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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.
Squamish Public Library, Squamish Files, Industry.
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Grading the road from Squamish to Cheekye (30-35).
Left to right: Claude Hertnell, Lawson Rae.
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In the present location of the Vriend's home, near Leski's Crossing.
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Original building of the Mashiter School. Man riding a bicycle in the foreground.
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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".
Squamish Public Library, Squamish Files: Place Names.
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Red and White food store (Adams and Adams) during the 1940 flood.
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Newport Hotel on the left (corner of Cleveland and Victoria Avenue); current location of the Chieftain Hotel.
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Would become Squamish Hotel and then later the Ocean Port Hotel (37991 Second Avenue).
Although the original building has been altered nearly beyond recognition, the basic structure of the Squamish Hotel was constructed in 1910 as the King George Hotel by W.A. Holland. Like the Brackendale Store, the Squamish Hotel is a building which may hold heritage value to the community not for its present appearance, but for its prominence as a landmark and reference point in the local landscape for over 75 years.
Original use: Hotel, pub.
Current use: Hotel, pub, restaurant, Cold Beer and Wine Store.
Current condition: Nearly unrecognizable from the original form.
Squamish Public Library (1993). Preliminary Squamish Heritage Inventory.
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Left to right: Unknown, William Mashiter, George Paddy, Miss Jessie McDonald.
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Four loggers unknown.
In 1911, McKinnon and Norton of the Newport Timber Company were logging in Squamish in the area known as the base camp road, near Curly Lews' place. They had donkeys, a large shay engine, and a weird whistle. Mr McKinnon was a bartender and Mr Norton was a logger. Amedy Levesque and George Laviolette worked as brakemen on the locomotive. The camp was run by Mr Fuller.
Squamish Public Library, Squamish Files, Industry.
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Names suspected to be incorrect.
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Albert Chamberlain pre-empted on an island across from the Brennan property. It was named Chamberlain Island. The island is now part of Baynes Island.
Albert also had a farm.
Squamish Public Library, Squamish Files: Prominent Names.
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Brohm Lake and Brohm Ridge were named after pioneer William Brohm. The ridge is the northernmost of two prominent buttresses on the west face of Garibaldi Mountain.
Squamish Public Library, Squamish Files: Place Names.
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Lamb's logging - Lefurgy Ltd (Garibaldi & Logging Camp, Brackendale).
Research compiled by Eric Andersen, 2011: Lamb Bros. Logging camp ca 1912, on present site of Garibaldi Cemetery. The Company ran a rail car loading operation similar to that of Squamish Timber Co. two miles to the north. The Cheekye log flume crossed this camp site, later occupied by a Japanese logging company.
Andersen, Eric. (2011). Along the route of the Cheekye log flume. Posters lent to the Squamish Public Library, Squamish, BC.
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19?s's.
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Highway 99 (?)
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Photo by: Mrs Hugh MacKay (nee Jean Reid).
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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.
Squamish Public Library, Squamish Files: Place Names.
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Photo by: Jean Reid.
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Photo by: Jean Reid.
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Left to right: Mr Young, Miss Jean Reid, Mrs Bryans, Blanche Duclos, Miss Rebina Prendergast, and Les Keith in front of Mashiter School.
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Left to right: Ruth Morrison, Francis Scott.
Photo by: Jean Reid.
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Photo by: Jean Reid.
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Photo by: Jean Reid.
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1940 flood
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Photo by: Jean Reid.
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Photo by: Jean Reid.
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Photo by: Jean Reid.
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Jean Reid (teacher) in foreground at Mashiter School, 1940.
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Photo by: Jean Reid.
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Edward Brennan (Pat Brennan's father) during the 1940 flood.
Photo by: Jean Reid.
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Left to right: Mr and Mrs J. Johnson with daughter, Joe Confortin's brother and family.
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Photo by: Jean Reid.
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People unknown.
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Man unknown.
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Photo by: Mrs Hugh Mackay (nee Jean Reid)
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During Squamish flood, October 1940.
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During the flood of October 1940.
Photo by: Jean Reid.
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Left to right: Ella Clemeny (teacher), Minerva Rae, Ella Fulk
Research compiled by Eric Andersen: Schoolteacher Ella Clements, Minnie Rae, and Mrs Lola Fulk, 1907. Minnie Rae's 1907 diary refers to the Fulks, the upper valley camps, and Owen Fulk's business trips into town by steamship. Owen Fulk of Skagit County (WA) was hired by E.K. Wood Lumber Co. to supervise the Squamish River logging operations. During the five years or so Fulk was at Squamish, he was the valley's preeminent man of business.
Andersen, Eric. (2011). Squamish Valley timber was used in building the Panama Canal. Posters lent to the Squamish Public Library, Squamish, BC.
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Left to right: Oswald (Ozzie) Rae, Hugh Henry Mills, Minnie Gertrude Rae, Jimmy Rae, Mrs Hugh Mills (formerly Mrs Allen Rae), Lawrence Johnson Rae.
Photo by: Magee.
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Traffic jam caused by traffic lights at Red Bridge (over Blind Channel) which had only 1 lane. Suspected to be in 1963.
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View from the Brackendale Store looking south in 1914.
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Allan Barbour (left) and Bill Wallace of Cheekye (right) and one of the first cars in Squamish.
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Built in 1910, the King George Hotel is now the Squamish Hotel.
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Photo by: Evans.
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.
The actual Indian spelling of Stawamus is STA-a-mus and is a variant of Squamish and means "birthplace of the winds". Pioneers often used "Stamish" instead of "Stawamus". The name refers to the Indian reserve at the mouth of the Squamish River (Reserve #24), the Stawamus River, the area drained by it and the "Chief".
Squamish Public Library, Squamish Files: Place Names.
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