Edwin Denis DeBeck (1911 - 2007)

Born 18 Apr 1911 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Ancestors

Husband of Dorothy Mary (Wilmer) DeBeck — married 26 Mar 1938 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Died 8 Nov 2007 at age 96 in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada

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Biography

Denis has a thoroughly happy childhood in the Marpole area of Vancouver. He graduated from Magee high School at age 17. He had many different jobs, from blasting in a quarry to longshoring and door factory work etc. The first sawmilling job he had was in 1933 when he started to work for Northern Mills at Parkhurst (now part of Whistler). Denis was married in 1938 and he and his wife Dorothy worked hard to get their first home built at Parkhurst. Later on that year the mill burned down and with that went all the jobs. In 1940 he set up his own portable mill and over the next 5 years he worked along the P.G.E. cutting railroad ties. In 1945 he moved to Squamish, a place he came to love very much. He continued to operate his own sawmills in Squamish until he retired in 1979 at age 68. During this time he built the road that led to the development of Alice Lake Park. The road was eventually continued on up to the area known today as DeBeck Mountain and the DeBeck Trail. A Commemorative plaque is at the base of the trail. The fun things in his life were first his family and friends. He also enjoyed golf, cribbage, curling, bridge, fishing, travel and above all, Buccaneer Bay where he first went when he was 12 and last visited when he was 94 in 2005.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Obituary https://www.squamishfuneralchapel.com/book-of-memories/294197/debeck-denis/obituary.php Accessed 1 June 2021.

• "British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932; 1937-1938", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2MR-136Q : 18 March 2018), Dennis Edwin De Beck and Dorothy Mary Wilmer, 1938.

• Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/131882669/denis-edwin-debeck : accessed 01 June 2021), memorial page for Denis Edwin DeBeck (18 Apr 1911–8 Nov 2007), Find A Grave: Memorial #131882669, citing Mount Garibaldi Cemetery, Squamish, Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia, Canada ; Maintained by bluemermaid68 (contributor 47207303) .