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Dogs and guns
Ron Woodalls reflections on his winter away,
Heritage Cottages A history, by Jack Little
Easter with Horses
The horse ring at in the meadow swings into action
Decision on Davies Orchard cottages imminent MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
A little more than a year ago, representatives from Metro Vancouver met with members of Bowen Island’s municipal council to launch a planning process for Davies Orchard. A recent decision by Metro give priority to open space and demolish all but two cottages standing in the park leaves Bowen Heritage board member Judi Gedye feeling pessimistic about the outcome of that process. “In voting to save two cottages, when park staff recommended leaving four standing, Metro made the pragmatic decision,” says Gedye. “If that view is applied to us, six out of the 12 remaining cottages will be in jeopardy. I feel like this Belcarra decision is a bad omen.” Gedye lived in cottage #19, which is still standing, between 1985 and 1989. “I moved to Bowen in 1980, and I wanted to live in the cottages right away. It was a really nice community. The people who lived there, they were my people,” says Gedye. “There were funky little gardens with big old rhodos and roses growing up through the trees. And you would never know it now, that there were 180 cottages between Davies Orchard and the lagoon... if we lose the remaining cottages, well there will be no sense left of what this place was.” Bowen Heritage was formed in 1989, with the intent of saving the cottages in Davies Orchard. Gedye has long been a driving force in the group, but her own memories of living in the place are just a small part of her motivation in this work. “The floors, for example, are made out of
old growth fir that was considered trash at the time those cottages were built. Now, if you cut a tree with that kind of wood it would be exported at top dollar,” says Gedye. “All the materials are local. In terms of the architecture, they are classic west coast cottages and built to a very human scale, which is what makes them appealing and comfortable.” The story about why they were built in the first place, says Gedye, is a great one, and then there’s her personal history. “I was born in 1948, and 1953 marked the end of the Union Steamship era,” says Gedye. “My parents loved Bowen Island, and came here every chance they got. I am pretty sure I was conceived in one of those cottages, and I bet there are a lot of people my age from Vancouver who were too.” Gedye says the history of the Davies Orchard Cottages, plus the fact that a lot of public money has been invested in keeping them already, could result in a more positive planning outcome here than in Belcarra. “What we really want is for Metro to invest the money into stabilizing the remaining cottages, to put money into the roofs and foundations,” says Gedye. “Once a plan is agreed upon about what the buildings can be used for, Bowen Heritage can apply for funding to restore them.” Metro has yet to release any information about the contents of the report they’ll be presenting at a meeting here on Bowen next Wednesday. “They did hire a heritage consultant to work on this, and they are good, smart people,” says Gedye of the decision-makers at Metro. “But it’s been really hard to get them to move on this. I am really looking forward to reading this report.”
Bowen Heritage board members Judi Gedye, Allie Drake and Hans Behm after completing a spring-clean of Union Steamship Company historical panels. Bowen Heritage, photo
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April 24, 2017 9:30 am Regular Council Meeting
April 24, 2017 2:00 pm Snug Cove Improvements Working Group
April 24, 2017 7:00 pm Public Hearing: Detached Secondary Suites
April 25, 2017 7:15 pm Transportation Advisory Committee
April 26, 2017 3:00 pm Fire Hall Facilities Steering Committee
April 26, 2017 6:00 pm Park Plan Open House
April 27, 2017 6:00 pm Fire Hall Open House
All meetings are held in Council Chambers at Municipal Hall unless otherwise noted.
Notice of Public Hearing 7:00 PM on Monday, April 24th, 2017 in Council Chambers Municipal Hall, 981 Artisan Lane, Bowen Island
Proposed Land Use Bylaw No. 414, 2016 would create the regulations governing how Detached Secondary Suites could be built on Bowen. Regulations include a minimum lot size for detached secondary suites at 0.36 hectares (~0.9 acres), a detached secondary suite could have maximum size of up to 115 square metres (~1,200 square feet) depending on size of lot, and a property could not have a detached secondary suite and operate a bed and breakfast. Proposed bylaw would also create guidelines for a Development Permit Area which would regulate development of Detached Secondary Suites. The proposed bylaw and background material may be viewed at Municipal Hall (address and hours below) or on the Municipal website at www.bimbc.ca/planning.
Thursday, April 27 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Municipal Hall 981 Artisan Lane
We are inviting you to learn more.
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Seeking Public Comment for DVP-02-2017 (1774 Billington Rd) A Development Variance Permit application has been submitted for 1774 Billington Rd (shown on plan below) to reduce the setback to the sea. The variance will facilitate the construction of a residential building and deck, and will reduce the required setback from 24.25 metres to 20.47 metres for the house and 17.9 metres for the deck.
