Barbour, Charles

Charles Barbour was born in New Brunswick to Robert Barbour and [?] Newton (both originally of Scotland). His stepdaughter Beebe Fowles (would be Mrs. Ruddock) was born on August 16, 1895. He later married Dora Woodward. In 1900, he came to the West coast with his brother, Allan. They would own logging operations together in Squamish. His family came to Squamish in 1901. On May 24, 1906, he brought his wife and stepdaughter up the Pemberton trail by horseback (they had come to Squamish on the Defiance) to settle in Pemberton, having purchased land from Sylvanus Pettit. It was reported that Dora and Beebe were the first white woman and child to go up that trail. In 1907, he began logging operations in Squamish with his brother. Charles Barbour later lived in Vancouver while the Barbour home in Pemberton was used as a stopping house, first by the Bauers, and then by McLachlan (Charles Barbour's nephew). He owned a string of land and horses in Pemberton, and at times travelled through the Whistler area to meet with John Millar and sell horses. In 1913, he returned to Pemberton with his family.

New Brunswick
Squamish, BC
Pemberton, BC

Logger
Landowner
Horse rancher

1. Archival material: Reverse of photo 1986-0109-Philip
2. https://squamishlibrary.digitalcollections.ca/charles-barbour

Revised March 2017.