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12 Going to extremes in Squamish
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20 Squamish is a petfriendly paradise
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36 Why is that Squamish mountain called that? 40 Stars at peace in Squamish 42 Squamish reaching out to grow adaptive climbing
16 Developing Squamish
28 Five hikes locals love
32 A transformational family
46 A home-grown family festival fills a void 48 Summer event listings 52 Squamish bites: restaurant and brewery guide
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HERE’S so much more to Squamish than meets the eye, and what the eye sees is pretty darn impressive.
If you scratch beneath the first pretty layer of our stunning scenery, an even more interesting community appears. As the world has come to realize over the last few years, Squamish is a destination in and of itself. In this summer edition of Discover Squamish, we try to give you an overview of all there is to love about this place whether you have just stopped for a visit, are planning to move here, or just arrived for good.
We cover what to do — from festivals to extreme races, where to eat and drink after a day of summer fun — what it is like to live here; and we introduce you to some of the people who make this place so special. In our “Single Tracks,” we highlight some of the local quirky and interesting trivia — did you know we once had the only unionized McDonalds in North America? Want to try one of the many popular outdoor pursuits available
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here? We’ve got you covered with where to rent the gear you need. In other stories, we introduce you to the diversity we embrace. Oh, and if you hadn’t yet noticed, we love our four-legged friends, of all kinds. We highlight some of our favourite petfriendly spots and animal welfare endeavours. We hope you enjoy discovering Squamish as much as we loved putting this edition together. •
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TIMBER! There’s never been a better excuse to wear your favourite flannel (not that you need one in Squamish, where they’re practically mandatory). On BC Day long weekend, Aug. 1 to 5, a long-loved Squamish custom steps back into the ring. The Squamish Days Loggers Sports tradition is 62 years strong. It kicked off in 1957, originally as a one-day event. As the competitive spirit grew to five days, it celebrates the area’s long logging history, from the Sḵwxwú7mesh people through different inventions of machinery to help make a dangerous job safer and faster. Crowd favourites include bucking, chopping, tree climbing, falling and topping and, naturally, axe throwing. Once upon a time, the festival also featured a men’s pageant, mostly judged on their beards. This festival truly has everything your inner lumberjack could desire. Even your miniloggers are welcome, as the festival includes kid events. Some events are open to newbies, so seriously, don’t forget your plaid. It doesn’t get more Squamish than this. • 8 | Discover Squamish Summer 2019
left and below : Loggers sports has a long tradition in Squamish as these photos from 1962 (insert) and 1970s show. Photos: Squamish Digital History Collection via the Squamish Public Library
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Squamish Murals. Photos: David Buzzard
As you take in the majestic natural vistas around Squamish, don’t miss the human-made artistic touches about town. At the head of Cleveland Avenue, salmon swim along
the sidewalk, the first to greet you on your jaunt downtown. Murals reflect the rolling mountains found along the Sea to Sky Corridor, splashed across buildings to your left and right.
The newest to join our colourful canvas was unveiled by local artist Jessa Gilbert on the Sea to Sky Art House (which hosts even more art inside) in August 2018. Less than a month later, the Squanderer Mural Festival left its annual mark on three walls: the biggest flamingo you’ve ever seen graces Cleveland, a blue heron spreads its wings in an alley off Second Avenue, and roosters greet Mags 99 diners off the highway. A kaleidoscope of colours emulate the mountains and wildlife that draw many to Squamish in the first place. Keep your eyes peeled as you explore beyond Cleveland — no matter where you turn, there’s guaranteed to be a sight to behold. Bonus: Don’t miss the evereclectic Brackendale Art Gallery. Known as the BAG, it hosts a gallery, teahouse and musical performances ranging from the blues to open mic nights. You’ll know you’re nearby when you see the eagles — you’re there when you see the unicorn. •
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OLD MINE SPARKS NEW SHOW Although operations at the Britannia Mine came to a full stop in 1974, a new exhibit is breathing life back into the National Historic Site. Kirstin Clausen, the executive director of the museum, said the 13-minute show, BOOM!, will feature a video with special effects — including explosions, sparks and smoke. “You will watch and feel the show, and have a sense of what was happening in the building,” Clausen said. “There are surprises.”
“I want people to recognize communities have a rich history and they’re still relevant today.”
And there’s more to explore. The 20-storey building overlooking Howe Sound has a 200-kilometre underground tunnel system. Once the largest producer of copper in the British Empire (in the 1920s), Britannia Mine’s tunnels now offer tours — via an underground train. Don a miner’s helmet as history is illuminated around you.
“I want people to recognize communities have a rich history and they’re still relevant today. What happened in Britannia, what was mining in the past and what is mining today,” she said. “People are a part of that.” Become a part of mining history yourself as you get up close to the giant machines used on the mountains, then pan for gold. As they say, it’s finders keepers around here. •
EASY PIC’INGS Instagram-worthy views aren’t hard to find in Squamish, but here are a few where you can get a lot of likes for little effort. [1] Take the SEA TO SKY GONDOLA for accessible mountaintop snaps, complete with viewpoints overlooking the iconic Stawamus Chief, Howe Sound and Squamish itself. The gondola also has its very own suspension bridge, perfect for a selfie (if you’re not afraid of heights). [2] Before the gondola, the one-kilometre hike to SHANNON FALLS is touted 10 | Discover Squamish Summer 2019
for its easy walk to the third highest waterfall in the province. [3] See another view of the Chief and Shannon Falls from where the fjord meets the river at the edge of town. The SQUAMISH ESTUARY has a network of flat trails the whole family can enjoy. Here, all kinds of wildlife are at home in salt marshes, wetlands and mudflats, all part of a Wildlife Management Area designated before the turn of the century. One loop, the 1.4km Woodpecker Trail, is clearly named for the creature you’ll likely spot on it. Find a
different kind of wildlife riding kiteboards along the Spit. Watch them frolic in the strong winds as you sit among driftwood-strewn beaches. [4] Venture a little farther to ALICE LAKE, where the Alice Lake Loop is wheelchair accessible and suitable for strollers. Accessible parking, some picnic tables and washrooms are also at this picturesque location. Build a fire (wood available for sale in the park) and enjoy a laidback day at the lake, complete with a mountain backdrop to cap it all off. •
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Britannia Mine, circa 1910. Photo: Submitted opposite page bottom : Britannia Mine, present day. Photo: David Buzzard
right: The Squamish McDonald’s as seen from the Smoke Bluffs. Photo: David Buzzard
For years, Squamish has been known for its McDonald’s. Since 1988, the fast food franchise’s glowing golden arches has stood alongside the highway, an unofficial sign marking the turnoff to Squamish. Months after McDonald’s first touched down in town, the impact was described as “dramatic” in the Squamish Times newspaper. Elementary school students studied how the low-cost menu was affecting local business and how traffic could be an issue. Many have joked that the drive-thru is all they’ve seen of Squamish en route to Whistler, but this McDonald’s location is historic. In 1998, it became the first McDonald’s in North America to unionize. Ten months later, the union disbanded. While the workers’ agreement was short-lived, the restaurant’s legacy lives on — it’s now old enough that if the local McDonald’s was a person, it would be a millennial. Fries with those facts? •
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Going to extremes in Squamish LOCALS AND VISITORS ARE PUSHING THE LIMITS AND ACCOMPLISHING SOARING FEATS IN A WIDE RANGE OF ADVENTURE SPORTS By MEGAN LALONDE
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QUAMISH isn’t known as the outdoor recreation capital of Canada for nothing.
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Runners in the Squamish 50 race make their way up the Garibaldi Highlands climbing trail. Photo: David Buzzard
Its stunning landscape and inspiring terrain has attracted a community full of people just as passionate about the outdoors as they are about finding the time to enjoy it. Some might say that could be why locals’ hobbies tend to be just as extreme as their surroundings’ beauty: in this community, limits are meant to be pushed. For example, why go for a hike when you can go for a trail run? Why go for a run when you can run a race? Why run a race when you can run an ultramarathon? Or, better yet, why run one ultramarathon when you can run two in one weekend? At least, that’s what we can assume 250 people were thinking when they signed up to run the Squamish 50’s 2019 50/50 challenge. Scheduled for Aug. 17 and 18 this year, the challenge invites trail runners to tackle a 50-mile, or 80.5-kilometre, event followed by the 50-km event the next day. The SQUAMISH 50 also offers
a 23-km course. The challenge began as a solution to a problem, explained race director Gary Robbins. “Initially, all the races were held on a single day, and it was getting really crowded to be able to do that on the trails,” he said. “I wanted to split it up into two days, over the weekend, and as soon as I did that, I just looked at it and thought, ‘What are the chances that someone would sign up to run both distances, 130 kilometres of trails over the weekend?’”
“The course is super challenging, but it’s also specifically designed to be doable by anybody who puts in the training time.”
Pretty high, it turns out. The entire event’s 1,350 spots sell out almost immediately when registration opens in November every year. This time, the 50/50 challenge, which has a finish rate of about 50 per cent, sold out in an hour and a half, Robbins said.
50/50 finishers receive a hat each year, with the hat’s colour correlating to the number of times the runner has completed the challenge, “So you can never win the game,” added Robbins with a laugh. So far, only one athlete — Lions Bay runner Colin Miller — has finished the challenge every year, in addition to winning the collective 50/50 fastest time twice. Though running 80.5 kilometres might sound extreme in its own right, the Squamish 50’s courses are specifically and personally designed by Robbins to be conquerable — if you’ve put in the work, he explained. With its technical terrain and steep, punchy ascents and descents, “The course is super challenging, but it’s also specifically designed to be doable by anybody who puts in the training time.” In addition to tricky terrain, 50/50 challengers have another issue to consider throughout the weekend: “Some of those runners, are literally out there all day on Saturday, and they’re only getting to bed at maybe 11 p.m. or midnight on Saturday night”— not ideal when the next day’s race kicks off at 5 a.m., Robbins explained. Summer 2019 Discover Squamish | 13
“A lot of these 50/50 runners aren’t getting sleep and recovery between the races, so one of the biggest things for them is fueling during the race and recovery fueling after, in the limited window they have, so when they get to line up on Sunday, they’re not entirely depleted with an inability to continue.” If travelling 50 kilometres on two wheels sounds more appealing than two feet, the SP’AKW’US 50 mountain bike race might be the event for you. Squamish’s biggest mountain bike race, returning June 15 and 16, for its third year, draws about 700 bikers annually to rip through the local trails. The event fills a void left by the Test of Metal race that ran for over two decades, explained Sp’akw’us 50 organizer Dwayne Kress.
“Fifty kilometres is a lot on a mountain bike, especially in Squamish.”