YOUR COMMENTS ARE WELCOME: Written submissions may be delivered to Municipal Hall (contact info below): • In person • By mail • By fax • By email to bim@bimbc.ca Submissions may also be made to Mayor and Council at the public hearing. To ensure a fair process, submissions cannot be accepted once the public hearing has ended.
Questions? Please contact Daniel Martin, Island Community Planner at 604-947-4255 or dmartin@bimbc.ca
Bowen Island’s Municipal Parks Plan has progressed! Please join us to check out our vision statement, see our updated maps, and give your feedback on the key recommendations. Municipal Parks and Environment staff, Lees and Associates and Sheryl Rivers, Squamish Nation will be on hand to answer your questions and listen to your feedback.
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Investing in a new Fire Hall will make Bowen Island a safer, more responsible community, with a facility we can all be proud of.
Bowen Island Council is considering changes to the Official Community Plan (OCP) and the Land Use Bylaw to allow owners of residential properties to construct a detached secondary suite. Proposed Official Community Plan Amendment Bylaw No. 413, 2016 would amend the Official Community Plan to include Detached Secondary Suites as an approved building typology, include them with secondary suites when considering the total number of units on Bowen Island, and create a Development Permit Area to govern the form, character, and siting of Detached Secondary Suites.
Bowen Island Municipality is proposing to build a New Fire Hall and Emergency Operations Centre on part of Lot 3 of the Community Lands. This summer, Bowen Island electors will be asked to vote in a referendum to decide if the Municipality can borrow up to $3 million to build it.
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Parties posture on housing affordability
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Educational panel coming to Cape Roger Curtis
A similar information panel to this one placed in West Vancouver’s Lighthouse Park will be installed by Pebbly Beach at Cape Roger Curtis by the summer. Vancouver Aquarium, photo
BC NDP leader John Horgan, flanked by North Shore candidates Bowinn Ma and Mehdi Russel, talks about housing affordability with North Vancouver constituents on a campaign stop at Lonsdale Quay Wednesday morning. Horgan announced his party’s election promise of a $400 a year renter’s credit. photo Mike Wakefield, North Shore News
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B.C’s three main political parties are shaping up for a turf war on arguably the biggest election issue in the Lower Mainland – the cost of housing. Less than 24 hours into the 2017 B.C. election campaign, North Vancouver-Lonsdale had its first visit from a party leader – the NDP’s John Horgan here to talk housing. Flanked by his candidate from the riding, Bowinn Ma, and West Vancouver-Capilano NDPer Mehdi Russel, Horgan mingled and glad-handed at Lonsdale Quay before sitting down with a group of residents, many of whom were facing “demoviction” or the loss of their neighbourhoods to redevelopment of high-end homes. The NDP’s platform released Thursday contains a number of promises aimed at tackling affordability: higher taxes for speculators, changing the Residential Tenancy Act to crack down on fixed-term leases and renovictions, tackling tax fraud and money laundering in real estate, a $400-per-year rent rebate and a promise to build 114,000 affordable rental, non-profit and co-op housing units over 10 years. “Housing is going to be the No. 1 issue in this campaign,” Horgan said. “The province can bring on Crown land. The province can ease constraints on permits going forward, can assist BC Housing to reduce the wait-list by aggressively bringing on new supply. The Liberals did nothing until they were facing an eviction of their own – losing their jobs,” he said. The platform also contained a promise of legislation to guarantee “fair treatment” for those being demovicted. “What we need to do is protect people who have security of tenure now and ensure they have somewhere to go that’s not just affordable … but appropriately sized,” he said. “Families are being displaced at a higher rate than singles or couples.” The B.C. Green Party too has made housing a central piece of their campaign. “Hands down, I think it’s the biggest issue. People in rental and low-income housing are concerned that their properties are going to
