There are lots of pails in the Gabriola forest, probably dating from the time when the forest was logged. Since then the pails have started blending in, bit by bit: trees fell on them, moss grew over them, salal grew around them. Every once in a while some hiker spots a bit of plastic, drags one out, and make it into a trailmarker. I prefer the anter trailmarkers, but oh well.

This pail is fairly new in its role as trailmarker, though another prominent pail has been serving as landmark for a few years now.

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