In addition to its namesake 50-km race, the event also holds a 35-km race the following day. In addition to accommodating less experienced bikers, the 35-km event also facilitates the Sp’akw’us Challenge, another multi-day stage race. The 50 is a bit more of a “burlier course” that includes a few more “technical features” than Sunday’s “flowier” race course, Kress explained. “The 35 goes a little bit easier on you after the 50. Fifty kilometres is a lot 14 | Discover Squamish Summer 2019
on a mountain bike, especially in Squamish. The course that we’re working with, there’s a lot of up and down.” Competing in an event like the Sp’awk’us can be an incentive for athletes to push themselves and attempt something outside the limits of their comfort zones, he added. “Certainly you’re going to have to get in some longer rides as you build up to this event … but sometimes the excitement of riding new trails carries you
further through fatigue than otherwise.” When it comes to Squamish activities, sometimes limits have to be found and pushed slowly—for example, we’d advise against attempting to free solo the Stawamus Chief’s Grand Wall the same day you strap on a pair of climbing shoes for the first time. That’s where events like the TREELINE WOMEN’S CLIMBING Festival come in. Now in its third year, the women’s-only festival offers a safe,
supportive space for climbers of all skill levels to celebrate their passion and come together as a community, while progressing their skills and pushing past their comfort zones. Each year, about 100 participants come out for two days of climbing clinics led by knowledgeable female guides, during which they work on skills like learning how to climb outdoors, or learning how to fall safely. Having that support, not to
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Dwayne Kress from the Sp’akw’us bike race in Squamish. Photo: David Buzzard
mention a cheering squad made up of your fellow climbers, often helps participants push past cruxes or terrain they’ve struggled with in the past, explained festival founder Katie Hurley. “It gets super frustrating when you’re trying to work through these things on your own or with people who aren’t giving you the right information. Doing these clinics, where you’re working with a guide that’s just there to help you get through it … you’re really getting that one-on-one attention, and it’s super exciting when you get that and then finally get the move. When you’re a climber, it’s one of the best feelings ever,” she said. Whether it’s climbers or kiteboards, those spending time in Squamish this summer can expect to see many athletes reaching new heights. During KITECLASH’S annual Big Air competition, those heights can reach upwards of 20 metres above the ocean’s surface, explained event organizer Steve Tulk. Although kiteboarding is a relatively relaxed sport, especially
for beginners, “Some of the tricks these high-level athletes are doing I would consider extreme for sure,” Tulk admits. “It’s basically like steering the boat and wakeboarding behind it at the same time.”
“During the big air portion of the competition they’re almost jumping right over top of the spectators. It’s pretty amazing.”
The annual kiteboarding competition, taking place this year on Aug. 22 to 25 at the Squamish Spit, attracts pros from around the world to take advantage of Squamish’s steady winds, as well as Canadian athletes fighting for the Canadian Freestyle Championship crown.
In addition to big air and freestyle — where athletes perform wakeboard-style tricks like rotations and inversions — KiteClash also hosts a ‘kitecross’ competition, following a similar format to its ski or snowboard counterparts. With up to 16 competitors at a time, “It can get pretty crazy, pretty hairy out there … there’s tangles, occasionally,” Tulk said. Thanks to the Spit’s setup, spectators can expect a show throughout the four days. Onlookers are, “literally within feet of the competitors during the competition,” Tulk said. “During the big air portion of the competition they’re almost jumping right over top of the spectators. It’s pretty amazing.” •
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Developing Squamish
THE COMMUNITY IS GROWING AND NEWBIE FRIENDLY By PAT JOHNSON
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EWCOMERS to Squamish — and by some measures, that’s most people here — might be surprised at the speed with which the community has grown in the past few decades. From a largely resource-based town of 11,000 in 1991 to a mixed-economy of twice that number today, with artists, outdoor enthusiasts, hospitality employees, remote workers, entrepreneurs, techies, and commuters complementing the resource industries, Squamish is one of Canada’s most rapidly growing communities.
This presents benefits and challenges, acknowledges Mayor Karen Elliott, who herself moved to Squamish only in 2012. Preserving the natural and human components that make people want to move here in the first place while accommodating radically increased demands on infrastructure is a balancing act. Providing adequate affordable housing in a community that is disproportionately young and where a large number of residents are service employees is, the 16 | Discover Squamish Summer 2019
mayor acknowledges, “a tough nut to crack.” But Elliott and her council, who were elected in fall of 2018, are determined to maximize the possibilities facing the community and ameliorating the downsides of rapid growth. For example, council has slapped a “growth management boundary” around the town to avoid the kind of hellacious suburban sprawl that has infected communities all over North America. “We are growing quickly
and one of the key priorities of this council is to try to grow within our means,” Elliott says. Permitting new construction only within the growth boundary means a level of density that encourages pedestrian-welcoming hubs and accessible amenities while balancing people’s natural desire for privacy. “The challenge for us is how do you build livable density?” the mayor asks. “One of the things that our council is undertaking this term is to do in-depth
neighbourhood planning … recognizing that we do need to put more density around our transit routes, around our schools and around our shopping areas. We can’t spare any one particular neighbourhood from a need to increase density, but we want to do it in a way that we’re working with our citizens to plan what that looks like and hopefully, in the end, they make improvements that everyone is happy with over the years to come.”
While many communities in Canada are struggling to meet the demands of aging populations, Squamish faces demands at both ends of the age continuum. While elders are the fastest-growing cohort here, as they are in many places, fully one in five Squamish residents is under the age of 14— that makes an incredibly youthful town. And it puts strains on existing infrastructures.
“We’re trying to build this community for eightyear-olds and 80-yearolds…”
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The waterfront area of Squamish is earmarked for major development. Photo: Shutterstock right: Squamish Mayor, Karen Elliott. Photo: David Buzzard
“Our rec centre is nearing capacity,” says Elliott. “We have waitlists for swimming lessons and gymnastics and hockey.” Necessity being the mother of invention, council has invented a mantra that guides their work. The mayor articulates it this way: “We’re trying to build this community for eight-year-olds and 80-year-olds, because, if we take care of them, it works for everybody.” Although she only moved here seven years ago, Elliott has been coming to Squamish to rock-climb since the 1990s. This and limitless other outdoor adventures have been drawing people from all over for years. The Sea to Sky Gondola allows people to experience the breathtaking scenery without the exertion, she notes. And highway upgrades in advance of the 2010 Olympics made commuting around (or visiting) the region faster and safer. “Squamish has the sense that it’s a place to be right now,” says
the mayor. “We already have so many smart, talented residents and we are just adding to that. … People are attracted here by our beautiful surroundings. It’s accessible to the big city but it is set in a spectacular environment and so, if you do love the outdoors, you can do pretty much anything within 20 minutes of your front door, whether you enjoy being on the water, out on the trails or on the rock. It’s pretty much second to none in this part of the world.” In addition to the town’s entrepreneurial spirit, she cites her own experience going from newcomer to mayor in a couple
of years as indicative of the welcoming nature of the place. “If you look back on Squamish’s history, the fabric of this community has been built on people pitching in to make things happen and that still rings true today,” she says. “I’ve only lived here since 2012, so if you want to get involved, if you want to be part of helping this community to grow and become a place that is a wonderful place for people to live, then you can. Those doors are open to people. ... It’s still a small town, but it’s got a lot going on. If you want to go jump in with both feet, we’ll welcome you wholeheartedly.”
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Notes for Newbies Population
New Construction (2018)
2016 Census 2018 Official Estimate
19,893
565
Multi-Unit Dwelling
20,988
122
Commercial
2031 Estimate
30,000
2036 Estimate
34,000
736
Total Units
16
Single-Unit Dwelling
12
Industrial
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Single-Unit Dwelling with Secondary Suite
Average Age
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8
Carriage House
Under 14
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WATERFRONT LANDING A master-planned community on 53 acres adjacent to Highway 99 on the former Interfor mill site, Waterfront Landing will feature about 900 townhomes and apartments, as well as a waterfront park, a public plaza with a range of amenities, shops and cafés. A 4.3-acre park is slated to include waterfront walkways, about a kilometre of pathways, a bike skills course, a community playground and beach access.
NEWPORT BEACH SQUAMISH Intended to eventually accommodate 6,500 people, and featuring 21 acres of parks, public space and community facilities, Newport Beach is a monumental redevelopment on Squamish’s oceanfront by 18 | Discover Squamish Summer 2019
developers Squamish Cornerstone Developments, a partnership between Matthews Southwest and the Squamish Nation.
CHEEKYE NEIGHBOURHOOD Another partnership between the Squamish Nation and private developers, the Cheekeye Neighbourhood is to include 537 small and medium singlefamily lots, zoning for a “tiny home” village, 678 multifamily units in midrise apartments and townhomes, a neighbourhood centre and parks, public spaces and trail corridors, as well as a 50-acre Brackendale Farmers Institute Park.
SIROCCO Redeveloping the Mamquam Blind Channel waterfront will be this 138-apartment development with commercial space in three,
six-storey buildings, adjacent to 27 float homes and four floating commercial units.
UNDER ONE ROOF A collaborative project between BC Housing, the District of Squamish, Squamish Helping Hands, Squamish Food Bank, Cutting Barriers Employment Training and other community partners, Under One Roof aims to provide food, shelter and social services to the most vulnerable members of the Squamish community. Ground was broken on the project in late 2018. When finished, the project will include core needs housing, a commercial kitchen, a grocery-style food bank, laundromat and versatile community gathering spaces.
SCHOOLS Squamish is served by the public education system (School
District 48) and several private schools. MAMQUAM ELEMENTARY and VALLEYCLIFFE ELEMENTARY offer general K to 6 curriculum, while ÉCOLE SQUAMISH ELEMENTARY and GARIBALDI HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY offer English and French immersion elementary education. DON ROSS MIDDLE SCHOOL (Grades 7 to 9) and HOWE SOUND SECONDARY (Grades 10 to 12) both offer English instruction and French immersion. The school district also operates an ABORIGINAL EDUCATION system that serves six Aboriginal communities: Skwxwú7mesh Uxwumixw, Lil’wat Nation, N’Quatqua Band, Samhquam Ucwalmicw, Skatin Nations, Xa’xtsa and the Metis, Inuit and
education. It “seeks to reinvent higher education through its innovative philosophy and novel curriculum.”