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Visitors to Cape Roger Curtis have been known to keep their eyes on the ocean, and every now and then, when a whale flips its tail or a pod swims by their hopes are fulfilled. be demolished and built into condos,” said Soon, an interpretive panel with a bench installed beside it will remind visitors to the Cape North Vancouver-Seymour candidate Joshua will that their sightings can provide important information for conservation research, an where Johnson. to share the sighting information (1-866-I-SAW-ONE). The Greens’ platform includes a hike in the The sign is a collaboration between the Vancouver Marine Science Centre and The Whale property transfer tax for homes assessed at Trail (a Washington-based organization dedicated to inspire appreciation and stewardship of more than $3 million, a tax on lifetime capital the marine environment by establishing a network of viewing sites along the Pacific coast). gains more than $750,000 on principal resiSimilar signs currently stand in more than 40 locations. dences, bumping the foreign buyers tax to 30 The Municipality’s manager of parks and environment Bonny Brokenshire says that the per cent and making it provincewide, progres- Vancouver Aquarium is providing the funding for the panel, but local municipal parks staff will sive property taxes and a switch to incomehelp with its installation. She adds that the panel is likely to be in place by the summer. based homeowner grants, as well as forcing denser zoning in neighbourhoods well served by transit. Money raised would then be spent on building 4,000 new units of affordable housing annually and retrofitting older buildings. On the doorsteps, Johnson said the plan is finding support even among homeowners who would end up paying more. “I don’t think I’ll ever be able to own a home in the area (in which) I was raised because it’s just not feasible. I don’t have $1 million to spend on a house – even on an MLA’s salary. It’s just ridiculous. I think people are really afraid of what’s going to happen to our community if we don’t see some changes,” he said. North Vancouver-Lonsdale Liberal candidate Naomi Yamamoto said high-paying jobs, low taxes and limited government are the best steps towards affordability. “Having people keep money in their pockets to spend on whatever they want to spend it on is what we think is really important,” she said, contrasting that with what she characterized as reckless NDP spending promises. For people desperate in the housing market, Yamamoto pointed to her government’s announcements in the last year of more than $900 million for affordable housing, funding Paul Rickett (centre), accepting the Liquor Retailer of the Year award from Jeff for homeless shelters, and rental subsidies for Guignard, Executive Director ABLE BC (left) and Al McCreary (right). low-income residents and seniors (including Landon Sveinson Photography roughly 1,200 in North Vancouver.) “It lets them retain their pride and dignity. We’re not stigmatizing people. We’re not ghet- MERIBETH DEEN conference in Victoria. Paul support and look forward to toizing folks by putting them all together in Rickett accepted the award serving you for many years EDITOR social housing units,” she said. on behalf of the store. to come,” says Paul. “I would For buyers, Yamamoto pointed to the for“We thank everyone in our really like to thank all our Congratulations to the eign buyers tax and down payment loans as Bowen community for your long-serving team Cordell, steps her government has taken. “I actually do Bowen Beer and Wine great support over the years David, Maureen, Nick and hear affordability is a huge issue on the North Cellar for winning ABLE and especially for the many Rob for their contribution to BC’s “Liquor Retailer of the Shore. We are one of the best places to live, nominations sent in by you. earning this award” Year” award last Monday at I think, in B.C. and it’s a reflection of that is We are humbled by your the Summit 2017 industry well,” she said.
Recognition on a job well done for Beer and Wine Store
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It’s the end of an era Dear Editor, The last remaining cat living at the Millers Landing shelter has died. Following a seizure, Peekaboo curled up, went into a deep sleep, and never woke up again. She was 18 or 19 years old, which is amazing for a feral cat but not unusual for this colony of cats who were particularly robust genetically. We can also attribute their longevity to the fact that they were fed good quality, regular meals and always had a warm place to shelter. Peekaboo’s passing marks the end of an era and, after 17 years, we will no longer be using this feeding station. We want to thank those who volunteered over the years to build, fix, and mend the shelter. We also send out thanks to all of the volunteers who trekked to the station every week, no matter what the weather, to make sure these cats were fed and cared for. Some have been doing this task for many years; their dedication has been amazing. We wish we could name you all but the list would be far too long. You know who you are! We can’t thank you enough for taking such good care of these otherwise homeless kitties.
