Sunday, June 2, 2019

Saved from drowning

In the right place at the right time.
Way back in  May of 1961

The Pitt River did not get its victims, this time.

Charles Hilman Rennie (1894-1977) later became Captain of the New Westminster Fire Department. man(4), with his older son Billie they saved Gary Merriman.
Charles was married to Alix Fife Gray (1894-1990) both were born in New Westminster.

Gary Merriman, was the son of Robert Eugene Merriman (1920-1991),
 and Fern Stella Whitford (1927-1989)
they had at least one other son: William George Merriman (1951-1989).





1971:  Three Firemen riding on fire truck down 11th Street close to where Aukland and Queens intersect. Firemen from left to right are: Dave Nield, Earl Smith and Charlie Rennie. Photo is in honour of the new helmets the firemen are wearing. These were the first firefighter's helmets to be used in the city.     Photographer     Bob Dibble




Group of men at the Sapperton Oldtimers Reunion. - June 23, 1953.
 Sapperton Oldtimers reunion at the Moose Hall. L-R, top row Neil Campbell and Roy Coulson. L-R, bottom row Albert Brown, Charlie Rennie, Dr. Jack Chambers, and Bill Chambers.
Published in the British Columbian page 1, June 24, 1953.

Maps of the area

Maps that cover Burke-Pinecone Provincial Park, and surrounding areas. These maps are in 1: 50 000 scale, except for the geology maps.) These are all fast links to their Geoscan pages, from Natural Resources Canada, just click on “more”, which will open up a larger listing of options to the different map options, Geopdf are digitized pdf’s which allow you to customize the layers, and create your own maps. They all download in their own separate zip formatted folders, just open the folder and drag the map onto your desktop.
Vancouver North, Coquitlam, and Pitt Lake map Areas, British Columbia With Special Emphasis On the Evolution of the Plutonic Rocks; Roddick, J A. Geological Survey of Canada, Memoir 335, 1965, ; 276 pages.
( Three maps and three drawings are included in a zip file of the entire book. )


Port Coquitlam, BC , NRC. Canadian Topographic Maps 92G/7, (edition 7) 2009

Port Coquitlam, BC, NRC. Canadian Topographic Maps 92G/7, (edition 6) 2002

Geology Coquitlam, BC; Roddick, J A. Geological Survey of Canada, "A" Series Map 1153A , 1965

Pitt River, BC, NRC. Canadian Topographic Maps 92G/10, (edition 4) 2009

Pitt River, BC, NRC. Canadian Topographic Maps 92G/10, (edition 3) 2002

Geology Pitt Lake, Vancouver, East Half, BC; Roddick, J A; Armstrong, J E. Geological Survey of Canada, "A" Series Map 1151A , 1965

Mamquam Mountain, BC, NRC. Canadian Topographic Maps 92G/15, (edition 4) 2009

Mamquam Mountain, BC, NRC. Canadian Topographic Maps 92G/15, (edition 3) 2002

Stave River, BC, NRC. Canadian Topographic Maps 92G/9, (edition 5) 2009

Stave River, BC, NRC. Canadian Topographic Maps 92G/9, (edition 4) 2002

Glacier Lake, BC, NRC. Canadian Topographic Maps 92G/16, (edition 4) 2009

Glacier Lake, BC, NRC. Canadian Topographic Maps 92G/16, (edition 3) 2002

Squamish, BC, NRC. Canadian Topographic Maps 92G/11, (edition 4) 2009

Squamish, BC, NRC. Canadian Topographic Maps 92G/11, (edition 3) 2003

New Westminster, BC - Canada - United States of America, NRC. Canadian Topographic Maps 92G/2, (edition 7) 2009

New Westminster, BC - United States, NRC. Canadian Topographic Maps 92G/2, (edition 6) 2003

Pitt Lake legends videos

I personally do not believe in any of it, the Mitchell bomber site and the wreckage, should be left alone as a memorial to the crew who died there.

Mitchell Bomber Part 1 --- Part 2

Nazi gold Part 1 --- Part 2

Seekers of gold Part 1 --- Part 2

And a website devoted to putting to rest the myth of Slumach

Silver Valley 1918

Silver Valley 1918

Silver Valley 1919

Silver Valley 1919

Silver Valley 1920

Silver Valley 1920

Silver Valley 1921

Silver Valley 1921

Silver Valley 1922

Silver Valley 1922