CHILDCARE AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
Off-Reserve Aboriginal Nations. SEA TO SKY LEARNING CONNECTIONS is the umbrella name for four programs offered in Squamish. AYA7AYULH CHET (Cultural Journeys) offers K to Grade 6 students a culture and language program of choice. LEARNING EXPEDITIONS offers Grades 7 to 12 a projectbased learning program of choice. The SEA TO SKY ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL has a day and outreach program in Squamish and a northern outreach program. ÉCOLE LES AIGLONS is a K to 7 elementary school operated by the Conseil Scolaire Francophone, a province-wide public French-language school. SQUAMISH WALDORF
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As the District of Squamish has focused on the needs of its growing child and family population, community collaborations led to the creation of the Squamish Children’s Charter, followed by early childhood and agefriendly policy development for the Squamish2040 Official Community Plan. In 2018, with funding from the District and the B.C. Ministry of Children and Family Development, a Squamish Child Care Needs Assessment and Strategy was developed, led by the Sea to Sky Putting Children First Initiative. The study indicated that there were five children aged 14 and under for every available childcare space. Almost half (49.3%) of parent survey respondents indicated they need fulltime childcare, while 41.1% required after-school care. There are 32 residential and 11 commercial childcare facilities in Squamish. The strategy developed a range of recommendations to ensure that availability is maintained and expanded, including designating a District childcare staff liaison to support the integration of housing, transportation and child care in planning, policies and decisions; setting targets for child care spaces in neighbourhoods; and working with developers in the creation of in-kind childcare spaces. •
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FROM DOGS TO HORSES — FOUR-LEGGED FRIENDS ABOUND By STACY THOMAS
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AKE a look around when you’re out on the trails, in town or even on the rivers and lakes surrounding Squamish, and you will see a constant furry presence that can’t be denied.
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Seattle climbers Colin Westbrook and Kate Fufe enjoy the afternoon on Nexen Beach with their dogs Isla and Leo. Photo: David Buzzard right: Squamish’s Finn enjoys the view of the Stawamus Chief. Photo: Lindsay Waite
Animals rule this town. While the District of Squamish may be a little behind in catching up with bylaws around off-leash areas within city limits, there is no denying that having a four-legged friend seems to go hand-in-hand with daily life in the Sea to Sky Corridor. “It’s just the lifestyle that people want when they live here. There’s just so much hiking and biking, even people paddleboarding with their dogs,” says Julie MacKinnon, owner of The Green Dog, natural dog groomer in Squamish. Squamish’s dog-to-human ratio is growing all the time; currently there are 2,272 dogs registered,
with a population of about 20,000 people. “I think it ties in with the idea of attracting young families, active people that like to enjoy the outdoors, and the lifestyle that ties in with that is, you’ve got your dog buddy with you,” said MacKinnon. She remembers that when she opened her dog salon in 2007, there were two dog walkers in town. Now, there are at least twenty, as well as many boutiquestyle dog services popping up to serve the growing canine population. While there are as yet no official off-leash dog areas in the District of Squamish, there are a multitude of dog-friendly trails in
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SQUAMISH SAFE HAVEN While Squamish is definitely in the throes of a love affair with our canine friends, there are other animal lovers in the area as well. Kris Latham, owner of Second Chance Cheekye Ranch along with partner Greg Hinds, bought the property on Squamish Valley Road when she needed more space for her growing family of rescued horses and donkeys. Now, there are approximately 47 horses roaming the ranch as well as pigs, donkeys, mules, and dogs. Latham and Hinds rescue (mostly) horses who are headed for the “slaughter pipeline,” an auction system in Canada that sends horses that often were pets or used for racing to kill lots, where they are slaughtered for sale overseas. Horse meat is consumed in many European countries, is considered a delicacy in Japan, and in Canada, it is still legal to export horse meat as well as live horses (horse slaughterhouses are 22 | Discover Squamish Summer 2019
illegal in the U.S.). “It’s very hard, we try to do as much as we can as far as getting petitions out, spreading awareness. It’s amazing how many people don’t know that this is going on,” Latham says. She and Hinds do their best to save as many horses as they can from that fate. They also take on horses who are traumatized or stressed from other factors. “Knowing that these animals are safe here, and working with them, is a passion for me,” said Latham. “To be able to work with them is so incredibly fulfilling.”
“People are so busy in their lives that they don’t stop to reach out.”
With the help of many horseloving local volunteers, the couple goes to auctions to bid on horses otherwise headed for slaughter, then care for them, helping the
often very stressed animals to come back from traumatizing experiences. “They’re just a totally different horse within two weeks, it’s such a transformation. To be that person, to be able to provide that space for them is just incredible. And the work that goes into them, to gain their trust and be able to find the perfect home for them after the fact is just great.” Latham and Hinds have rescued and homed about 70 animals so far. But the benefit is not only for the horses — the process helps humans as well. Latham says that she has seen volunteers with anxiety disorders change from completely introverted individuals to functioning, happy people, just from working with the animals. Everyone can benefit from face-to-face animal time, Latham says. “We miss that. People are so busy in their lives that they don’t stop to reach out. People say, stop and smell the flowers; for me, it’s stop and pet a horse, or a pig, or an animal. Animals are so incredible for that.” •
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WHERE TO RENT THE NECESSARY GEAR FOR ALL OF YOUR SQUAMISH ADVENTURES THIS SUMMER By MEGAN LALONDE
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HETHER it’s the world-class bike and hiking trails, scenic shoreline, or wide selection of some of North America’s best climbing routes, each summer brings more and more people looking to experience the Sea to Sky’s outdoor playground for themselves.
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Jess Tarry reads through a climbing guide book as his girlfriend Nicole Pauli looks on. far left: Climbers on a route along Krack Rock, in the Smoke Bluffs area of the Stawamus Chief.
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But enjoying all those amenities, more often than not, requires the necessary equipment. Here are a few of the many local businesses with rental programs ready to get you geared up and ready to go.
CLIMBING Thanks to CLIMB ON EQUIPMENT & GEAR EXCHANGE (38167 Second Ave.), you don’t have to plan out your climbing excursions weeks in advance. Their availability guarantee means they’ll have whatever gear you’re looking for, in your size, in stock when you need it — even if that means pulling it off their retail shelves — while their expansive year-round opening hours (which extend to 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. mid-May through Labour Day) make for easy pickup and return, regardless of your
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PADDLING The SEA TO SKY ADVENTURE COMPANY (located at the Squamish Adventure Centre, 38551 Loggers Lane) offers a wide range of hourly, daily and multi-day rentals, including both bamboo/ fibreglass and inflatable stand up paddle boards (SUP), a selection of recreational kayaks and expedition sea kayaks, and, of course, canoes, all perfect for exploring Squamish’s ample coastline. Safety gear is included with rentals, while vehicle roof racks are also available for rent. SQUAMISH ADVENTURE INN takes advantage of its waterfront location to offer hourly single and double kayak rentals, while Squamish Watersports also offers SUP tours.
BIKING At FLYING SPIRIT RENTALS (1796 Depot Road East), acquiring your bike is just the first step. Although they have 26 | Discover Squamish Summer 2019
a fleet of Kona mountain bikes, cruiser bikes and kids bikes available for half-, full- or multiday rent, their partnership with DIALED IN CYCLING offers customized, private guided rides and coaching for mountain bikers of all levels, including families. Bike rentals include other necessary gear, like helmets, pads and backpacks, while tailgate pads and racks are available for guests looking to travel. Flying Spirit is also conveniently located on a campground, which means a conveniently short commute to nearby trails (and showers available to warm up after a chilly, rainy ride or clean off after a sweaty one). Guided rides must be booked at least 24 hours in advance. At CORSA CYCLES (38123 Cleveland Ave.), mountain biking enthusiasts of all skill levels have been taking advantage of the high-end bikes available for rent since the long-time bike shop launched a daily rental program
in 2018, after teaming up with Vancouver’s Dunbar Cycles-meaning you can ride the newest version of your favourite bike, or try out your dream bike before dropping the equivalent of one year of university tuition. “We rent basically every highend mountain bike that we sell, so I’ve got Santa Cruz, Juliana, Specialized, Devinci and Rocky Mountain,” said demo centre manager Simon Quinn-Sears “I think we’ve got 45 maybe, 50 mountain bikes, valued around that $5,000 to $8,000-dollarmark.” The fees from your first 10 rental days in a season are redeemable towards purchasing a bike towards the end of the year, he added. Corsa also counts a selection of electric assist mountain bikes within their fleet, and a handful of downhill bikes suitable for the Whistler Bike Park. Bikers are encouraged to reserve their rentals in advance using Corsa’s online booking system.
above : Women’s kayak club. Photo: David Buzzard
BOATING above : The 2018 Squamish Kite Clash event. above right:
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The only thing more enticing than the icy-blue waters of the Howe Sound is the incredible wildlife that call it home.
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A boat, easily acquired for a day from SQUAMISH HARBOUR MARINE ADVENTURES at the Squamish Government Docks, will allow you to explore the
Sound from a new perspective, or take you to lunch spots on Bowen Island or the Sunshine Coast. “Our customers have seen eagles, bears, deer, whales, dolphins; everything you could imagine out there,” said owner Doug Lea-Smith. Seventeen-foot Hourston Glascrafts outfitted with 60-horsepower or 70-horsepower Yamaha Outboard motors, which accommodate a maximum of six people, are available to rent by the hour. The boats are specifically crafted to handle the south coast’s windy waters, and no special licenses are required to rent. However, if driving a boat sounds like too much responsibility for you, Squamish Harbour Marine Adventures also offers guided tours. •
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Five hikes locals love
BREAK AWAY FROM THE CROWDS WITH THESE PEACEFUL — YET CHALLENGING — SQUAMISH HIKES By LEIGH & SPRING MCCLURG
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HE long, hot days of summer in the lush forests near Squamish are the reward for weathering the cold and rain of winter. As temperatures rise, many will head out to explore and see some of the many natural wonders close to home.
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As the popularity of our corner of the world increases, so does the number of individuals we encounter on the trails. That passion for the outdoors that is spreading should be applauded but still, time away from interacting with society, being present and finding a personal space to be peaceful is an
important part of the experience for those of us who love the Sea to Sky Corridor. Thankfully, the mountains around us are vast. Here are five recommendations for worthwhile hikes in the Sea to Sky region where you are much less likely to see crowds.
