- CA SQPL 38-006
- 1958
PGE truck delivering supplies to a Union Steamship docked at Government Wharf, 1958.
PGE truck delivering supplies to a Union Steamship docked at Government Wharf, 1958.
Engine No. 52 arriving at Newport
Engine No. 52 arriving at Newport (Squamish). The date on the arrival of this locomotive was November 13, 1913.
Part of Unknown Photograph Collection
Track going out on Government Wharf
Part of Unknown Photograph Collection
Part of Unknown Photograph Collection
Left to right: Stan Clarke's first gas station, harding's barbershop (Stan Harding lived above), PGE Houses, fire hall (with smoke stack), post office.
Cleveland Avenue, Squamish's main street is named after E.A. Cleveland, the BC land surveyor who drew up the plan of the subdivision of Squamish in 1912. All subsequent surveys have been based on this.
Overturned car on Cleveland Avenue Crossing
Part of Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
Photo by: Mrs Hugh Mackay (nee Jean Reid)
Harry Brightbill on Government Wharf
Harry Brightbill, second from right, on Government Wharf.
Booming logs in Newport, BC (Squamish, 1904).
Squamish's name was changed to Newport in 1911 by the H.S. and P.V.N. Railway and was changed back on September 14, 1914 as the result of a contest for school children. The name had to be changed since there was another town in BC named Newport. The twelve final names considered in the contest were: Newport, Strathacona, Prince Arthur, Kingsport, Great Haven, Columbia, Imperial, Squamish, Pacificgate, Bonaventure, and Viveleroi. Squamish is named for the Indian word "Squohomish" (various spellings) meaning "strong wind".
Located behind the present day Kaos Kids store (where Pharmasave used to be), the kitty corner to Fields. Logs used to be unloaded here. Picture taken in 1920.
Logging trucks returning down Cleveland Avenue ~1942
Buildings (left to right): The men's entrance to the Newport Hotel, Yarwood Drugs, Mackenzie's warehouse, Mackenzie's store.