- CA SQPL 04-011
Fait partie de Lynette Halvorson Photograph Collection
Fait partie de Lynette Halvorson Photograph Collection
Fait partie de Lynette Halvorson Photograph Collection
Fait partie de Lynette Halvorson Photograph Collection
G.T. Wallis, a member of the BC Mountaineering club who often had Alec Munro pack him into Garibaldi Park.
Fait partie de Lynette Halvorson Photograph Collection
Fait partie de Lynette Halvorson Photograph Collection
Garibaldi Mountain was named for the great Italian nationalist Giuseppe Garibaldi. Apparently, it was named by an Italian serving as a sailor on a survey ship, the mountain being in view on Garibaldi's birthday (July 4).
The 2678 metre tall mountain is a dormant composite volcano. The last series of eruptions occurred 10,000 years ago. It was first climbed in 1907 by J. Trorey, A. Dalton, W. Dalton, C. Warren, A. King, and T. Pattison.
Howe Sound looking toward Squamish
Fait partie de Lynette Halvorson Photograph Collection
Howe Sound was named after Admiral the Right Honourable Richard Scrope, Earl Howe who was in command of the British navy in the "Glorious First of June." Named by Captain Vancouver in 1792.
Fait partie de Lynette Halvorson Photograph Collection
Garibaldi Mountain was named for the great Italian nationalist Giuseppe Garibaldi. Apparently, it was named by an Italian serving as a sailor on a survey ship, the mountain being in view on Garibaldi's birthday (July 4).
The 2678 metre tall mountain is a dormant composite volcano. The last series of eruptions occurred 10,000 years ago. It was first climbed in 1907 by J. Trorey, A. Dalton, W. Dalton, C. Warren, A. King, and T. Pattison.
Price Mountain, Garibaldi Park
Fait partie de Lynette Halvorson Photograph Collection
Composite view of Garibaldi Park
Fait partie de Lynette Halvorson Photograph Collection
Composite view of Garibaldi Park
Fait partie de Lynette Halvorson Photograph Collection
Composite view of Garibaldi Park
Fait partie de Lynette Halvorson Photograph Collection
Composite view of Garibaldi Park
Fait partie de Lynette Halvorson Photograph Collection
Composite view of Garibaldi Park
Fait partie de Lynette Halvorson Photograph Collection
Composite view of Garibaldi Park
Fait partie de Lynette Halvorson Photograph Collection
Composite view of Garibaldi Park
Fait partie de Lynette Halvorson Photograph Collection
Composite view of Garibaldi Park
Fait partie de Lynette Halvorson Photograph Collection
Brandywine Falls with train on bridge passing over
Fait partie de Scott and Mildred MacDonald Photograph Collection
View of Squamish around 1901 - 1905
Fait partie de Scott and Mildred MacDonald Photograph Collection
View of Squamish around 1901 - 1905. View of Mamquam River before it changed its course. Magee's hay field on the left.
Mamquam River was named for the Indian word meaning "smelly water".
Squamish is named for the Indian word "Squohomish" (various spellings) meaning "strong wind". The 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.
Fait partie de Scott and Mildred MacDonald Photograph Collection
"The Chief" photographed in 1912 from the home of E.D. Reeves, the first telegraph operator in Squamish.
This granite monolith is approximately 700 metres high and is second only to Gibraltar in size. It is so named because its outline against the sky forms the profile of a sleeping Indian chief. The profile of a chief's face can also be seen in the rock.
Fait partie de Dorothy Farquharson Photograph Collection
Merrill and Ring, an American company bought their claim in 1888 for 25 cents per acre. This went from Valleycliffe through the foothills to Brohm Lake. They did not set up in the valley until October 1926. The operation had come from Duncan Bay, before that they had been at Camp O near Alert Bay. Their first camp is where Valleycliffe is located now. They employed 200 people. The hiring was done by Loggers' Agencies in Vancouver. They would fall the trees with cross cut saws then haul the logs with a steam donkey to the train. They used a steam axe to split the wood as machines used only wood fuel at the time.
A lot of Merrill and Ring timber was burnt in a Norton McKinnon fire in 1927. The McKinnon's engine was given as payment. Aloysius McNalley and John Broomquist collected it. The same year, Arthur Edwards assisted in the building of the Merrill & Ring camp at Edith Lake.
In 1929, Merrill and Ring moved their operation across the Mamquam valley to Edith Lake east of Alice Lake. A settlement of 225 men was set up there. Railway track covered the mountainside from Cheekye River southward.
Merrill and Ring closed in 1930 due to the low price of logs during the Depression. Logs were selling from 5 to 6 dollars per thousand. At this time, the logs were hauled by train to the dump at the mouth of the Stawamus River. Merill and Ring started back up in 1932.
Merrill and Ring shut down 3 times in 1937: after New Years due to snow, due to fire season, and in the fall when a bridge over the Cheekye River was washed out. Merrill and Ring left Squamish in 1940.
Fait partie de Dorothy Farquharson Photograph Collection
The Squamish River flowing at the site of the old highway during the a flood. (19??)
Fait partie de Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
Photo by: Jean Reid.
Squamish River during 1940 flood
Fait partie de Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
Photo by: Jean Reid.
Squamish River after 1940 flood
Fait partie de Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
Jean Reid (teacher) in foreground at Mashiter School, 1940.
Squamish River after 1940 flood
Fait partie de Squamish Valley Museum (Brightbill House) Photograph Collection
Photo by: Jean Reid.