Gabriola’s new bridge
You know that place in the Elder Cedar (S’ul-hween X’pey) Nature Reserve where the waters run deep in winter-time? The trail goes through it, and if you’ve tried to get past in the rainy season you’ll have wished that you’d taken hip waders or a small boat with you.
GALTT (Gabriola Land and Trails Trust) put concrete blocks there to serve as stepping stones, but vandals kept smashing the blocks and casting them into the bushes. Also, water levels after torrential rains were sometimes a foot above the blocks.
Now the solution is in place: a new bridge! There are actually three bridges – two smaller ones across lesser problem areas, then this bridge across the watering hole.
If the vandals will (please, oh please) leave this alone, we’ll be all set.
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