THE MILL WAS POWERED BY A 1942 GAS

ENGINE AND WAS ALL HAND OPERATED

WITHOUT HYDRAULICS

                                                  

This is how the Mill looked in 1983, where today is located the NEW Championship Golf Course called

Gordie is splitting white pine into quarters so it will fit onto the carriage.

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 OUT BUILDINGS.   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.. 

Alan is finish cutting the slab that the head saw could not reach.

Timbers for Ian Tyson's Ranch

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'S FATHER (MERV SIEGRIST) SEMI RETIRED FROM THE UNION HAD 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 THE SHUSWAP. WATCH FOR THE GRAND OPENING OF THE HYDE MOUNTAIN ON MARA LAKE GOLF COURSE . ALAN ALSO CUT ALL THE BEAMS AND TIMBERS FOR THE NEW CLUB HOUSE AT HYDE MT. www.hydemountain.com  

THE MILL AGAIN HAS TO BE AND IS NOW SET UP JUST OUTSIDE OF SICAMOUS B.C.  AND CONTINUES TO RECEIVE ORDERS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR THERE BEAMS AND TIMBERS. THE MILL IS KNOWN FOR ITS REPUTATION FOR  SPECIALTY CUT BEAMS AND TIMBERS.  ALAN AND HIS STAFF TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN THE PRODUCT THEY PRODUCE. IF WE CAN BE OF SERVICE.  PLEASE  FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US AT hyde@sicamous.com or 1-250-836-0004

IN 2002 WE MOVED OUR MILL TO THE CAMBI/MALAKWA AREA JUST 10 MIN'S EAST OF SICAMOUS B.C. ON HWY #1. THE FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION WAS TO RE-BUILD THE MILL, THIS TOOK MOST OF THE SUMMER AND FALL. THE NEW MILL SITE AND NEW ADDITIONS TO THE OLD HEAD RIG, WE WHERE IN FULL OPERATION BY MID FALL.  THE MILL TODAY RUNS WITH A NEW RE-SAW AND EDGER TO PUT THE FINISH TOUCH ON THE BEAMS AND TIMBERS. IF YOU NEED THE BEAMS OR TIMBERS DRY WE CAN HAVE THEM SENT OUT.