Review: Tuesday, March 15, 1949
Fait partie de 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
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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
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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
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Fait partie de Bob Armstrong Photograph Collection
Minnie Armstrong (nee Rae), June 1964.
Fait partie de Bob Armstrong Photograph Collection
Retta Rae (left) and friend.
Fait partie de Bob Armstrong Photograph Collection
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.
In front of Mrs Kate Mills' boarding house
Fait partie de Bob Armstrong Photograph Collection
2nd from left: Harold Thorne (?).
2nd from right: Hughie Mills.
Fait partie de Bob Armstrong Photograph Collection
Back row: ?, ?, Minnie Rae, Kimmie Rae.
Front row: ?, Oswald Rae (?), ?
Fait partie de Bob Armstrong Photograph Collection
Lawson Rae on left, Elvala (cousin) in the center. Man on the right unknown.
Fait partie de Bob Armstrong Photograph Collection
Back: Hugh Mills.
Front: Harole Thorne (?)
Wilfred Rae on Squamish Valley Hop Farm
Fait partie de Bob Armstrong Photograph Collection
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.
Fait partie de Bob Armstrong Photograph Collection
Suspected to be relatives / friends of the Rae family.
Fait partie de Bob Armstrong Photograph Collection
Retta Rae (left), others unknown.
Fait partie de Bob Armstrong Photograph Collection
Fait partie de Bob Armstrong Photograph Collection
Fait partie de Bob Armstrong Photograph Collection
Far left: Fred Young, teacher at Brackendale School.
Far right: Wilfred Rae.
3rd from right: Huey Mills.
4th from right: Mrs Kate Mills
5th from right: _____ Rae.
Fait partie de Bob Armstrong Photograph Collection
Left to right, rear: Minni Rae, Huey Mills, Robert Stewart Rae.
Front: ?, ?, Mrs Kate Mills, Thomas Edgar Rae, ?, Herbert Lawson Rae.
Fait partie de Bob Armstrong Photograph Collection
Fait partie de Bob Armstrong Photograph Collection
Left to right: Robert Stewart Rae, Jack Habricht, unknown, Walter Magee, Thomas Edgar Rae.
In front of Hugh Henry Mills' home
Fait partie de Bob Armstrong Photograph Collection
Present location of Norm Halvorson's family home.
Left to right: Herb Armstrong, Mabel Armstrong, Mrs Kate Mills, Gertrude Armstrong, Minerva Rae, Huey Mills, and brother David Mills.
Fait partie de Bob Armstrong Photograph Collection
Far left building: Kate Mills' boarding house.
Center building: John Bracken's home.
Far right: John Bracken's store (Bracken Arms).
Mildred MacDonald with James and Neettie Eadie
Fait partie de Scott and Mildred MacDonald Photograph Collection
Mildred MacDonald seated at the back with James and Neettie Eadie in the front.
Retta Rae, Harold Thorne, Wilfred Rae
Fait partie de Bob Armstrong Photograph Collection
Woman to the far left: Retta Rae.
Seated: Harold Thorne.
2nd from the right: Wilfred Rae.
Other women believed to be neices of Hughie Mills.
Fait partie de Bob Armstrong Photograph Collection
Auntie Minnie (left) was Mrs Kate Mills' sister, Minerva Robertson. Married name unknown (parents came to Squamish in 1888).