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Identifier
GJC_Positive-10b
Title
"Cabin Construction"
Date(s)
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1955-1956
Description
Joyce Coats and husband George built a cabin on Mount Seymour between 1953 and 1956. There was a two-year hiatus in the construction while George attended business school.
This photo, probably taken around 1955-1956 shows the partially completed cabin. They collected lumber from trees felled nearby. The steel beams in the roof were dragged by sled up the mountainside during winter. The beams were George’s idea. He was a civil engineer (though not certified at the time) and designed the structure. All the windows and furnishings were taken by foot to the cabin during summer.