Finally, a special heartfelt thank you goes to CAWES past president Angie McCulloch, who gave up part of her property for the feeding station 17 years ago. The shelter was once Angie’s chicken coop. It was transformed into a cat feeding
station by adding shelves for the cats to lounge on and erecting a fence around the compound for their protection. While these colony cats are no longer with us, we still need to be vigilant about keeping the numbers of feral cats under
control. We may be closing a cat feeding shelter, but we won’t be getting rid of our humane traps anytime soon. Unfortunately, intact feral cats still keep turning up and our spay/neuter, release, shelter and feed program remains in
place. The problem seems to be neverending. All cat owners can help by making sure you spay and neuter your feline companions before they are allowed to roam freely. Thank you. The CAWES Group
Banner year for Community Foundation Some Bowen Island
Dear Editor, Thanks to the generosity of hundreds of islanders, 2016 was a banner year for the Bowen Island Community Foundation. Because of you, we raised about $180,000 in funds, a single year fundraising record for our community. It’s time to celebrate. We invite all islanders to our Annual General Meeting at Cates Hill Chapel, at 7 p.m. on Friday April 28. We’ll announce our grant recipients for 2017, and provide some appetizers and beverages as an expression of our appreciation for your collective support. We have more money to give this year thanks
to last year’s donations. Our endowed funds have expanded, allowing us to provide the community with $30,000 in grants in 2017, and two new scholarships of $2,500 each. In sum, community donations during our 2016 giving campaign resulted in an extra $5,000 in grants in 2017, and two new scholarships. And we’re hoping to do even better with our fundraising this year. But for now, it’s time to say thank you and well done! Join us at Cates Hill Chapel to raise a glass to our grant recipients and to celebrate our community. Board of the Bowen Island Community Foundation
Shika saying goodbye to marina pier Dear Bowen Island, As some of you may know, we have decided to sell Shika this year. It was a difficult decision, but we ultimately decided to focus on spending more time as a family. We have great memories of running Shika the last three summers and I’m grateful for the support of so many people of Bowen. It was an amazing way to meet people and be part of the island community. The Bowen Island Marina Pier is a special place, especially on a sunny, summer
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day and it was a dream to open a fun little take-out shop. We are sad to close our doors but we are so, so, excited for our close friends Branch & Robin to take over the space and keep the good vibes of the pier going by expanding their Branch 01 concept serving fun food, ice cream and a beautiful retail experience. We love living on Bowen and will be on the pier often soaking in the sunshine and enjoying the company of friends. Sincerely, Mitsumi Kawai
locals hurt by new vacant homes tax Dear Bowen Islanders, Seniors and professionals who mainly live on Bowen Island but maintain a small apartment in Vancouver are going to be badly stung by the new City of Vancouver bylaw that taxes “vacant” housing (defined as being used less than 180 days of the year) at one per cent of their appraised value annually. There are a number of legitimate reasons why people may continue to have a small Vancouver presence, including family, illness, specialist treatments, part-time work, academic commitments, etc. We are mobilizing against this punitive, indiscriminate
and retroactive application of the bylaw, meant to curb real estate speculation and increase rental housing availability. An inaugural meeting of the Unfair Vancouver Vacant Homes Tax Coalition was held on the Sunshine Coast March 8. Recruitment is critical. Mobilizing will take a number of forms including a presentation via city council to amend the bylaw, public protest, legal recourse, etc. If this tax applies to you unfairly, please contact rborkenhagen@ yahoo.com. Sincerely, Rainer Borkenhagen Gibsons, B.C.
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Saluting our young scientists Second house
bylaw up for final consideration
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The IPS science fair team spent three days at the Greater Vancouver Regional Science Fair last week presenting their work to judges, fellow participants, students from visiting schools, and the public. They also attended workshops in the school’s labs and toured around the campus. While there more than 300 students attending, the IPS students made an impact on the judges and came away with a number of awards and special prizes. Every year I am impressed by how the students conduct themselves and by the experiences have. They become a part of the scientific community and they are inspired by the guest speakers, leaders and other students that they meet over the week. It is an experience they will never forget. In the words of participant Harrison Cormier: It was a fantastic opportunity and it was great to have met professionals and like-minded peers that shared our passion for science and were eager to learn about our projects. Everything from wonderful
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Island Pacific School students at the Greater Vancouver Regional Science Fair. photo Pam Matthews
intellectual conversations with judges, to the the time spent touring the research laboratories of UBC made it a wonderful experience. Congratulations to Reid Mackenzie, Alex Ronczewski, Jett Witty, Joel West-Sadler,
Twyla Frid-Lotenberg, and Kira Farah for participating in this fantastic experience. Congratulations to Grace Calder for winning an honourable mention and a special prize for her project, to Jasmine Farah and Carmen
Shea for winning an honourable mention, to Fiona Mcinnes for winning a silver medal, and to Harrison Cormier for not only winning a gold medal but being chosen to attend the Canada Wide Science Fair in Regina in May!
‘Don’t shoot the dogs!’
Heather and the dogs. photo Ron Woodall RON WOODALL CARTOONIST
If not for the AK47s we would have some photos. So here we were, like every night, two old, old, codgers from Bowen Island in their ancient and infirm dust caked relic of an SUV, far up into the arroyo to run a dog who uses three legs. When we have driven as far up as we can, Charlie jumps out to run and Heather takes a little time to collect cactuses and desert flowers. I am inert, slumped down in the passenger seat with a Vanity Fair, absorbed with how tough it is to be Jennifer Lawrence. Suddenly, I am over-
whelmed with flashing from the massive rack of lights in front of me: Mexican police flashers are never turned off so you never know when you’re okay. This is just a local police car so any potential outback shakedown would be a small one, but how intimidating was this! Way up nowhere! A Mustang, it was, dull black with big white racing stripes. A battering bar up front, those lights. And inside, two massive Aztec heads. Heather had left the driver’s door open across the tire track path in the sand. Easy to drive around but they would wait until I had turned totally submissive before driving on.
