Gabriola’s YOGI trail
I’ve been wondering where the YOGI trail got its name, and stumbled across the answer on the on the Gabriola Land and Trails Trust site. The Cox Community Park History page says:
It was named the YOGI Trail because of its proximity to the landmark rock figure erected by the Youth Organization of Gabriola Island in the 1960’s along Taylor Bay Road at McConvey in what is now Cox Community Park.
Well, there you go. Of course, those of you who’ve been on the island for ages probably knew this already, didn’t you?
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2 Responses to “Gabriola’s YOGI trail”
Karen on 11 Mar 2010 at 6:38 pm #
So…why the landmark rock called Yogi?
rick on 11 Mar 2010 at 7:46 pm #
The location of the statue has to do with an automobile accident that claimed the life of a prominent local man who was somehow connected with that youth organization. Taylor Bay Road is a tricky road to navigate now, and in the ’60′s it was much worse. FYI: the best that rock figure looked was when someone put a dress on it and tried to make it look like the publisher of one of the local papers. I think June was not impressed.