1 HAT MOUNTAIN If you have driven between Vancouver and Squamish you have likely looked up at this peak but you’d be forgiven for never knowing its name. In Lions Bay park near the end of Sunset Drive. Parking is limited so start early or park further back. To ascend this peak by the easiest route, start by mostly following the Magnesia Creek Trail at the end of Sunset Drive. Follow the trail for The Lions and then branch off on to the Mount Brunswick Trail. At
the intersection with the Howe Sound Crest Trail turn left and follow this trail to Hat Pass. At Hat Pass, you should be able to see the flagged trail leading up to Hat Mountain on your left. There is a radio repeater tower at the summit with a wooden deck that you can sit on to enjoy the views out over the Sound. 1,200+ M
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2 BRUNSWICK LAKE A beautiful lake with a long enough hike to keep the crowds away. Park at the Porteau Cove interchange above Highway 99 and follow an old road up until it becomes trail. Along the way, you will pass Deeks Lake, Hanover Lake, and waterfalls connecting the outflows between them. There is an emergency shelter above Brunswick Lake. This can make a nice spot for lunch. opposite page :
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3 MARTIN PEAK This is a recommendation for a beautiful hike, but it requires off-trail navigation. Something to consider if your plans are to focus on your ability to leave the trail behind this summer. Follow the trail to Watersprite Lake. Once there, head right along the shoreline until you can begin to angle up and around to your right. After ascending up a slope of mostly talus you will reach
the crest at the low point in the ridge. Begin heading right at this point towards Martin Peak. The summit is a large area and will offer views back down to the lake. 1,400 M
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4 ECHO LAKE
Becoming more popular every year but still pretty quiet due to the need to cross the mighty Squamish River. Once across the river by canoe, boat or otherwise follow a flagged trail up that follows closely along the sides of Monmouth Creek which
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Follow the busy trail to Garibaldi Lake but once there continue along the shoreline past the ranger cabin. As the flagged trail becomes narrower and a little more overgrown the crowds will be left behind. Follow this trail all the way to the
sub-summit of Mount Price, sometimes mistakenly called Clinker Peak. Drop off this sub-summit and ascend the true summit of Mount Price to the north. 1,500 M
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THE HARRY FAMILY HAS ROOTS AND WINGS IN SQUAMISH By STACY THOMAS
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HEN Alice Guss, Tsawaysia Spukwus, describes her mother, Gwen Harry, she turns to a Squamish legend to get her point across.
Raven, Seagull and the Daylight Box is the story of how Raven used wily means to get his brother Seagull to open the daylight box so the world could see. “My mom is like the raven, she’s like the trickster. She wasn’t really tricking people; when Raven did that it wasn’t just so he could benefit, it’s so the whole community could benefit. That’s 32 | Discover Squamish Summer 2019
what my mom is like. She helps the whole community. She’ll fight tooth and nail until we get what we need.” Gwen went through the residential school system, as did her husband Ernie, then acquired her high school diploma later in life while also raising a family and being an active volunteer in the community.
Guss says that her parents instilled valuable lessons in her and her siblings, which they carry now and which she is passing to her own children — two boys and a daughter. “If our community needed help with education, with funds, my mom would go out and do it. She’s the advocate for our community up here,” said Guss.
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Gwen, now an elder of the Squamish Nation, spends her time going to schools and sharing stories about the residential school system. But not to reprimand or cause guilt, says Guss, only to give awareness where there is none: “Because none of this stuff is in the curriculum,” Guss said. “Things that are not written down in the books.” Ernie worked in the logging industry on log booms until arthritis forced him to stop and he was a bus driver for a time. When his arthritis caused him to retire from that as well, he began his work recording the Squamish language. Guss, also in education, helped, along with other community members, elders, and researchers, and after 18 years that record was printed in a book containing about 8,000 Squamish words. “My dad taught me the language and the culture, my mom taught me to build a bridge,” said Guss. “That bridge is a twoway street, it’s not ‘my way or the highway.’” Gwen spreads that message today with her work in schools, and Guss has taken the lead and is also working with schools and organizations, teaching about Squamish culture through drum making workshops. She sometimes leads over 400 students in constructing their own drums out of traditional materials. “The teachings... teach us to respect, to share, to care, and transform. The creator has given us the gift to be transformers, so we are going to transform mother nature’s gift into another gift, which we call a drum,” said Guss. “Every time you beat the drum you’re keeping the spirit alive of that animal, that deer or elk or moose, and you’re keeping the spirit alive of that cedar or that maple tree. “I’m sharing awareness, our teachings, the things we take for granted. Respecting someone. Respecting other people, most of all respect yourself.” Guss also leads opening ceremonies in the region, performing traditional drumming and singing, and she includes her daughter, Dominique Nahanee, whom she is training in the oral 34 | Discover Squamish Summer 2019
traditions. “She was singing our songs by the time she was 17 months,” Guss said of her daughter. “I’m training her to be the cultural ambassador.” Gwen and Ernie’s other children, all six of them, have
plucking ducks that her father brought home. But most of all she recalls Ernie’s sense of humour and her mother’s sense of justice and service to the community. “We’ve got two good teachers: mom and dad,” said Guss. “Dad taught me to have
been leaders in their own rights. Rick Harry and his son, James, are both internationally known fine artists and carvers. Her brother Dale Harry is a Squamish Nation hereditary chief. Her brother Les was also a Squamish Nation councillor for over a decade, Tom is an entrepreneur with his own excavating and security businesses, and Alan is a woodworker and has served as elder co-ordinator. Alice’s late sister, Carol, overcame physical limitations to achieve her own success as a store owner and artist. “Nothing stopped her, nothing. She was really one strong person,” said Guss. “Us having a big family, we always helped each other.” Guss remembers helping to process fish that her father and brothers caught, and her mother
patience and to be on time. Indian time is early or on time, meaning the salmon berries will
“Every time you beat the drum you’re keeping the spirit alive of that animal…”
not wait for you, they come and go, so be on time. Do the job right the first time and always strive to do better next time. That will pay off in the end. Dad taught us that.” •
previous page and above: Squamish Nation singer Alice Guss, or Tsawaysia Spukwus, with her daughter Dominique Nahanee, also Tsawaysia Spukwus, at Totem Hall on the Stawamus Reservation. Photo: David Buzzard
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Why is that Squamish mountain called that?
A LOOK AT LOCAL PLACE NAMES AND WHERE THEY CAME FROM By PAT JOHNSON
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OWERING over Squamish — magnificently or ominously, depending on the light and one’s disposition — is Mount Garibaldi. A potentially active volcano that last erupted in the Pleistocene age, Garibaldi defines the entire Squamish Valley and Howe Sound, not least because of its prominence but because most of the rocks throughout the region resulted from an almost unprecedented combination of geological events atop this mountain.
“You had a classic battle between fire and ice, between glaciers and the volcano,” says David Crerar, a local mountaineer and author. “You actually had the volcano erupting onto a glacier and immediately freezing. Eventually, the weight of the volcano was such – and the melt of the glacier was such — that there was a collapse and most of the rocks in the Squamish Valley are a result of that massive, massive landslide.” To the Squamish people, Garibaldi is known as Nch’kay, “grimy one” or “dirty place,” possibly because of the residue left from lava on the melting glacier or, in another interpretation, because of the cloudy water of the Cheekye River, which flows down from one of its peaks. Why, though, is this prominent landmark named for an Italian general? Like a great number of place names in the area, Garibaldi was named by Captain George Henry Richards, a member of the British Royal Navy who embarked on a mapping expedition around here in 1859 to 1860. In addition to being a notable seaman, he was also a keen naval historian and observer of world events.
At the time of Richards’ voyage, General Giuseppe Garibaldi was leading the movement to fuse the disparate principalities and duchies of the Italian peninsula into a unified Kingdom of Italy. That may not seem to have a lot of resonance to the West Coast of North America, but it seemed like a good idea to Richards.
“You actually had the volcano erupting onto a glacier and immediately freezing.”
“I don’t know if Richards was a fan of Garibaldi,” says Crear, “but certainly he was in the news as a romantic historic figure in real time and so, I suppose, Richards thought that would be an appropriate name for a glorious mountain.” Obscure historical references abound in the area, with many place names honouring a 1794 battle off Brittany, called the Glorious First of June, when British Admiral Lord Richard Howe (as in Howe Sound) defeated a French revolutionary
above: Know their names. Photo: Tim Cyr
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fleet attempting to deliver grain to the Americas, according to Crerar’s book. Richards also named Black Mountain, which is in Cypress Provincial Park, based on its appearance after what must have been a significant forest fire, and many others. Crerar has spent a great deal of time considering the names of local landmarks. In addition to being a lawyer, mountainclimber and trail-runner, Crerar co-authored a book on mountains of the North Shore, along with his son Harry Crerar and avocational cartographer Bill Maurer. The Glorious Mountains of Vancouver’s North Shore: A Peakbagger’s Guide was published last year and, while technically it covers only as far north as Capilano Mountain, which is south of Squamish, Crerar’s knowledge extends further. How mountains and peaks got their names opens a Pandora’s box of historical anecdotes. While Richards is not a household name in these parts, a more familiar figure from a 38 | Discover Squamish Summer 2019
century earlier is responsible for some of the most prominent place names in Howe Sound. In the last decade of the 18th century, which also turned out to be the last decade of his life, Captain George Vancouver made two expeditions to what is now British Columbia.
“At the mouth of the Fraser River, there are thick, dangerous mud flats that are tricky to navigate through.”
“When you’re driving up to Squamish from Vancouver, the most dramatic mountain in Howe Sound, on Anvil Island, is called Leading Peak,” says Crerar. Vancouver named both the island (because, with a little imagination, it can resemble a dropped anvil) and the peak, which served as a beacon of sorts. “At the mouth of the Fraser
River, there are thick, dangerous mud flats that are tricky to navigate through,” says Crerar. Vancouver figured out that if one drew a straight line from the mouth of the Fraser to this very prominent “leading peak,” it would provide safe passage through the mud flats. More recently, members of the B.C. Mountaineering Club and the University of B.C.’s Varsity Outdoor Club named many area landmarks in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. These clubs set out to climb (or, in the terminology of the sport, “bag”) most of the peaks in the region. Some of the monikers given to peaks by these groups are selfreferential or in-jokes. Bookworm Peak was one of the UBC club’s inventions. Among the highest peaks on Garibaldi are Dalton Dome and Atwell Peak, named after two of the first ascenders of Garibaldi, in August 1907. “Their names are Atwell King and Arthur Dalton,” says Crerar, noting that one used their surname and the other their
opposite page: Every mountain tells a story. Photo: Tim Cyr
given name. These two were also among the first climbers to ascend the Lions, in 1903, and went on to help found the B.C. Mountaineering Club four years later.
“There are a lot of place names called the Chief.”
The local sightseeing and charter company Sea To Sky Air has assembled a list of some of their favourite local place names, including the ominously titled Famine Peak and the theologicalsounding Devil Peak and Brimstone Mountain. Similarly fraught names include Devastator Peak and Phantom Mountain, as well as Abandoned Peak, The Witness, Snowblood Mountain and The Frost Fiend. Those with an itch for climbing could consider Ice Flea Peak while arachnophilic outdoors folk might head for Snowspider Mountain. Many of these places, of
course, had names long before English-speakers tagged them. In advance of the 2010 Olympics, many Indigenous place names in the Sea to Sky region were restored and the local First Nations are in various stages of documenting the earlier place names. Interestingly, the name of the geological structure most closely associated with Squamish, the Stawamus Chief, has a slightly uncertain origin. By some accounts, the granite monolith has had a spiritual significance to the Indigenous people for ages. Stawamus was the name of the village at the foot of the mountain and “chief” is a rough translation of Siám’, though the term apparently reflects a social ranking of which chief is a fairly unsophisticated substitute. The reason it was given that name at all seems to be lost to history. “There are a lot of place names called the Chief,” Crerar says. “I’m not sure if it commemorates a specific Squamish chief or if that was simply a suitable name for such a prominent and beautiful monolith.” •
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Stars at peace in Squamish
ACTOR LORNE CARDINAL AND ARTISTCOMEDIAN MONIQUE HURTEAU LOVE EACH OTHER AND SQUAMISH By STACY THOMAS
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HE story of Lorne Cardinal and Monique Hurteau’s respective move to Squamish is a triple love story. But it’s not what you think.