The sun sets in an instant here so we decide to get out but not before steering into a little glade of scrub brush where Heather feeds a pack of Arroyo dogs. It’s a ritual. We stop, They’re waiting, some coming, all yapping, Heather opens the rear door where she keeps the big bag of dog food and treats and dumps them into plastic trays. This activity behind the bushes has drawn the interest of a truckload of Federales, the scary Mexican storm troopers, weaponized and in full battle gear. They swoop in and Heather yells, “Don’t shoot the dogs!” Honest. That’s what she yelled. At that instant, smelling a bust, a Mexican Army unit, another truckload joins the Federales in our big takedown. But a bare few seconds later, a candy apple red sedan, packed with young men, blows out of the canyon and they are quickly cut off, stopped, extricated and searched up against the hood, and with a wave, we are dismissed off to our little
casa up on the hill where we had earlier today been buzzed four times by Mexican marine choppers at close range. For the fifteen years we’ve come to Baja, we have taken comfort that the isolation and distance required to reach Los Cabos has kept it safe from the drug wars. But lately, the heileras have been showing up locally. These are the large ice coolers containing dismembered body parts and heads and always left in the centre of the tourist district, preferably in front of the police station. All those guns we saw are actually protecting us and also protecting the tourism income, Cabo’s only real source of revenue. In the past decade, there have only been three homicides here. None of these were gang killings. By contrast, the first two months of 2017 saw 37 cartel executions nearby. Tourists are pretty much unaware. These things happen in dark places (like our arroyo, maybe?) and police discover the body drops. From our deck, we can see three fairly new descansos, roadside shrines, candles alight, at the death sites of gangsters quite recently dispatched. We know there were executions there, on the beach. Still, we feel about as safe here as we would anywhere else these days. Except maybe Bowen Island.
On March 13, the council reduced the minimum eligible lot size from one acre to 0.9 of an acre. The public will have a final opportunity to comment on the proposed bylaws #413 and #414 on Monday April 24 at 7:00pm at the municipal hall. If the changes go forward as-is, the construction of a “detached suite” of up to 968 square feet will be allowed on lots that are 0.9 acres (0.36 hectares) in size. A sliding density scale would allow an increase in size of the secondary dwelling unit to a maximum of 1,230 sq. ft. on two acre or larger lots. The Bowen Island Eco-Alliance has been conducting a campaign to inform our members and the community about these draft bylaws and how they could be improved. We support the goal of the council’s proposals, to increase housing diversity, but we also believe the number of such dwellings should be limited to protect already established neighborhoods and to minimize negative social and environmental impacts. The municipal planner’s report asserts that currently there are about 780 residential properties that meet the minimum lot size requirement of 0.9 acres, and could therefore be eligible to build a detached suite. This figure however, does little to inform us about the number of detached suites there will be eventually, as properties are subdivided in the future. When “attached suites” were first permitted on the island in 2008, the planner of the day projected that eventually 20% of all principle residences would have an one, and this would equal about 600 such dwelling units. However, a recent planner’s report to municipal council asserts that currently there are only 27 attached suites on the island, and the potential impact of detached suites on the municipality’s water districts will therefore be minimal because the demand for them is likely to be similar to that for attached suites. But the municipality’s assumption about the number of existing attached suites is erroneous a the number surely represents only those dwelling units that were reported to the municipality as part of a formal building permit or renovation permit process. The bylaws that authorized attached suites do not have any requirement that such units be registered with the
municipality; and by far, the overwhelming majority of them are not registered. This is significant at a time when our local government is considering adding more residential development within the island’s watersheds and water management districts. The fact is that in the nine years since our municipal council took a handsoff approach to regulating attached suites, our global reality has changed: last year was the warmest ever measured on the planet, breaking the records set in 2015 and 2014. Bowen Island experienced a severe drought in the summer of 2015, and many observers wonder if the drinking water shortages and resulting lawsuits that are now occurring on Saltspring Island could occur here as well. This means that the municipality is unable to determine the potential environmental impact of the currently existing number of attached secondary suites because nobody knows how many there are. Meanwhile, the available research conducted to support the proposed new bylaws is lacking information about the number of detached suites that the bylaws will enable in the future. The unresolved issues around both forms of secondary dwellings must be tackled together. We recommend the following actions on this subject of vital community concern: 1) Require comment and approval from water district trustees before any second dwelling is approved on properties within a water district. 2) Require that both attached and detached suites be registered with the municipality; are inspected by the Coastal Health Authority; and notification is forwarded to the BC Assessment Authority. 3) Include a covenant on title of any property with a detached suite to prohibit future subdivision where not currently allowed. 4) Include a covenant on title to ensure that a detached suite cannot be used for short-term vacation rentals. 5) Ensure that one person in either the principle residence or the detached suite is authorized by the owner to manage the property, including dealing with any complaints of neighbours. Bowen Island Eco-Alliance directors: Luz Budzinski, Eric Sherlock, Jack Silberman, Jack Little, Paul Tennant See our website for more information: ecoalliance.ca
