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A Dairy at Alta LakeA Dairy at Alta Lake

August 4, 2020 Whistler Museum 0 Comments

When Alfred Barnfield first came to the Sea to Sky area he likely wasn’t planning to one day be delivering milk and cream by canoe. After arriving in Canada, Alfred spent a few years working various jobs before settling in Squamish in 1891. Around that time, the provincial government paid him $1,000 to inspect the […][...]

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Tales from Alta Lake

The milkman’s vehicle of choice? A dugout canoe!The milkman’s vehicle of choice? A dugout canoe!

January 21, 2012 Whistler Museum 9 Comments

Ever wonder where you got things like fresh milk, eggs and whipping cream living at Alta Lake in the early 1900s? Keep reading… Originally from London, England, Alfred Barnfield caught his first glimpse of the Alta Lake area on his way to the Klondike gold fields from his home in Squamish in 1895. In 1903, […][...]