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Cardinal, best known for his long-running role as Sgt. Davis Quinton on Corner Gas, was first introduced to the area in 2001 when he was in town working on the film Insomnia, starring Robin Williams and Al Pacino. The actors were being helicoptered up to the peak of the Stawamus Chief, where the Northern Alberta-bred Cardinal couldn’t help but notice the special beauty of the coastline and mountains. But he wasn’t instantly sold.
“I didn’t care for it too much then because they had the pulp mill still going, then when I came back 10 years ago to look at it, the pulp mill was closed,” Cardinal said, and that’s when he decided to move to the area permanently. “I wanted the peace and quiet, the trees and lakes and rivers. I really needed that, and Squamish was it.” And Hurteau? “I kidnapped her with some butter chicken,” says Cardinal without hesitation.
right: Lorne Cardinal at Newport Beach at Squamish’s oceanfront. Photo: Jennifer Thuncher
Hurteau, who in her own right is a writer, director, comedian (on hiatus), artist, and producer, corroborates this claim. They met at a stand-up comedy show which Cardinal organized and which Hurteau was performing in, and a plate of the fated butter chicken at Pepe’s Chophouse sealed the deal. “My twisted sense of humour didn’t scare him off, and we got together and I moved up here, and haven’t looked back. I love it,” said Hurteau. She moved to Squamish in 2008. “I didn’t realize how much I needed the quieter, calmer pace. It’s a lot quieter when we get home but we like that, because of the stark contrast from when we go to events because it’s so busy, so incredibly busy.” Hurteau and Cardinal both keep a hectic pace in their respective careers, Cardinal with various acting roles in film, television, and theatre, and Hurteau with an evolving visual art career as well as writing and producing screenplays and other projects. The two have co-created as well, notably on the documentary
Chasing Lear, which follows the progress of Canada’s first all-Aboriginal production of King Lear, of which Cardinal was assistant director and also played the Duke of Albany. Hurteau and Cardinal co-produced the film which appeared on APTN in 2016. Cardinal is currently voice acting in Molly of Denali, an animated series starring an Indigenous Alaskan girl. He is also taking part in a theatre production of The Tempest, which is being staged in Edmonton with rehearsals in Banff.
“Just to sit by the water and listen to the river and hear the wind in the trees, nothing helps me more than that.”
“We travel for our work a lot, so it’s such a beautiful place to come back to and decompress,” said Hurteau. “Having the beautiful lakes and waters and nature to get out in, a few minutes from our home, I sigh a lot from relief.” The couple has both lived in many different areas of B.C. and Canada, Hurteau in Nelson, Prince George, and Vancouver to
name a few, and Cardinal moving around a lot with his family growing up and as a tree-planting youth. They continue to travel regularly for various work projects and auditions but are always glad to return to the peace of Squamish. “Just to sit by the water and listen to the river and hear the wind in the trees, nothing helps me more than that, than being grounded and being with family again, taking the dog for a walk,” said Cardinal. Hurteau is active in the art scene in the Sea to Sky Corridor, showing her eclectic, not-easilycategorized art regularly in Whistler and Squamish. The couple married in the summer of 2018, and when they’re not travelling, they can be found around home where Hurteau is busy in her studio and walking their husky-border collie mix Jake around the trails of the area. “I’ve lived in B.C. all my life, and I keep getting surprised at how stunning our province is. I like having the small town close to the big city,” says Hurteau, who was living in Vancouver when she met Cardinal. “The one thing I miss about living in Vancouver was I would run the seawall, but I would much rather be by the river and the quiet without having to leap over extendable leashes like I’m doing a steeplechase.” • Summer 2019 Discover Squamish | 41
Squamish reaching out to grow adaptive climbing CLIMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS WORK TO MAKE THE SPORT MORE ACCESSIBLE By HALEY RITCHIE
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AYNE Willoughby lives for the long days.
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the first adaptive ascent of the Stawamus Chief, the accomplished big wall climber and polio survivor took on the first recorded one-day ascent of a hard aid-climbing route up the Sheriffs Badge last year.
The Seattle-based climber scaled the rock monolith with Kieran Brownie and Luke Cormier with a finish time of 21 hours and 55 minutes. “I’m so lucky I got to do these climbs — some that really inspire
people,” he said. Willoughby hopes that one day, the Chief — with easily accessible approaches and a friendly climate — could become a mecca for adaptive climbers living with disabilities.
left: The Canadian Adaptive Climbing Society is bringing down barriers in gyms and crags. Around once a month a group meets in Squamish to enjoy outdoor climbing. right: Adaptive climbing sometimes requires creative rope skills. Brent Goodman has rigged a counterweight system to help a climber with muscle weakness fight gravity. Photos: Haley Ritchie
Far below, things are already taking shape. Squamish is ground zero for the Canadian Adaptive Climbing Society, a non-profit trying to make both indoor gyms and outdoor crags accessible for those who face barriers. “Right now, and hopefully this is changing, for the most part when someone rolls into a climbing gym, many gyms are just not prepared,” said society founder Brent Goodman. “We want to make sure that gyms have the training and they have the tools to say yes, instead of saying no,” he said. Adaptive climbing is not a new concept. Willoughby has been ascending big walls since the 1970s. Amputee athletes shine in film festivals, and para-athletes attract sponsorship in competitions across the U.S. and Europe. But when Goodman, who has a background in adaptive outdoor recreation, began organizing in Victoria to introduce the sport to newcomers in the gym, he was surprised by how little knowledge there was. Everything was trial and error.
“There really wasn’t much in terms of ‘Here’s how you do it.’ Nothing was really published,” he said. One huge advantage that makes climbing easier for many with disabilities, explains Goodman, is that it doesn’t rely on speed or lateral movement. Every climber naturally adapts to his or her own strengths and weaknesses — from height to muscle mass.
“We want to make sure that gyms have the training and they have the tools to say yes, instead of saying no.”
For those facing additional barriers, physical or mental, the trick is finding a strategy that works while still feeling authentic. At Squamish’s Smoke Bluffs on a July weekend, a small group of adaptive climbers and friends joined Goodman to figure it out.
For Georgina Hackett, a Vancouverite who has been climbing for a year and lives with cerebral palsy, the problemsolving starts before getting to the wall. Even on a fairly well groomed and low-grade trail, a power wheelchair won’t make it to this crag. A manual wheelchair can get her to the rock, where she faces the same mental challenge as any other climber: how to use her body, her balance, and her strength to go upwards. Cerebral palsy impacts muscle tone and co-ordination, both important factors in climbing. “It’s about figuring that out,” she explained. “I don’t bend the same way as other people, for example. It’s this crazy kind of puzzle solving everyone else would do, and then a whole layer on top of how to do that with the way my body moves.” Another piece of the puzzle is set up above her where Goodman has rigged up a rope system with pulleys and a counterweight. Her full body harness takes some of Hackett’s weight off as she climbs to better even out gravity with her
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strength. “I think [the creativity] is rewarding, the personality type I am... is to figure things out,” she said. “So even climbing the wall, it’s ‘How is this going to work?’ I need to leverage what I know I can do, and how do I experiment just a little bit to learn something new at the same time.” Hackett has a younger sister who climbs, so part of the appeal in climbing was that they could enjoy the activity together. Goodman has been building the Canadian Adaptive Climbing Society for over two years, offering climbing sessions but also training workshops and educational seminars, including demos at the Arc’teryx Climbing Academy in Squamish and adaptive nights at Vancouver gyms. Adaptive climbing is a broad term that encompasses a huge range of different abilities and needs — someone with one leg, for example, will take a different approach than a climber with Multiple Sclerosis. It goes without saying that fully blind climber Donovan Tildesley, who feels drawn to the top of the Chief like anyone else in town, isn’t chasing the views. A former Paralympic swimmer, Tildesley’s style on the rock is naturally more touch-based. He also relies on more beta instruction and advice for 44 | Discover Squamish Summer 2019
handholds and footholds from his belayer at the base of the rock. “A sport like climbing is a real confidence builder for certain people, especially people with disabilities, a lot of them need that feeling of empowerment,” said Tildesley. Like any other climber, Tildesley was drawn to the physical and social nature of the sport. “It’s a real combination — a physical and mental challenge. You have to be mentally tough I think to stay on that rock, and the stamina to stay on it when it gets challenging,” he said. “For guys like me, who are a bit of an adrenaline junkie and a bit of an adventurer, it’s just something to say, ‘This is something else that I can do.’” For many who try the sport, with disabilities or otherwise, climbing is a casual activity to share with friends. Goodman wants to make sure that the rewards of climbing aren’t out of reach for people who might benefit. For a dedicated athlete like Willoughby, focusing on big vertical goals has also been a way to persevere through injuries, the discipline of a mandatory health routine, or the frustrations of ableism. “So many adaptive climbers have very serious issues to face, and not just in terms of physical
limitations,” he said. “Adaptive climbing can help people. We are what we experience.” Now in his 60s and still going strong, his experiences include memories in some of the most beautiful places on earth. In his over 40 big wall climbs — including speed records and first adaptive ascents — Willoughby recalls moonrises over the desert in Zion, all four seasons in Yosemite, and a first look at the Chief when the Sea to
“Adaptive climbing can help people. We are what we experience.”
