- CA SQPL 11-035
- October 1940
Fait partie de Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
Fait partie de Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
Fait partie de Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
Photo by: Jean Reid.
Fait partie de Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
During the flood of October 1940.
Photo by: Jean Reid.
Fait partie de Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
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".
Yarwood Drug Store after 1940 flood
Fait partie de Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
Photo by: Jean Reid.
Canoeists on corner of Victoria and Cleveland Avenue
Fait partie de Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
During Squamish flood, October 1940.
Fait partie de Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
Newport Hotel on the left (corner of Cleveland and Victoria Avenue); current location of the Chieftain Hotel.
Road in downtown Squamish with a view of Mount Garibaldi
Fait partie de Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
Photo by: Jean Reid.
Downtown Squamish with a view of Mount Garibaldi
Fait partie de Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
Photo by: Jean Reid.
Overturned car on Cleveland Avenue Crossing
Fait partie de Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
Photo by: Mrs Hugh Mackay (nee Jean Reid)
Downtown Squamish during winter
Fait partie de Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
19?s's.
Fait partie de Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
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.
Fait partie de Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
Photo by: Jean Reid.
Flooded area in downtown Squamish
Fait partie de Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
1940 flood
Fait partie de Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
Photo by: Jean Reid.