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Crippen Park’s historic orchard cottages
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In 1902, when Vancouver was 17 years old, its Terminal Steamship Company (TSSC) launched the 32-metre Britannia, with capacity of 300, to service the picnic grounds on its property around Snug Cove. Captain Cates had planted 300 fruit trees, laid 1500 metres of water pipe, brought in portable houses and erected a general store. He allowed camping and promoted group picnics. The summer excursion trade became so popular that by 1914 the TSSC had purchased three more ships, opened the Terminal Hotel on Mannion Bay, erected greenhouses, barns and stables, and built bridges and paths. In 1917, Cates advertised a 365-hectare park featuring picnic grounds with covered tables, a dance pavilion, a hotel dining room, and ‘refreshment parlors.’ In 1920, the Union Steamship Company bought and expanded the resort, building the largest dance pavilion in the province (with space for 800 couples), bungalows and two-room camp cottages (available only from May 1 to September 30), a band shell, and a new general store. It also enlarged the hotel and added a saltwater swimming pool, clay tennis courts and lawn bowling greens. In 1925, USSC purchased two converted mine sweepers, each with a capacity of 900 passengers, and then, the Lady Alexandra. The Lady Alex, with three decks, six staterooms, fine dining, hardwood dance floor, and capacity for 1400 passengers, was the biggest excursion carrier north of San Francisco. Two nights a week the ship was deployed for moonlight cruises when
The cottages in Snug Cove. Photo taken some time between 1920 and 1950 photo Bowen Island Museum and Archives the orchestra disembarked to continue playing at the dance pavilion. Yet it was the picnic grounds and the sandy beach at Mannion Bay that attracted the most passengers. Despite the economics of the 1930s, Bowen’s six picnic grounds were fully booked with 57,000 passengers to the island in 1931 when the population of Vancouver was less than 250,000. Events in August, 1934 included a swimming gala, field sports, Highland dancing and piping contests, a canoe race from English Bay, a lawn bowling tournament, and a masquerade dance. 101,000 visitors came in 1946 when
Vancouver’s population was still only 365,000. A large part of the traffic was group picnics. Over 70 groups held a picnic on Bowen – many annually. Large panoramic photographs illustrate how the picnics served as a social glue at a time when few Vancouverites had been born there, and remind us of how much has changed since the 1950s when companies last sponsored such events. One Saturday in July, 1951 more than 1,500 passengers representing Packinghouse Workers, the City Hall Employees Association, and the Vancouver Motor Employees Club arrived in Snug Cove. The next day, more than 1,000
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merry makers included the Canadian Legion’s Branch 44, Pacific Coast Packers, BC Fir and Cedar Lumber Company, and the United Jewish People’s Order. One of the largest annual events was for Spencer’s Department store: for its May 1939 moonlight cruise, carnival, and dance More than 1,000 people were piped aboard the Lady Alex by the Spencer’s Remnants Marching Band. The annual picnic for the Vancouver and District Waterfront Workers’ Association was even more impressive: during the 1930s it attracted up to 3,000 people; but 1953 finally marked the end of an era. There were
not enough profits to replace the aging fleet at a time when Vancouverites were taking advantage of W.A.C. Bennett’s highway construction to drive into the interior. The USSC cottages, although they continued to be fully booked, were offered for sale at a dollar each to anyone who would remove them in order to make room for development. Those in the Davies’ Orchard are tangible reminders of the crucially important role the USSC played in the history of Vancouver and the coast, as well as the very different nature of public recreation in the not-so-distant past, before – as Marshall McLuhan observed
– the automobile ruled as an instrument of social isolation. British Columbia boasts a number of official heritage sites that commemorate other industries: the fur trade (Fort Langley), mining (Barkerville), smelting (Britannia Beach), fishing (Gulf of Georgia Cannery), shipping (Vancouver Maritime Museum), shipbuilding (Britannia shipyard), agriculture (BC Farm Museum), ranching (O’Keefe ranch), and the railway (Revelstoke and Squamish). But there’s little to mark the history of the world’s largest (in terms of employment) and fastest growing industry. For example, there is little trace of the fact that Burnaby was once known as B.C.’s ‘motel capital.’ In Banff, however, Parks Canada has recently repurposed the longclosed Cave-and-Basin hot springs complex as a museum of tourism. And the Newcastle Island pavilion was restored by BC Parks as a relic of the popular resort operated by the CPR in competition with the USSC. Finally, still closer to Bowen, the heritage value of the old privately owned ski cabins in Cypress Provincial Park has been recognized by West Vancouver Heritage Achievement Awards in 2007 and 2011. Picnic grounds and panorama photos are evidence of group picnics, nevertheless the orchard cabins are more evocative of the longstanding desire to experience a temporary escape from the city, as well as of the unique role that steamships played in the development of a leisure culture on the West Coast. Metro Parks now has the opportunity to work with the Bowen community to restore what could become an important, unique, and popular heritage site.
