{"id":2518347,"date":"2026-07-26T22:54:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T22:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2518347"},"modified":"2026-07-26T22:54:49","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T22:54:49","slug":"archives-celebrities-retreated-to-this-coquitlam-ranch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/archives-celebrities-retreated-to-this-coquitlam-ranch\/","title":{"rendered":"Archives: Celebrities retreated to this Coquitlam ranch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-id=\"516d9b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-content.default\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>From the Archives<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The sunnier, warmer weather means more filming in Burnaby, New Westminster and the Tri-Cities \u2014 and with it come the movie stars. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">A century ago, Clara \u201cBabe\u201d Jacobs was prolific in the industry: Known as the \u201cLux girl\u201d in the soap ads, Jacobs (aka Clara Guiol) appeared in several productions, including with Carole Lombard and Stan Laurel. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">In the late 1930s, she and her Canadian stuntman\u2013husband, Carl, settled in Coquitlam where they hosted Hollywood\u2019s elite at their Steelhead Ranch. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Today, the bare-land strata community is called River Springs and has streets named after the famous guests who visited the Coquitlam River retreat, such as Clark Gable, Errol Flynn and Elizabeth Taylor. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Coquitlam Archives has an online exhibit, called <\/span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coquitlam.ca\/1470\/Behind-the-Scenes---Film-in-Coquitlam\"><span class=\"s2\"><i>Behind the Scenes \u2013 Film in Coquitlam<\/i><\/span><\/a><span class=\"s1\">, that features Jacobs\u2019 glamorous past.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.coquitlam.ca\/683\/City-Archives\">COQUITLAM ARCHIVES<\/a>, Coquitlam 100 Years Collection (C6.807), reproduced with permission<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.freshetnews.ca \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Archives The sunnier, warmer weather means more filming in Burnaby, New Westminster and the Tri-Cities \u2014 and with it come the movie stars. 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