Sky was barely a highway. His first ascents will be a part of climbing history, and his friendships across the community run deep. “When I get to the top of a big wall, I know I’ve done something that was worth all the effort that it took,” he said. “Sometimes when you are most challenged is when you need to dig down the deepest. That’s when you find out what you are really capable of. That is what climbing really is for everyone.” •
above: Adaptive Climbing Society founder Brent Goodman explains the belay system to a climber during an outdoor session in Squamish. Photos: Haley Ritchie
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A home-grown family festival fills a void
INAUGURAL SQUAMISH CONSTELLATION FESTIVAL LAUNCHES THIS SUMMER By STACY THOMAS
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FTER the one-two punch of the loss of the Squamish Valley Music Festival in 2016, and then the Pemberton Music Festival the following year, there has been an empty space in the heart of the Sea to Sky Corridor where a music festival should be.
opposite page: The founders of the Squamish Constellation Festival at the Brennan Park ballpark, the site of the summer music festival. (L-R), Kirsten Andrews, Tamara Stanners, Katherine Matthews, and Kurt Larson. Photo: David Buzzard
After a bit of time to shake it off and take a breath, the area is ready for a new festival, and some local organizers have taken on the task of bringing a locally flavoured festival to life, one that Squamish can call its own. The first ever Squamish Constellation Festival will run from July 26 to 28, and will feature more intimate locations and locally focused bands and vendors. “When the Squamish Valley Music Festival left, I know that there was a collective disappointment in the community amongst our music lovers,” says Tamara Stanners, one of the founders of the new festival. “The former mayor Patricia Heintzman was one of those people who was just really devastated. We loved that festival. She approached me and several other people three years ago and suggested that we need to get a festival back, and she kind of said, ‘Tamara, go forth and do it.’” So, Stanners did, along with fellow local go-getters and music lovers Kurt Larson, Kirsten Andrews and Katherine Matthews. The team share among them years of music industry and event planning experience, but more importantly, they’re all local, and share a passion to give Squamish an event that expresses what makes it special. In contrast to the Squamish Valley festival, the Constellation Festival will not feature camping, a difference which will mean a much more intimate, easy to handle event. The team is shooting for 7,500 people per day for the first year, compared to approximately 40,000 people per day at the
Squamish Valley Music Festival. “And that just changes everything,” Stanners says. “What we’ve found is that Squamish has grown as a community so much in the past five years, so many of the spaces that were vacant that had been used for camping sites and parking sites are now condos and warehouses. They just don’t exist anymore. So for us, we don’t think that it will ever again be a camping festival like what Pemberton or the former Squamish festival was.” They hope to grow the festival to 15,000 people per day in five years. And for now, that’s a fine goal, says Squamish Mayor Karen Elliott.
“We really are trying to include as many local businesses and creators as possible.”
“This festival will be really anchored in what Squamish is all about, in terms of community, connection and celebrating the arts, so I think it is much more in touch with the values locally than what we’ve experienced before. “I think that is the right approach. If you live here and you’re creating a big event for your community, I think you want to always be in touch with community expectations, and I think this group has the
opportunity to pull that off and be really successful.” As opposed to the big headlining names at the Squamish Valley festival, Constellation’s aim is to have a more cozy feel, with smaller acts and lots of art, culture and food being the focus. “We’re going to be able to really have nice cocktails and excellent local cider, plus it’s in an open site so everyone can hang out all together and be family-friendly at the same time. It’s going to be really comfortable and really fun,” says Stanners. Also, the festival will feature “constellation” or “satellite” events as well, that will take place after hours at various venues around town, offering more art and music to keep the festival vibe going. “We really are trying to include as many local businesses and creators as possible,” Stanners says. “Squamish has already proven to be this incredible festival location, it just shines in the summertime in so many ways. With the help of the district, we can really create something magical. It seemed time.” • Summer 2019 Discover Squamish | 47
Summer 2019
EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
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Squamish Farmers Market
Be Fearless Squamish Trail Marathon
SATURDAYS FROM 10 A.M. TO 3 P.M., APRIL 6 TO OCT. 26
Looking to get your hands on some of the freshest produce southwest B.C. has to offer? Look no further than the Squamish Farmers Market, held at 37996 Cleveland Ave., at Victoria Street every Saturday throughout the summer. If you can’t wait until you get home to satisfy a rumbling stomach, not to worry—food trucks are also a staple at the outdoor market, as are local vendors offering prepared food products, handmade crafts and artwork. Local performers are on hand to provide live music every week. www.squamishfarmersmarket.com
MAY Squamish Youth Triathlon SUNDAY, MAY 5
There’s no need for kids to wait until they’re old enough to enter an Ironman to develop a love for swimming, biking and running — in that order. The Squamish Youth Triathlon returns in 2019 to offer kids and young adults the opportunity to compete in the sport of triathlon, without the grueling distances most races offer. Distances vary by age group and are designed for most children to finish successfully while having fun. squamishyouthtri.ca
Loop The Lakes Trail Run SATURDAY, MAY 11
Local not-for-profit trail running organization Run Squamish is bringing their flagship Loop The Lakes trail race. Now in its 15th year, the event offers an eight-kilometre, 15-km and 21-km distances, in addition to a kids’ race. Runners will cross the start and finish lines lakeside in Alice Lake Provincial Park. runsquamish.com
SATURDAY, JUNE 8
This trail race is returning to Squamish for the fourth year in a row, organized by Run Like a Girl Inc. with proceeds going towards the Canadian Mental Health Association. Runners can choose between 11-kilometre, half-marathon and, new this year, full-marathon courses in Alice Lake Provincial Park. Registration closes May 28, or when the 250-racer cap is hit. runlikeagirl.ca/race/be-fearless/
Squamish Street Market JUNE 16, JULY 14, AUGUST 11, 12 P.M. TO 6 P.M.
One Sunday each month, Downtown Squamish’s Cleveland Avenue is taken over by a fun — and free — summer festival featuring market vendors, a beer garden and food trucks, a kids’ zone and theme park, live art performance, and music and entertainment. www.squamishstreetmarket.com
Sp’akw’us 50 JUNE 15 TO 16
The three race Sp’akw’us events are returning in 2019, including the Sp’akw’us 50, the Sp’akw’us 35km and the Sp’akw’us Challenge — a two-day Mountain Bike Stage Race encompassing both events. Racers can expect a pair of challenging days on the trails through some of Squamish’s best singletrack, with the Sp’akw’us 50 run first on Saturday, followed by a 35-km course focused on fun, flowy trails on Sunday. spakwus50.com
Squamish Sikh Festival SATURDAY, JUNE 22
Day Out With Thomas MAY 18 TO MAY 26
Thomas the Tank engine is chugging his way into Squamish as he hits the West Coast Railway Heritage Park at 39645 Government Rd. You and your children can take a 25-minute ride with Thomas, and even get to meet Sir Topham Hatt, controller of the railway. The event also includes additional activities like temporary tattoos, arts and crafts, and a Thomas storytelling and video viewing area. www.exploresquamish.com/events/day-out-with-thomas 48 | Discover Squamish Summer 2019
Each year, the Squamish Sikh Society hosts a community festival and parade downtown to commemorate the Shaheedi of the Fifth Guru. Everyone is invited to this tasty and colourful event that features free food.
Squamish Off-Road Triathlon SUNDAY, JUNE 23
Although this annual race, featuring a lake swim, mountain bike, and trail run, is already sold out for 2019, opportunities for cheering and spectating abound. The race takes place in Alice Lake Provincial Park.
JULY Canada Day Celebrations MONDAY, JULY 1
BC Bike Race FRIDAY, JULY 12
Although the BC Bike Race takes its athletes on a week-long tour of Vancouver Island, the Sunshine Coast and the Sea to Sky corridor, Squamish locals have the distinct privilege of cheering on competitors during the final day of the multi-stage mountain bike race. Competitors begin the day in Brennan Park, before heading for the Garibaldi Highlands and looping back around to finish the day in the same place they started it. www.bcbikerace.com/the-journey/the-stages/squamish/
Canadian Downwind Championships SATURDAY, JULY 13
Whether you’re travelling on a surfski, a SUP, a prone paddleboard or an outrigger canoe, this point-to-point, mass start race down the Howe Sound offers participants spectacular views throughout the entire 21-kilometre race. Paddlers will depart from Porteau Cove and travel north before finishing in the heart of downtown Squamish. www.canadiandownwindchamps.com
Squamish Wind Festival JULY 18 TO 20
Celebrate Canada’s 152nd birthday in Downtown Squamish. Free, family-friendly festivities kick off with a “People Powered Procession” travelling from Winnipeg and Cleveland to the Squamish Cenotaph, followed by a day packed with live music, a vendor aisle, kids zone, food trucks and beer garden. A classic car show will take place in front of the August Jack Motel. www.exploresquamish.com/events/canada-day-event The Squamish Nation also holds a multi-cultural event at Totem Hall on Canada Day. Festivities get underway at noon. More details can be found closer to the date by contacting the Nation at 604-987-1118.
Squamish Beer Festival SATURDAY, JULY 6
The annual event celebrating arts, culture, and community returns to Junction Park this summer, bringing with it music, art shows, film and much more— and drawing thousands of attendees. The festival is free and open to all ages. squamishwindfestival.com
Treeline Women’s Climbing Festival JULY 19 TO 21
It’s no secret Squamish loves its beer — come celebrate it at the annual Squamish Beer Festival, where around 2,000 attendees can sample the best brews from over 50 craft breweries and cideries. Set to take place at the Junction Park (O’Siyam Pavilion) in downtown Squamish from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m., this 19+ event also includes live music, DJs, games, axe throwing, and food trucks. www.squamishbeerfestival.com
Produced by the Treeline Women’s Only Community (WOC), which refers to itself as “a community for women who love the outdoors, seek adventure and believe that being active is the key to a healthy mind and spirit.” The women-only climbing festival is back for a third year, featuring full roster of expert-led rock climbing clinics, yoga, round table discussions and more. www.facebook.com/treelinewoc
Squamish Constellation Festival JULY 26 TO 28
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Summer 2019 AUGUST Squamish Days Loggers Sports
EVENTS & ACTIVITIES Squamish 50 AUGUST 17 TO 19
AUGUST 1 TO 5
Celebrate Squamish’s logging heritage and today’s community over the BC Day long weekend with the 62 annual Squamish Days Loggers Sports Festival. For five days, the Al McIntosh Loggers Sports Grounds will be jam-packed with music, children’s activities, a kettle boil, a parade, wacky bed races, chainsaw chair carving, an eight-km run, pancake breakfast, two world-class Loggers Sports Shows and more. squamishdays.ca
Squamish Motorcycle Festival SATURDAY, AUGUST 10
Trail runners, mark your calendars: The Squamish 50 returns this August, bringing with it 50 miles of brutal terrain comprised of 90 per cent singletrack and over 11,000 feet of climbing and descent that gives runners access to stunning views of oceans and snow-capped peaks. Either way, the course will take your breath away. The event also offers a kids race; a 50-km and 23-km distances, and, for the bravest of runners, the 50/50. Yes, that means running the 50 miler and the 50-km event back-to-back. squamish50.com
Arc’teryx Climbing Academy AUGUST 22 TO 25
Join climbers of all levels to celebrate the love of mountain culture — and the love for Squamish’s unique landscape — with clinics to improve your skills and speakers to inspire you during the Arc’teryx Climbing Academy this August. squamish.arcteryxacademy.com
Kiteclash AUGUST 22 TO 25
The main event for motorcycle enthusiasts of all ages, featuring live music, vendors, a show and shine, a beer garden and the return of the stunt show, all in Downtown Squamish. All proceeds benefit the Squamish Food Bank. www.squamishmotofest.com
Squamish Rampage SATURDAY, AUGUST 10
The acro-yoga and bouldering festival returns for another year of fun and fundraising. The one-day event unites the local and international climbing communities, while simultaneously giving athletes the chance to show off their skills with competition and raise money to support charitable causes like Climb and Conquer and the Squamish Access Society. squamishrampage.ca 50 | Discover Squamish Summer 2019
Head to the Squamish Spit to catch some of the world’s best kiteboarders compete in freestyle, big air and kitecross — and compete for the title of Canadian Champion—all while putting on a breathtaking, high-flying show. www.facebook.com/KiteClashSquamish/
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The Joinery. Photo: David Buzzard
FROM CRAFT BREWS AND COFFEE TO FINE DINING AND FINE DINERS, SQUAMISH HAS A SOLUTION FOR EVERY CRAVING
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S Squamish has grown and developed, so has its food and beverage scene. Luckily for locals and visitors alike, that means a long list of one-of-a-kind spots to suit every mood, whether you’re craving a snack, fine dining, a tasty treat or a refreshing craft brew — no matter what neighbourhood you’re cruising through.
