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 ON THE 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. HE OPERATED THIS MILL FOR SEVEN YEARS.. OVER TIME, THE ORDERS KEPT INCREASING AND THE
MILL COULD NOT KEEP UP WITH INCREASE OF ORDERS FOR LARGE OVERSIZED TIMBER AND BEAMS. IN 1990, KIM'SFATHER (MERV SIEGRIST) SEMI RETIRED FROM THE UNIONHAD MOVED TO SICAMOUS TO BECOME A PARTNER. ALAN AND MERV BOUGHT A NEW MILL TO FILL THE ORDERS OF THE BEAMS AND TIMBERS THAT THE OLD SAW MILL COULD NOT HANDLE.
THIS PARTNERSHIP LASTED TEN YEARS. MERV
RETIRED AGAIN ALONG WITH HIS WIFE ANNE WHO ALSO WORKED FOR THE
MILL. THE WAS MOVED JUST OUT SIDE OF VERNON, B.C. ON HWY.# 97. AT THIS TIME, IT WAS UPDATED AND EXPANDED.THE FAMILY HOMESTEAD WILL BE OPENING IN THE SPRING OF 2002 AS THE NEWEST 18 HOLE GOLF COURSE IN THESHUSWAP. WATCH FOR THE GRAND OPENING OF THE HYDEMOUNTAIN ON MARA LAKE GOLF COURSE. ALAN ALSO CUT ALL THE BEAMS AND TIMBERS FOR THE NEW CLUB HOUSE AT HYDE Mountain Golf Course www.hydemountain.com
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 ON THE 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. HE OPERATED THIS MILL FOR SEVEN YEARS.. OVER TIME, THE ORDERS KEPT INCREASING AND THE
MILL COULD NOT KEEP UP WITH INCREASE OF ORDERS FOR LARGE OVERSIZED TIMBER AND BEAMS. IN 1990, KIM'SFATHER (MERV SIEGRIST) SEMI RETIRED FROM THE UNIONHAD MOVED TO SICAMOUS TO BECOME A PARTNER. ALAN AND MERV BOUGHT A NEW MILL TO FILL THE ORDERS OF THE BEAMS AND TIMBERS THAT THE OLD SAW MILL COULD NOT HANDLE.
THIS PARTNERSHIP LASTED TEN YEARS. MERV
RETIRED AGAIN ALONG WITH HIS WIFE ANNE WHO ALSO WORKED FOR THE
MILL. THE WAS MOVED JUST OUT SIDE OF VERNON, B.C. ON HWY.# 97. AT THIS TIME, IT WAS UPDATED AND EXPANDED.THE FAMILY HOMESTEAD WILL BE OPENING IN THE SPRING OF 2002 AS THE NEWEST 18 HOLE GOLF COURSE IN THESHUSWAP. WATCH FOR THE GRAND OPENING OF THE HYDEMOUNTAIN ON MARA LAKE GOLF COURSE. ALAN ALSO CUT ALL THE BEAMS AND TIMBERS FOR THE NEW CLUB HOUSE AT HYDE Mountain Golf Course www.hydemountain.com
