Forty miles from Vancouver
by car is the community of
Squamish. A small town
nestled between Howe Sound
and the sharply rising Coast
Mountain Range, it boasts
some of the most beautiful
scenery in the world. Clear
blue water and giant forests
make the area a naturalist’s
paradise.

Near Squamish is_ the
spectacular Shannon Falls.
The falls are the fifth highest in
the world and provide scenic.
beauty the year round. The
property around Shannon
Falls, including the falls them-
selves, is owned by the Carling
O’Keefe Brewing Company.
The area, 72 acres in all, was
purchased by the company to
provide water for the com-
pany’s Heidelberg Beer. After
the wells for the water had
been sunk and the necessary
plant facilities constructed, the

THE WESTERN CANADIAN LUMBER WORKER

company turned to the task of
deciding how to utilize. the
balance of the property.

After a_number of sugges-
tions were considered, the area
was designated by the com-
pany as a park for public use.
The long task of developing the
area into a useable public
facility without disturbing the
natural forest growth and
beauty of-the area was started.

Due to the natural forest
setting of the area, an ad-
ditional project was considered
by the company, and after con-
sultation with the IWA it was
decided that part of the
property would be set aside as
the Carling O’Keefe — IWA
Logging Museum. It was
proposed that old logging
equipment be placed in the
area in such a way that it

would look as it did during the
early years of the forest in-
dustry.

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REGIONAL 3rd VICE-PRESIDENT Bob Blanchard and Otto
Mihic, Representative for Carling O’Keefe, are shown by the
water wheel erected on the park site.

near Squamish.

Over the past few months a
number of pieces of equipment
have been collected by Carling
O’Keefe and transported to the
site where they will be cosmet-
ically restored and where
possible put in working order.
Included in the equipment is a
1928 Federal Logging Truck, a
twenty-five ton Steam Crane

-and a steam operated Bush

Donkey. A Water Wheel has
been constructed and is opera-
tional. Although the majority
of the wheel has been recon-
structed, theioshaft is the
original from a’ wheel used at
the old Hastings Mill on False
Creek many years ago. It
makes a very spectacular and
interesting display to see the
water cascade over the Falls,
down the creek into the sluice
and over the water wheel.
The museum will be
developed in a number of
stages and hopefully will in-
clude a replica of an old
sawmill powered by the water
wheel. The first stage,
however, is to find old logging
equipment, make arrange-
ments for donations or pur-

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chase, and have the equipment
moved to the museum site for
mounting and restoration.
Each piece of equipment will
be accompanied by a carved
wooden plaque informing
visitors to the museum what
the equipment is, what it was
used for, where it was used,
where it came from, and if
donated, who the donor was.
Each plaque will also have the
logos of the IWA and Carling
O’Keefe carved on them.

Although the complete de-:

velopment of the museum is
expected to take a number of
years, the initial plans will turn
the park area into an interest-
ing monument to the people
who developed and worked in
the forest industry over the
past fifty years. It is important
that this history not be lost and
through the co-operative ef-
forts of the IWA and Carling
O’Keefe will be preserved for
those generations that come
after us.

If you are interested in
seeing the park and museum
site, feel free to call the

THE LOVELY FOREST setting attracts a host of visitors each year.

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SHANNON FALLS, the fifth highest falls in the world, are only 39 miles from Vancouver,

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Regional Council Public Rela-
tions Department for detailed
instructions on how to get
there. Next spring, when the
first stage is completed and
some of the equipment has
been placed in the museum,
you can ride the Royal Hudson
excursion train to Squamish
and see the park and museum.
It is presently anticipated that
double decker buses of the
English variety will-operate a
shuttle service between the
Royal Hudson train depot and
the park. As there is a two hour
layover in Squamish this will
make an ideal side trip while
waiting for the return trip to
Vancouver.

This museum will preserve
the history that the IWA helped
bring about and you are invited
to participate. The Joint
Museum Committee is looking
for old logging equipment that
is within the Regional Council.
If you know of the location of
old equipment or who we could
contact regarding old equip-
ment, please let the Public Re-
lations Department know.