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Catalog #P105. 1915. View northwest along Clayburn Road showing the brickworks on the north side of the road and management housing and the store on the south side. The company and village were founded in 1905 after John Charles Maclure discovered good quality fireclay on Sumas Mountain. Inscription on the back reads "The original Clayburn plant c. 1912-1915".

Catalog #P114. 1915. Fire clay mine, 1915. Shows eight men dressed for work in hardhats and miners' lamps standing at the mouth of a mine shaft.

Catalog #P164. 1920. Family: Pete Silva, Sarah Silva and Ambrose Silva. The common Kilgard First Nations surname "Silver" evolved from the Portuguese "Silva". Portuguese were among the cultural groups that were drawn to the Abbotsford area to work at the Clayburn and Kilgard brickworks.

Catalog #P170. 1900. Sternwheeler traveling up the .

Catalog #P188. 1915. Pre-drainage, two small boats sailing on .

Catalog #P426. 1915. Hazy view of Sumas Lake from Sumas Mountain showing surrounding marshlands and inflow channels.

Catalog #P1189. 1911. First Canadian National Railway train across Matsqui Prairie. On June 23, 1910 a contract was left with the Northern Construction Company for a rail connection between Hope and Port Mann. The first rails reached Matsqui in 1911. The station at Matsqui was built in 1915. The first passenger train, the "President's Special" carrying CN president Sir William MacKenzie, passed through Matsqui on August 28, 1915. Regular, tri-weekly service was inaugurated on November 24, 1915.

Catalog #P1196. 1915c. Musselwhite School class on the front steps of the school. The school was built at the corner of Old Yale and DeLair Roads in 1909. As a result of centralisation of schooling, Musselwhite closed in 1924 and its students were sent to Upper Sumas. Teacher is Miss Ray, in the back row.

Catalog #P1465. 1913. Two women standing with a horse. Inscribed on the back, "Miss M. Silver, Kilguard, 1913." Additional information from Janice Silver: "Sara Vedder, wife of Pete Silva, and daughter Margaret Silver."

Catalog #P1471. 1913. Seated woman flanked by two younger women standing. Additional information from Janice Silver: "Margaret Silver at upper right."

Catalog #P1565. 1910. Upper Sumas School students assembled in front of the school for the class picture. The early 20' by 32' schoolhouse pictured was built in 1888 and was originally called the York School until it was renamed with the official name of the district. It closed in 1910. When classes resumed in 1915 they were not held in the school but in the Sumas municipal hall.

Catalog #P3430. 1915. Swimming in Sumas Lake near Belrose Station.

Catalog #P5334. 1911. Family portrait of Sward family and house. Al and Agnes Sward on balcony, Mrs. Sward holding Elsie Sward on stairs. Ernie, John and Mr. Carl Sward standing on either side of bottom of stairs. 1911-1915 Carl Sward was original owner of house, 34241 Fore Road.

Catalog #P5427. 1920. Sumas Lake with snow on distant mountain.

Catalog #P5551. 1915. Musselwhite School class circa 1915. Back row, left to right: back: John McGarva, Minnie Austin, Vera Finch, Bert Finch, Murray Bannerman and Miss E. Ray, teacher. Third row, left to right: Bill Knox, Sam Austin, Harry Griffiths, Sam Griffiths, Percy Finch and Connie Carter. Second row, left to right: Dora Munroe, Jenny Good, unknown, Mable Austin and ? Finch. Front row, left to right: unknown, Emery Munroe, Gordon Munroe, Lester McGarva, George Grough and Elmer Austin.

Catalog #P5656. 1950. Hauling part of a large log of the Jago place on Downes Road, Gifford. Ed Garcineau of Straiton's truck.

Catalog #P5657. 1922. Left section of a four photo panorama showing Sumas Lake prior to drainage. Looking northwest from the B C Electric Railway substation with Vedder Mountain at the extreme left of the image.

Catalog #P5659. 1922. Second from the right of a four photo panorama showing Sumas Lake prior to drainage. Looking northwest from the B C Electric Railway substation showing the central Sumas Mtn. in the background.

Catalog #P5660. 1922. Right hand section of a four photo panorama showing Sumas Lake prior to drainage. Looking northwest from the B C Electric Railway substation showing the western end of Sumas Mtn. in the background.

Catalog #P5698. 1915. Abbotsford Timber and Trading Company train, loaded with logs. On front: "Logging Train of Abbotsford Timber & Trading Co. Ltd. Abbotsford, BC. October 1915."

Catalog #P5699. 1915. Abbotsford Timber & Trading Company locomotive hauling raw logs from site in Mt. Lehman.

Catalog #P5702. 1915. Abbotsford Timber and Trading Company train, loaded with logs. Russell Studio photo. Engine on right side, with two men visible in or on the engine, with another three men standing to left, near logs on second train car. Fallen logs surrounding train tracks.

Catalog #P6298. 1920. B.C. Electric Railway tracks running along Sumas Lake.

Catalog #P6853. 1908. showing Sumas Lake.

Catalog #P7179. 1915. A day's hunt. Early settlers told stories of the abundance of wildlife around the lake. On one very successful hunt, George Bellerose recalled that her fires his single barrel shotgun once and killed 22 teal. David Mathers said, "fishing was not fishing, it was just going down and loading your boat." The First Nations people depended on the abundance of salmon and suffered as a result of the drainage of the lake in 1924.

Catalog #P7853. 19115. Family portrait of Arthur and Susie Trethewey c. 1915. It was probably taken in Abbotsford. Back row, left to right: Bob, Emma, Clarice, Arthur, Nettie (Annetta) and Leslie, in his military uniform. Front row, left to right: Charlie, Susie and Clarke.

Catalog #P11736. 1915. Two horses pulling railcar full of logs. From reverse, "Logging car & team. McGowan driver. Jim Towlan and H. Matthews (the donkey fireman) standing up. Bill Denny (no hat) the woods foreman & hook tender. Mike Murphy - chaser. 1915 Mt. Lehman, BC. Fir Tree Logging Co." Belongs to Mrs. L.B. Farber Pleasant Valley Trailer Park.

Catalog #P11738. 1915. Two fallers, each holding an axe and standing on either side of a 4.5 ft diameter notched tree with a crosscut saw leaning vertically against the tree. From reverse, “Carson Lehman, Harry Ryder – fallers. 1915 Mt Lehaman, BC Fir Tree Logging Co Belongs to Mrs. LB Farber, Pleasant Valley Trailer Park.”