More Squamish History
Voice of the Canoe, Museum of Anthroplogy, UBC
A Centennial Commentary Upon the Early Days of SQUAMISH, British Columbia
A booklet on Squamish history, with photos, stories, maps and more; it was created as a part of British Columbia centennial celebrations that carried across the province in 1958. According to the booklet, 1888 was the beginning of real settlement that led to the formation of the town of Squamish.
Squamish Fifty years of Change and Challenges
By Corinne Lonsdale, Nov 2012
Squamish at Work in the Burrard Inlet 1860’s- 1930’s
Excerpts from: INDIANS AT WORK: An Informal History of Native Labour in British Columbia 1858-1930 By Eryn Holbrook SFU, 2004
By Nina Anthony, with apologies to Longfellow
The poem "An Epic" is found in the City of Vancouver Archives' William Mashiter folder*, in the Major Mathews Collection.
A BRIEF HISTORY of Sikhs in Squamish
By J.S. Biln, Sept 15, 1999
1876 Establishment of Squamish Valley Indian Reserves
Excerpt from Alexander Caulfield Anderson’s “Diary as Indian Reserves Commissioner”
Squamish Chief interview with Sadie Baker – Elder seeks the good in others
By Tom Berridge
Squamish Chief - July 14, 1992
An Account of a Squamish Smallpox Epidemic
Excerpt of interview with Sadie Baker.
In The Story Our Mountains Tell, Compiled by Dixie Newman, September 1977. Transcribed and published by Lesley Keith, 2005.
Letters of Patent
Maps & Aerial
1962: Squamish Tourist Map
Joan Brandvold
Oral History Guidelines
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