Fred Thorne's house that was between the 1984 site of Mamquam Elementary and Howe Sound Equipment.

Left to right, back: Gertrude (Mrs Wilson), Margareta (Mrs McLeod), Mabel (Mrs Keith) holding Les.
Front: Bob, Jim.
House across from Mamquam School on Government Road.

Suspected to be 1962.

During the flood in December 1941.

Mamquam River was named for the Indian word meaning "smelly water".

Merrill & Ring Bridge over the little Mamquam (Mashiter Creek) picture taken looking north showing sky line for taking Pile Driver to north side of canyon (1928 - 1929).
Left to right: Brian Buckley (?), "Big Dave" Thompson (steel boss-track layer), Freddy Tom (Merrill & Ring car builder son), Billy Dawson (?).
Photo by: Ed Aldridge.

Mashiter Creek was named after William Mashiter.

Approximately 90 feet from the top of the rail to the water in the river. Gas locomotive #4 on the bridge (built by Bill and Sam Culliton). 4 main span strings 90' x 3' diameter. Information from Ed Aldridge.
Photo by: Ed Aldridge.

Gas Locomotive #4 in far end of cut. Cut taken out by hand on 24" guage push car railway. Cut approximately 30' deep at max 300" long.
Photo by: Ed Aldridge.

Minnie (nee Rae) & Herb Armstrong's children. Left to right: Mabel (Mrs Keith), Bob, Margareta (Mugs - Mrs McLeod), and Jim watching train go by in home across from Mamquam School on Government Road.

Left to right: Mrs Kate Mills, Ozzie Rae, Olive Judd, and Minnie Rae on the Mackinnon Railway.

In 1910, a man by the name of Norton McKinnon came to the area to log by railway, laying track from the Mamquam River to the Northern Pemberton Railway line. Unfortunately, a company fire in 1913 by the Mamquam River resulted in the loss of McKinnon’s business, and he left Squamish soon after.

Despite this setback to one of the first logging pioneers, harvesting continued through the Squamish area with the company of Merrill and Ring. With a steam engine salvaged from Norton McKinnon’s company, Merrill and Ring continued laying railway track from what is now the log dump south of the Stawamus Reserve to Valleycliffe and across the Mamquam River.

Squamish, when the Blind Channel used to be a part of the Mamquam River. Red Bridge and Magee's hay field can be seen.

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.