- CA SQPL 19-006
- February 1960
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Mashiter's store on the left in present site of Shell bulk plant.
PGE Duplexes at Castles Crossing
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View looking south near the present BCR Station.
Train on PGE Railway near Squamish
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PGE's inaugural train to Squamish
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The original photograph was recorded to be from August 28, 1956 and pictured Premier W.A.C. Bennet on the far right.
Additional information from Trevor Mills, 01/2012: This photo is to early for 1956 as the original caption says. The use of sides on a flat car to carry people was outlawed by 1956. The caboose behind the engine had been scrapped by this time. The first run to Squamish was pulled by diesels and not steam. Trevor Mills' father, PGE locomotive engineer Bert Mills who came to Squamish in 1954 following employment with the CPR after arriving from England in 1948. was on the train. This was probably the first through train to Lillooet in 1915. The premier at the time was James McBride.
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Track going out on Government Wharf
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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.
Ivo Confortin and Don Kirkwood
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Ivo Confortin (rear) and Don Kirkwood (fore) in front of a PGE boxcar. The man in the middle is unknown.
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Photo by: Evans
Passenger train - February 1914
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Government dock - February 1914
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Government dock in February 1914 (used by PGE Railway).
Photo by: Evans.
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Joe Confortin's brother and family in front of engine
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Joe Confortin's brother and family posing in front of a train engine decorated with flags. The women on the left are Mrs J. Johnson and Mrs M. Hurren.