Sawdust bin?? I recall beehive burners, Lambs sawmill, the 300 plus people who lived there, the school that’s not there anymore. Does anyone else?

Yes I do as well….called The Island Cache.

And then there was Mrs. Wiley, the formidable teacher. As well as the guy with his 3 wheel car, the old store, the floods, and the winos passed out in the slough. Good memories there.

Don’t forget the bootleggers.

Shoulda just dragged it over to the Museum down the road. Not many of these left

the ‘Cache;
Originally Foley’s Cache, a warehouse and dock set up at the edge of the Nechako, right where the now former Winton Global offices are located.
They set up there during the construction of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. Foley Welch and Stuart was the name of the outfit I believe.
All long before my time.

My memories;
Crossing the rail yards on foot to get to and from downtown.
I remember being fascinated by the roundhouse, once used to turn around the locomotives.
The time a group of us were hanging around a derailment in the yards, a railroad bull accosted us kids and asked in a very stern voice: “Did you kids cause this?” He had us a little scared until we realized he was kidding.
The City garbage dump.
And who could forget the spring floods?

The sawdust bin going down today, the planer mill being sold off, another page of history is turned, soon all of the memories of that area will be forgotten.
P.S.
There is a book detailing some of the history of the ‘cache available at the library, it was written by a former resident.
metalman.

i love this kind of history, was the roundhouse dismanteld or is it still in the area?

It sounds like we are all dating ourselves. But it sure brings back memory’s and all good.

Anyone remember the name of the store at the west end of the bridge, at the entrance to the trailer court ?

My family owned that old store at the end of first ave. At first it was called “Half Wit Henry’s and Crazy Moe’s. My father Henry bought out his partner Moe and renamed it “Half Wit Henry’s and Crazy Joe’s,{after his first grandchild.} We ran that store from the early 70’s until in burned down around 1979. I have many fond memories working in that store as a child and playing in the river on hot summer days.

Stanwich, there is a roundhouse in the Railway Museum yard but I’m not sure it is the same one. This one was taken from the CN yard, used to be at the east end of the car shop. Hope it’s helps. On a personal note, sad but inevitable to see Winton Global (The Pas) disappearing bit by bit. Hopefully that land will be reverted to park land, at least on the river side.

I remember that store, Digitus, but not the name. Most vivid memory of that store is the time that I discovered gallon jars of cherry cider there.
Wow, best drink ever! I think I drank most of a jug in one afternoon, and realized later that it works very well as a laxative too, don’t ask.
Good times though.
metalman.

Yes, the turntable at the museum is indeed the one that was originally located in front of the CN roundhouse across the street; it still works and if you ask they can fire it up and spin it around.

A shameless plug, the railway museum is always looking for volunteers – they make the world go around down there. When it comes to tasks for volunteers, they do everything from gardening to restoring equipment, giving tours and running the little train, give them a call and find out the details, 250-563-7351.

-Digitus/Metalman

The name of the store was Half Wit Henry’s. It was right at the end of first ave, right beside the old bridge. The ramp to river road and the entrance to the new bridge basically sit where the store and the parking lot was. My family owned the store, so I know the name.

Metalman – that cherry cider was the best!!! We had a fruit truck that would come up from the kelowna and sell at the side of our parking lot. We could not get that cider fast enough, always sold out.

My goodness, please learn how to use commas.

Years back I was stopped and asked by a sprite nonagenarian (a person between 90 and 100 years old) Martin Caine who drove along River Road whether I had seen or knew about his cedar poles he had stockpiled in the area who knows when. Sorry, Mr. Caine, I didn’t know.

Thanks banjobelle…

Fate, you worry about the commas?? How about just following the spirit of the wonderful stories; no grammar police required.