Steelhead Lodge at Oxbow Ranch as pictured in later years.
Clark Gable was such a frequent visitor that a cabin was named after him. Mrs. McAdam recalls that she and her husband once lived there. Gable Drive, and some other nearby streets, were named after the stars. The Gable cabin, which straddled a property line, was the last to go when the River Springs subdivision was built. Most of the "nan1e" streets are also gone. According to d1e recently-published history of Port Coquidam, the rustic cabins at the base ofNorth Bluff, near Oxford Street, were built by Karl and Clara (Babe) Jacobs. Karl Jacobs was a one-time movie stunt man. Mrs. Jacobs was reputedly a former cover girl and bit actress. Heads turned when the beautiful Clara, wearing a long scarf and dark glasses, drove around in a luxurious, late-model car with rumble seat. Area residents would often see a line of expensive cars, many with chauffeurs, heading north towards the Steelhead Ranch. Born in Maillardvillc in 1930, Evelyn is the daughter of Cliff and Dora Lamoureux. She married William McAdam, member of a pioneer Langley family, in 1950. In 1976, Mr. McAdam was hired as caretaker for the Oxbow fulnch which, by
that time, was well past its glory years and in disrepair. They left in 1983, when the property was bought by developers. The McAdams raised one son in Coquitlam. Mrs. McAdam now lives on Packard Street. 11 I know about how my father arrived in Coquitlam in 1920 is that he rode the freight trains. He came from Manitoba, and he lived at the corner of Laval Square and Cartier, roomed and boarded in d1ere. That was about three houses from where the Hammonds lived; I guess that's how he met my mother. I was born in Maillardville on Nov. 17, 1930, and grew up in d1e beautiful family home on Le Bleu. There were four children and I have an older sister. My sister married an Allard; my brotl1er played lacrosse in New Westminster. He was quite a good athlete. I went to Millside school, then Coquitlam junior high school. We spoke English at home and got our education in English. For a long time, we spoke
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