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DOWNTOWN above: Howe Sound Inn & Brewery. right: Copper Coil Still & Grill. Photos: David Buzzard
Squamish is home to local institutions, exciting new businesses and everything in between. While craft breweries might be all the rage in 2019, HOWE SOUND BREWING has been doing it right for over two decades. Head on over for award-winning ales, best enjoyed alongside one of their flatbreads or pub-food staples. If beer’s not your thing, or you have an equal love for cider, CLIFFSIDE CIDER is only a few minutes walk away. The unique craft cidery — easily distinguished by its cherry red exterior — offers up both dry and sweet ciders, as well as seasonal variations developed using B.C. fruit. Keep your pizza on the traditional side, or choose to get creative with burger toppings, Montreal smoked meat, tuna or even cranberry sauce and stuffing atop your pie at JOE PESTO’S WOOD FIRED PIZZERIA. Open Tuesday to Saturday for dinner.
Don’t be dissuaded by a line-up for a table at CHEF BIG D’S — diner classics like pancakes, hearty sandwiches and wraps will cure your rumbling stomach. The menu is popular with all ages, keeping this family-friendly place packed through breakfast and lunch daily. You can also find traditional diner breakfasts and mouth-watering burgers
at MOUNTAIN BURGER HOUSE, open from 7 a.m. every day for breakfast and lunch. When heading out for dinner, on the other hand, the COPPER COIL STILL & GRILL is a gastropub serving up a taste of New Orleans in southwest B.C. Try a cajun-style BBQ dish, like smoked ribs, or a New Orleans po’boy. Also open for lunch daily. Summer 2019 Discover Squamish | 53
left: Jeff Park (right) and Pat Allan from Araxi in Whistler teamed up to open The Salted Vine Kitchen + Bar in downtown Squamish. Photo: David Buzzard
If fine dining is more your style, the SALTED VINE KITCHEN + BAR is a contemporary, upscale eatery serving up thoughtfully crafted plates meant for sharing since 2016. The quality of their fresh fare matches that of their beverage menu — the restaurant took home the 2018 Best of Squamish win for ‘Best Cocktail’. Open for happy hour and dinner service Wednesday to Sunday. Reservations are recommended. It wouldn’t be the West Coast without tasty Japanese food: head to family-friendly IZAKAYA ORYZAE for ramen, rolls, and seasonal specials to eat-in or takeaway. Longtime locals’ favourite SUSHI GOEMON has a wide-ranging menu featuring everything from sashimi to stir-fries — and a good lunch combo. The restaurant is open Monday to Saturday for lunch, dinner, and takeout. Japanesestyle fare can also be found with the Poke bowls, noodles and salads that sit alongside sandwiches, baking and espresso
drinks on the menu at KULULU CAFE in Valleycliffe. Meanwhile, Chinese favourites like fried rice, sweet and sour pork, chicken chow mein, ginger beef can be found at the DRAGON TERRACE. Don’t be fooled by BISLA SWEETS’ name: though the Indian restaurant might have shelves chock-full of Indian sweets, they also have a wide array of savoury items like authentic curries and samosas. Open 11 a.m. to nine p.m. every day. Contemporary Lebanese and Middle Eastern food are on offer at SAHA EATERY, with kebabs, wraps, salads, soups and sides — including a long list of gluten-free and vegan items — made from fresh local ingredients. Open Monday to Saturday for lunch and dinner. When you’re looking for a something that will help you hit your veggie intake goals for the day, THE GREEN MOUSTACHE might be just what you’re looking for. The whole
food cafe features all-organic juices and smoothies, as well as vegan meals — like buddha bowls and collard wraps —and raw, vegan treats. If coffee, tea, baking and caféstyle fare is what you’re after, you can find many of Squamish’s best cafes located in its downtown core. Pick up a few hard-to-find European ingredients while you grab lunch and a coffee at THE GREEN OLIVE MARKET, or get your caffeine fix at ZEPHYR CAFÉ, SUNFLOWER BAKERY, 1914 CAFÉ, THE LEDGE COMMUNITY COFFEE HOUSE, ARTISTA ESPRESSO SHOP, THE WAITING ROOM CAFÉ, or NAKED LUNCH. Prefer your coffee with something cold and sweet, say gelato, on the side? Both can be found in CAFÉ GARIBALDI in the Squamish Adventure Centre. You can also head to XOCO WESTCOAST CHOCOLATE or 2CHILL GELATO for a sweet or chilly treat year round. Also downtown are everyday
favourites SUBWAY and PANAGO, offering the fare you know with our signature Squmaish friendliness.
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Gillespie’s Fine Spirits. Photo: David Buzzard
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GILLESPIE’S FINE SPIRITS, located just off Highway 99, is a craft distillery, producing unique gin, vodka, whisky and more. Visit their speakeasy lounge to try one of their artfully designed cocktails made with local ingredients, or sample their most popular products on their own. Tasting lounge open every Friday and Saturday night. What’s more fun than enjoying a beer by a lake? Very little, but enjoying a craft brew named after a local lake is right up there with it — at least, it is at A-FRAME BREWING. Test this theory with a visit to the local brewery, which also hosts bingo, trivia and tasting events in their woodsy, family-friendly tap room. Hungry? Try one of the plant-based pocket pies on offer from Squamish’s HIP PIES. You can also enjoy authentic Mexican tacos, tapas-style appetizers and even churros alongside your beer or kombucha,
thanks to LUZ TACOS. Located on the grounds of A-Frame Brewing, this food trailer is open seven days a week for lunch and dinner. Squamish’s business park has beer lovers covered, at least from A-to-B: Once you’ve had your fill at A-Frame, hop over to awardwinning BACKCOUNTRY BREWING. This craft brewery has put itself on the map as a verifiable destination when it comes to B.C. beer. Accompany your Trailbreaker Pale Ale with thin crust pizza and snacks, all while feeling like you’re relaxing in your friend’s cabin garage. Right smack dab in the middle of the two aforementioned breweries, you’ll find NORTHYARDS CIDER CO. The craft cidery, kitchen and tasting room features both dry and sweeter varieties, as well as unique cider-based cocktails like the “Squamish 75” with whisky, lemon, prosecco and cider. Pair drinks with a cheese plate or dip trio. Open Monday to Saturday afternoon and evenings and Sunday afternoons.
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left: Bean Around The World. below: Sushi Sen. Photos: David Buzzard
The newest craft cidery on the block is GEO CIDER CO. Neighbouring Backcountry, it offers eight different flavours of cider, as well as beer and wine on tap, and an extensive, sophisticated menu (including brunch and cider mimosas) designed by their Red Seal executive chef to boot. Geo ciders use 100 per cent Canadian apples. Open Wednesday to Friday evenings, Saturday and Sunday for brunch and Sunday evening. If you must trade in the brews and ciders for coffee beans, small-batch roastery COUNTERPART COFFEE has you covered with their roster of seasonal blends. TALL TREE BAKERY, CAFE GARIBALDI and GOLDEN CRUST SPECIALTIES can also satisfy a hankering for baking. Meanwhile, THE TIMBERWOLF RESTAURANT AND LOUNGE attached to the Mountain Retreat Hotel, is a cozy spot to sip a cocktail while perusing a menu of pub-food staples, daily specials and delicious pizza. Breakfast, lunch and dinner available every day. 56 | Discover Squamish Summer 2019
ENTRAL C SQUAMISH + GARIBALDI ESTATES THE SHADY TREE PUB may have lost its namesake tree in a windstorm at the end of 2018, but thankfully their homemade snacks, like baked brie, nachos, “world famous chicken wings,” and a great selection of craft beer remains as good as ever. Open until midnight seven days a week. Kids are welcome until 8 p.m. Across the street, the east side of Highway 99 offers several options for sushi-lovers, including SAMURAI SUSHI for quick but tasty service and affordable specials. Nearby SUSHI SEN offers a slightly larger menu including ramen and creative house rolls with high-quality, fresh ingredients. More Japanese can be found at UMAI SUSHI & GRILL, including udon noodles, grilled meats, sashimi and sushi rolls. For 15 years, PEPE’S CHOPHOUSE + SEAFOOD has also offered locally sourced produce, sustainable seafoods and meat on their menu in the form of heart entrees and tasty share
plates, served alongside carefully crafted cocktails. Open seven days for dinner, as well as lunch on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. For delicious samosas, head to the ESSENCE OF INDIA. There, friendly staff can help you add curries, rice and tandoori to your order, with a customizable heat level suited to every diner’s palate. Open for lunch and dinner from Thursday to Sunday and dinner on Monday and Wednesday. Dine-in or take out.
