“Twelve Bridges and Miles of Muck” - Early Roads and Taxes

“There is nothing there at present worthy of the name road….”

Upper Valley Road 1920s

Roads & Taxes1903-1950s: Early Road Improvements1912-1948: Pemberton Express Adventures1960s: The Pemberton Dust Committee2011: The Highline Road Case2012: The Leaning GraderRoads & Taxes Today

1903 construction beganEarly Pemberton road work with William Hamill's team.

Robert Hutchinson – 1st Local Road Foreman 1909

James Punch- Foreman 1910Mrs. Punch with children and dog

The Red Bridge – Group in 1916-1917Left to right: Violet Harris, Lena Harris, Una Harris and Edith

Harris, youngster- Verna Thompson.

Pemberton’s First Car Owned by Foley, Welch & Stewart (P.G.E.) and brought over

the lakes on a barge. A 1914 McLaughlin Buick.

Portage RoadTruck Group: On way to Anderson (?) Lake. Woman in tam, Adella

(Mrs. "Sandy) Fowler; girl to right at group behind cab, Kay Ruddock; near boat's bow, Fraser girl; in front of her, Tommy and Edith Fowler.

1920 – Foreman Olus LeeGovernment Road Truck 1930s(?) image donated by Fowler family

Miller Creek Bridge 1915Vera Harris

Public works crew pulling brush across river for bank protection. Extreme right: Sandy Fowler, D. Morrison

Sandy Fowler – Foreman 1922-1948

1920s-1950sClockwise: 1) Caption on the back reads "Francis Joe & Co. in his "Flivver"" with a date of June, 1923, 2) 1920 - Pemberton Meadows, W.C. Green's car. Standing: W.C. Green; small boy is Dick Green, 3) Marjorie Elesko,

Leon Keyes at Pemberton Station 1937, and 4) Meadows Road 1953 – Joe Antonelli photo.

Freight Train and Dirt Road 1956Warner & Audrey Oberson collection

Pemberton Express Adventures1920 - With R.H.E. Taylor at the wheel; his mother is in the back seat. Seated

beside her is one of two Gardiner brothers, Harry and William. The second stands in the doorway. Their mother sits beside Mrs. Taylor.

LobbyingVancouver Board of Trade members. View is looking

south from near Leonard McNolty farm.

The Pemberton Dust Committee

The Highline Road Case

The Leaning Grader

Roads & Taxes in BC Today

Total length of paved roads in BC (2000): 23,710 km

2014 MOT Budget: Since 2005 $22 billion committed to improve and expand port, rail, road and airport facilities. 2012-2010 targets another $25 billion on Pacific Gateway. (Road improvements mentioned - Lower Mainland, Alberta connectors, Highway 97, Vancouver Island, Northern BC).

Highway projects, the province spent a total of $690 million in 2011/12, $715 million in 2012/13, and $638 million in 2013/14. The government is proposing to spend $567 million on roads in 2014/15. The decrease in highway spending is due to the completion of the many Gateway Program highway projects in Metro Vancouver such as the South Fraser Perimeter Road (excluding the Port Mann/Highway 1 Project).

Road & Taxes LocallyArea C 2015 Population: 3,512 including First Nations communities (2011 Census)

Size: 5,570.39 square kilometers