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Japanese loggers at Rice Lake at mill. The boy holding the hilt of Japanese sword was Shigeo Kato, the only Japanese Canadian who was allowed to fight in 1941 while all others were barred. His father, Tosaku Kato was the boss/labour contractor for Japanese labourers in the camps. photo supplied North Vancouver Museum & Archives
Lost Japanese logging camp commemorated
Nikkei settlers stayed off the grid until 1942 internment BRENT RICHTER NORTH SHORE NEWS
Deep in the Seymour River Valley, in an area almost totally reclaimed by the forest, there rests the remnants of a mostly forgotten outpost of early Japanese settlers. On April 1, the 75th anniversary of internment of 20,000 Japanese-Canadians during the Second World War, the province officially commemorated the former logging camp as one of 56 sites across B.C. with significance to British Columbians of Japanese descent. The site was nominated for the distinction by Bob Muckle, a Capilano University professor and archeologist who led the excavation of the site. A log splashes into the water at the mouth of the Capilano River, with Japanese contractors in
the foreground, circa 1910. photo supplied North Vancouver Museum & Archives. “It’s the only one that’s ever been discovered like it, possibly in North America, insofar as it was laid out in a typical Japanese way,” he said. “As soon as I found out, I knew I was going to nominate this site because it’s quite unique and I don’t want it to be lost forever.” Muckle first pondered the location, about halfway between Rice Lake and the Seymour Dam, for a possible archeological dig after hearing about some items being found by one of the contractors working on paving the path that now runs through the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve. A 2003 test dig at the camp, which was already once forgotten and at risk of being forgotten forever, revealed Japanese artifacts
and the foundations of 12 buildings, enough for maybe 40 people – loggers, their wives and children. The settlers who built the village made sure it included structures important to their traditional way of life, including a communal bath house, gardens and an elevated platform that may once have been a Shinto shrine, Muckle found. The camp was likely built around 1919 when a nearby stand of trees was being cleared for lumber. But unlike most logging camps, this one appears to have remained a settlement, long after the last trees were cut around 1924. “What makes it more interesting and more significant is there’s pretty good evidence that they had sort of a secret occupation there ... probably until they were interned for World War Two,” Muckle said. Muckle’s hypothesis is based on the sheer number of things left behind and the condition they were left in. “There seems to be a
preponderance of personal items left behind – the kinds of things you wouldn’t expect to be left behind,” he said. Among the roughly 1,000 items retrieved and catalogued: sake and beer bottles from Japan, medicine bottles, clocks and pocket watches, teapots, buttons from clothing, cedar planks that once formed a road, coins dating back to the Meiji era, and hundreds of pieces of Japanese ceramics. “Most of them are in fairly good condition … which is another indication that people might have continued to live there,” Muckle said. There was also evidence that some items were deliberately hidden, including an expensive cook stove, which is consistent with what other Japanese-Canadians did at the time of internment, with the plan to later return to claim them. Muckle also has a theory as to why the families would choose to live somewhere so isolated – about an hour’s walk to the nearest sawmill.
