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Bracken, John
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John Bracken was born in England. He came to Squamish in 1905 with his two sons, Richard and Lance. He was a remittance man.
In Squamish he built an "everything" store and a post office. He was the first postmaster in Brackendale.
He built the Bracken Arms, a hotel with a store and a post office prior to 1908. It was located on the East side of Government Road, south of the present Brackendale store. He used to fine people 25 cents for learning back and resting a chair on its two back legs.
In Spring 1912, the Bracken Arms Hotel burned down when a patron in an upstairs room overturned a coal lamp. The chimney was all that ws left standing.
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He loved to play solitaire and never lost. It was rumoured that he had a car in the building across from Bracken Arms but he never used it.
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Squamish Public Library, Squamish Files: Prominent Names.