Spiced Root chef and owner Brian Jang preparing a pineapple fried rice dish. Photo: David Buzzard
If you have Thai curry on your mind, Squamish’s SPICE ROOT KITCHEN AND BAR is there to satisfy. Their menu also offers stir-frys and soups, with Asian-inspired cocktails like the tamarind bourbon sour and lemongrass chili martini — not to mention the spring rolls — serving as the stars of the show. Open every day for dinner. FORTUNE KITCHEN and it’s wide-ranging offering of Chinese comfort food like chow mein, spare ribs, meat and seafood dishes has been settling the cravings of north Squamish residents for years. Grab a combo for dine-in or take-out all week long. Who said you had to be a student to enjoy cafeteria food again? Head to THE ATRIUM CAFÉ at Quest University for healthy, raw food options like customized smoothies, specialty coffees and gluten-free treats, or grab a seat in the cafeteria for a sandwich, soup, salad and breathtaking views out of its floor-to-ceiling windows. Head to the Executive Suites Hotel for pub food with
a twist and a wide selection of craft brews from NORMAN RUDY’S. Open all day, seven days a week with a 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. happy hour. Have a craving for classic English fish and chips? A favourite at nearby WIGAN PIER can’t be beat. If you’re looking to branch out, we suggest an equally-British savoury pie, like steak and mushroom, steak and kidney or chicken and vegetable. Dine in or bring the frozen pies home to heat up in the comfort of your kitchen. Open for dinner and lunch seven days a week. With a unique, comfortable atmosphere, bright natural light and a menu built for sharing, THE JOINERY has been making its mark on Squamish’s restaurant scene with seasonal, sustainable menu items and craft cocktails. It’s open Thursday to Sunday for dinner. It also shares a location with the CLOUDBURST CAFÉ, serving up quality, fair trade coffee, sandwiches and baked goods.
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The Watershed Bar & Grill’s patio looks out over some of Squamish’s best views. Photo: David Buzzard
BRACKENDALE
A few hearts may have broken when beloved local hotspot FERGIE’S burned down in a fire in April 2018, but rumour has it the legendary Sea to Sky breakfast joint, located riverside at the Sunwolf Lodge — and its famous bennys — will be back up and running by summer of 2019 after its rebuild is complete. If you’re looking for caffeine to fuel any riverside adventures in Brackendale, BEAN AROUND THE WORLD and their regionally-roasted beans have you covered every day of the week.
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It might only be 10 minutes from Squamish’s downtown core, but head north to Brackendale and immediately feel the rural, small-town vibes start to come through. Head to the WATERSHED GRILL for a good view of the mountains, the rivers, and, during the winter, eagles — and some tasty pub fare, of course. Enjoy all of the above on the heated, covered patio. Be sure to wash it down with one of the Watershed’s
legendary caesars, which, with a full-blown slider on top, can almost become the meal itself. Head down the road to the CRABAPPLE CAFÉ for plates that taste just as good as they are good for you. Try one of their freshly-made brunch hashes or, for lunch, the quinoa buddha wrap. For dinner, the NEST offers an expansive menu filled with pasta, burgers, pizza and more, which are best enjoyed on the establishment’s cozy, covered patio. Open for dinner seven days a week.
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above: Summit Lodge at the Sea to Sky Gondola. right: Mag’s 99 Fried Chicken and Mexican Cantina. Photos: David Buzzard
Technically, it’s not even in town, but that doesn’t mean GALILEO COFFEE hasn’t secured a horde of Squamish fans over the course of its existence. Stop in for a hot beverage or a delectable baked good next time you’re passing through Britannia Beach. There’s no way to finish off a day of adventuring quite like with a burrito. MAG’S 99 FRIED CHICKEN AND MEXICAN CANTINA is the real deal, with
its highway-side location only adding to its authenticity and charm — that could be why it’s so frequently packed to the brim with hungry locals on the hunt for tacos, salads, fried (free-run) chicken or the aforementioned burrito. Don’t be alarmed if it’s wrapped up to approximately the size of your face. Travel upwards — whether by foot or by Gondola — to find one of the prettiest panoramic views in the Sea to Sky corridor. Celebrate your efforts with a bite or a cold drink at the mountaintop SUMMIT LODGE, or stay
for a social dinner hosted by the Sea to Sky Gondola periodically throughout the year. For events, visit seatoskygondola.com. Also located at the south end of town, the MATCH EATERY & PUBLIC HOUSE at Chances Casino serves customers tasty, reasonably priced pub food as well as some of the best views of the Stawamus Chief around. Menus include weekly features, happy hour specials and brunch. •
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Please visit the businesses below for friendly Sea to Sky customer service, and a bit of what makes Squamish one of the best places to be in BC! Whether you live or play here, you will experience what makes Squamish so special!
ACCOMMODATION
1 Executive Suites Hotel &
Resort, Squamish
40900 Tantalus Road 604-815-0048 executivesuitessquamish.com 2 Mountain Retreat Hotel
& Suites
38922 Progress Way 604-815-0883 squamishmountainretreathotel.com
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3 Britannia Mine Museum Sea to Sky Highway (Highway 99) South of Squamish 1-800-896-4044 BritanniaMineMuseum.ca 4 West Coast Railway
Heritage Park
39645 Government Road 604-898-9336 wcra.org
AUTOMOTIVE
5 Triton Automotive and
Industrial/Napa
1003 Industrial Way 1 800-790-6434 tritonautoindustrial.com
6 Diamond Head Motors 1008 Industrial Way 604-892-3365
BREWERIES & DISTILLERIES
7 Backcountry Brewing 405 - 1201 Commercial Way 604-567-2739 backcountrybrewing.com 8 Cliffside Cider 103 -37760 2 Avenue cliffsidecider@gamil.com 9 Geo Cider 318 - 1201 Commercial Way 778-733-1080 geocider.com 10 Gillespies’s Fine Spirits 38918 Progress Way #8 604-390-1122 gillespies-fine-spirits. myshopify.com
CAFES & RESTAURANTS 11 2Chill Squamish Gelato Spot 38084 Cleveland Avenue 604-567-2665 2chillgelato.com 12 Bisla Sweets Restaurant &
Meatshop
1345 Pemberton Avenue 604-567-5552 bislasweets.com 13 Freshii 40232 Glenalder Place 778-733-0140 freshii.com/ca/en-ca/ garabaldivillage 14 Green Olive Market + Cafe 38163 Cleveland Avenue 604-898-4563 Find us on Facebook @ Green Olive Market and Café 15 Joe Pesto’s
38165 Second Avenue 604-390-0044 joepestos.com
CAFES & RESTAURANTS
16 Norman Rudy’s 40900 Tantalus Road 604-815-7978 gibbonswhistler.com/ norman-rudys 17 Panago Pizza 15- 1347 Pemberton Avenue 250-310-0001 panago.com 18 Pepe Chophouse & Seafood 40359 Tantalus Way 604-898-3606 pepeandgringo.net
19 Pizzalicious & Squamish
Donair Shop
38163 Cleveland Avenue 604-567-2020 pizzalicious.ca 20 Saha Eatery 38128 2 Avenue 604-567-5888 sahaeatery.ca 21 The Copper Coil Still & Grill 37996 Cleveland Avenue 604-892-0646 thecoppercoil.com 22 The Crabapple Café 41701 Government Road 604-898-1991 crabapplecafe.ca 23 The Salted Vine Kitchen + Bar 37991 Second Avenue 604-390-1910 saltedvine.ca 24 Subway 104-40147 Glenalder Place 604-898-8393 subway.com 25 Subway 7D-1321 Pemberton Avenue 604-567-2011 subway.com 26 Sunflower Bakery Cafe 38086 Cleveland Avenue 604.892.2231 sunflowerbakerycafe.com 27 The Nest Restaurant 41340 Government Road 604-898-4444 thenestrest.com 28 The Watershed Grill 41101 Government Road 604-898-6665 thewatershedgrill.com 29 Top Hat Pizza 40386 Tantalus Road 604-898-9191 Find us on Facebook @TopHatPizza 30 Zephyr Café 38084 Cleveland Avenue 604-567-4568 zephyrcafe.ca
DEEP SEA TERMINALS 31 Squamish Terminals 37500 Third Avenue 604-892-3511 sqterminals.com
DISTRICT OF SQUAMISH 32 Municipal Hall 37955 2nd Avenue 604-892-5217 squamish.ca
Emergency: CALL 911 Non Emergency call: RCMP: 604-892-6100 Squamish Municipal Hall: 604-892-5217 Squamish General Hospital: 604-892-5211 Dog Pound: 604-815-6866
ELECTRONIC AND COMPUTER 33 99 Repair 39279 Queens Way 604-390-0085 99repairs.com 34 Baltech Electronics
38134 Second Avenue 604-892-2203 baltechelectronics.com
GROCERY STORE
35 Nesters Market 1200 Hunter Place 604-815-0733 nestersmarket.com 36 Save-On-Foods 1301 Pemberton Avenue 604-892-5976 saveonfoods.com/store/ squamish/
KEYS AND LOCKS
37 All Keys & Locks 1361 Winnipeg Street 604-892-2289 allkeysandlocks.ca
LEGAL SERVICES
38 Jones & Co 38131 Second Avenue 604-892-2200 jones-co.net
MORTGAGE
39 The Mortgage Studio 38155 2nd Avenue 604-892-4647 micheleellis.com
NOTARY
40 Cam Sherk Notary Public 201 - 38142 Cleveland Avenue 604-567-8711 camsherknotary.com
PRINT & BUSINESS SERVICES
41 Inbiz Print and Business Ctr 38164 Cleveland Avenue 604-892-2222 inbiz.ca 42 The UPS Store 38109 Second Avenue 604-390-1100 theupsstore.ca/471 43 Wind Studio 40350 Government Road 778-955-6311 windstudio.ca
REAL ESTATE
44 RE/MAX Sea to Sky
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38261 Cleveland Avenue 604-892-3571 remax-squamish.com 45 Royal LePage Black Tusk Realty 3 - 1900 Garibaldi Way 604-898-5904 blacktuskrealty.com
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46 Brennan Park Recreation
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47 1009 Centennial Way 604-898-3604 squamish.ca
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48 Anna’s Interiors 38052 Cleveland Avenue 604-892-6369 annasinteriors.ca 49 Canadian Tire 1851 Mamquam Road 604-898-2227 canadiantire.ca 50 Garibaldi Village II 40204 - 40282 Glenalder Place garibaldivillage.com 51 Home Hardware #610-1200 Hunter Place 604-892-3711 homehardware.ca/store/51726 52 Kaos Kids 38068 Cleveland Avenue 604-892-5567 Find us on Facebook@ kaoskidsfun 53 Marks 40270 Glenalder Place 604-892-5855 marks.com 54 Sound Runner 7B - 1319 Pemberton Avenue 604-892-3300 Find us on Facebook@ squamishsoundrunner 55 The Squamish Town Hub 1861 Mamquam Road squamishtownhub @gmail.com
SCENIC TOURS
56 Glacier Air Squamish Municipal Airport 46001 Government Road 604-898-9016 glacierair.com
SCHOOL INFORMATION 57 School District 48 School Board Office 37866 Second Avenue 604-892-5228 sd48seatosky.org
VISITOR SERVICES
58 Squamish Public Library 37907 2nd Avenue 604-892-3110 squamish.bc.libraries.coop 59 Tourism Squamish 102 - 38551 Loggers Lane 604-815-4994 - Toll Free: 1-877-815-5084 exploresquamish.com #exploresquamish
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60 Yoga Love
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