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Gabriola trail blocked

Gabriolan on 15 Jul 2010

Until recently, this was a trail into the Gabriola woods, on Federal Government property (Kensington Lands). Now the trail entrance is blocked by a serious wall of cedar branches. Somebody’s gone to a lot of work to do this! A mature alder tree has been cut as well, and it lies across the path. I’m [...]

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Gabriola history: Weldwood and Kensington

Gabriolan on 05 Feb 2010

I’ve been reading bits about the history of Weldwood on Gabriola Island. According to a page at the Islands Institute library, Until 1994 Weldwood of Canada owned 2800 acres, approximately 1/4 of Gabriola Island. Weldwood seems to have been a forestry company. (It’s since been purchased by West Fraser.) Apparently Weldwood wanted to develop some [...]

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