History

History

THE MILL WAS POWERED BY A 1942 GAS ENGINE AND WAS ALL HAND OPERATED
WITHOUT HYDRAULICS ALAN’S FAMILY MOVED TO SICAMOUS, B.C.

IN 1951.HIS PARENT’S HOMESTEADED THE PROPERTY THAT HE AND HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS GREW UP ON. ALAN
AND HIS BROTHERS HAD TO WORK IN THE MILL ALONG SIDE THEIR FATHER, SCOTTIE (NORRIS) HYDE. THEY CUT FENCING FOR THE LIVESTOCK, BEAMS FOR THE BARN, LUMBER
FOR THE HOUSE AND ALL THE OUTBUILDINGS. CUT MANY BEAMS AND TIMBERS FOR ALL BUILDINGS ONTHE FARM.

IN 1983, ALAN AND HIS WIFE, KIM RETURNED TO THE FAMILY FARM TO RAISE THEIR TWO CHILDREN.
AT THIS TIME, ALAN STARTED TO RE-BUILD THE MILL THAT HE ONCE WORKED IN AS A CHILD.
IT TOOK A YEAR TO RE-BUILD THE OLD MILL. ALAN STARTED CUTTING TIES FOR THE
RAILROAD WHICH WERE IN GREAT DEMAND AT THE TIME. HE WAS ALSO CUTTING CEDAR CANTS
FOR A RE-SAW MILL ALONG WITH BEAMS AND TIMBERS FOR MANY HOMES THAT WHERE BUILT IN SICAMOUS AND THE AREA.

ALAN AND KIM OPERATED THIS MILL FOR SEVEN YEARS. OVER TIME, THE ORDERS KEPT INCREASING AND THE OLD MILL COULD NOT KEEP UP WITH THE INCREASE OF LARGE OVERSIZED TIMBER AND BEAMS.

IN 1990, KIM’S FATHER (MERV SIEGRIST) AND MOTHER ANNE HAD MOVED TO SICAMOUS TO BECOME A PARTNER. ALAN AND MERV BOUGHT A NEW MILL LARGE ENOGHT TO FILL THE ORDERS OF THE BEAMS AND TIMBERS THAT THE OLD SAW MILL COULD NOT HANDLE.

Hyde Sawmill

History

THIS PARTNERSHIP LASTED TEN YEARS. AT THIS TIME MERV AND ANNE RETIRED.

NOW ALAN AND OUR SON TYLER WORK THE MILL TOGEATHER MAKING A GREAT FATHER/SON TEAM.