Elvira and Charles Schoonover, 1947
- CA SQPL 06-096
- 1947
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Elvira and Charles Schoonover, 1947
Elvira Schoonover sitting outdoors at the Schoonover place.
Elvira Schoonover with Billy Goat
Elvira Schoonover with "Billy Goat". Picture taken where present Easter Seal Camp stands.
Elvira's husband brought home an orphaned kid goat one day and Elvira raised it on the bottle. It became quite tame but as it grew it became a loving nuisance. The Schoonovers didn't know where to put it until an ad for "wild" animals in a Vancouver paper gave them an "out". An answer brought the agent for a noble English lord to Schoonover Manor and soon Big Billy was part of the Duke of Bedford's estate.
Charlie and Elvira Schoonover pictured in front of their home in the upper valley, across from the power station.
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.
Left to right, front row: Elvira, Bob, Charles, and Mildred Schoonover.
Back row: Mary Schoonover.
Left to right, back row: Mary Schoonover, Elvira Schoonover.
Front row: Robert Schoonover, Mildred Schoonover.
Elvira Schoonover in her early twenties
Left to right: Elvira (nee Bump), Robert, Charles, Mildred (Mrs Scott MacDonald).
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.
Mildred, Elvira, Robert Schoonover
Left to right: Mildred, Elvira (nee Bump), Robert Schoonover.
Schoonovers at barn in Brackendale
Charles Schoonover at barn in Brackendale (~1901) with wife Elvira (nee Bump), daughter Mildred, and son Robert.
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.