“In that time, there was a lot of racism. ... People could have stayed there and maintained their own culture, with the bath house and the gardens and the shrine, with virtually no interference,” he said. Muckle doesn’t like to talk about the exact location. After his dig, Metro Vancouver offered to put a fence around the area but the professor urged them not to, worrying a fence would invite looting. Muckle has since presented his findings at the Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre in Burnaby and at the North Vancouver Museum and Archives, where Japanese-Canadians have been “astounded” to learn about the key role Japanese settlers played in B.C.’s early colonial days. “It’s important because so few people, including people of Japanese descent, know about the contributions of the Japanese in local logging particularly,” he said. “They were one of the dominant forces in the logging indus-
try. It’s the reason why a lot of Japanese came to British Columbia. Most people think of fishing and agriculture.” One of the researchers who has helped bolster Muckle’s research is Daien Ide, reference historian for the North Van archives, and a Canadian of Japanese descent. Ide welcomed the province’s recognition of the camp as a tribute to the people who lived and left their mark there, and a reminder of the racism that drove them out. “To me it does mean a lot ... I do get interested in seeing what different nationalities have done and how they came here, what brought them here, what they were able to do here under the circumstances of the time. To me, that just shows a strength of people you want to remember,” she said. “From the perspective of a Japanese-Canadian, it’s so we don’t forget, and we don’t let things like racism happen again.”
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Weather puts big damper on little league MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
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Construction started last week on the West Side Children’s Park at the bottom of the Arbutus Ridge development in Blue Water. A low rock wall was constructed and fill was added to make the children’s play park area level. The volunteer group building the park says the next step after the fill settles is to prepare for installation of the whale drum, low balance beam and log tunnel. These pieces of equipment and site preparation constitute the first phase of the park construction. Next weekend, May 6, volunteers will be helping to clear the remainder of the scotch broom on the site. Please come out for a fun, kid friendly afternoon and help make the first children’s park on Bowen a reality. The volunteers will meet at 11 a.m. at park site, hotdogs and cold drinks will be provided by donation.
The Bowen White Socks (AA Team) played the West Vancouver Yankees this weeked on Bowen Island. Shelby Jennings is at bat. photo Meribeth Deen
This year’s, Bowen Island Little League has two t-ball teams for players under the age of six, a farm team for kids aged 7 and 8, a Minor B team and a Double-A team. “There’s no Minor-A team, due to a lack of numbers, so a few nine-year olds have been bumped up,” says organizer Michelle Taylor. “You should be seeing our teams out on the baseball diamond every Saturday and Sunday, but it has been a lousy spring for baseball.” Taylor says that the season officially opened two weeks ago, but there is one team in town that has not even had a practice yet because of the weather. This coming weekend, Little League games have been scheduled for Saturday on Bowen, but have been moved to town on Sunday as the diamond will be occupied by the opening day of the Men’s Fast Pitch League.
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Bike park designer respects forest
Saturday April 22 Earth Day celebration at the Fitness Studio, 8:45 a.m., register through Bowen Rec.
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Scotch Broom clearing at West Side Children’s Park Meet at lower Arbutus Ridge, 11am
Monday April 24 Bowen island Garden Club speaker series presents Su Ricketts and Anna-Marie Atherton who will present topics titled “ A year of Gardening on Bowen Island and Creating a Deer Proof Garden.”
Sunday April 30 The Blanket Exercise, a reconciliation initiative, is scheduled to take place from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. This event will take place at the Gallery at Artisan Square.
SKY will have exercise at 9am, coffee at 9:45, Speakers Corner at 10am with Will Husby talking about bugs on Bowen. Yoga at 11:15
Tuesday May 2 Bowen Housing Network Think Tank Cates Hill Chapel, 7 p.m. Tiny Houses and more...
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Pat Podolski calls the forest his home away from home. “I’m a trail builder, so that’s where I spend most of my time,” he says. “Building pump tracks and mountain bike skills parks, that’s my side job. Usually, these are built beside a hockey arena or a parking lot. The site that’s been chosen for Bowen’s bike park is different as it is right in this beautiful forest with big cedars and douglas firs. With a lot of construction, things can get really messy, but my aim is to avoid that, the more sustainable the better.” Podolski’s company, Golden Dirt Trails, specializes in machine and hand built hiking and mountain bike trails. “I’ve been pushing for pump tracks for a long time,” he says. “And now, I have a six year old
A Year of Gardening on Bowen Island and How to Create a Deer Proof Garden On April 24, 2017 The Bowen Island Garden Club will showcase two local women, Anna-Marie Atherton and Su Rickett. Anna-Marie will reignite our gardening spirits with a visual retrospective of Gardening on Bowen Island in the past year and Su will offer us practical yet vital information on how to create a beautiful deer proof garden. As Anna-Marie says “After a long winter of little gardening (…and no, shoveling snow is not considered a gardening activity” it is refreshing to review our gardening highlights. Via a power point presentation Anna – Marie will highlight many of the club’s gardening activities in the past year such as garden tours, open gardens, our plant sale, off island tours and speakers as well as Island projects such as the Gateway project and the People, Plants and Places tour summer 2016.
Please join us at The Gallery at Artisan Square on April 24, 2017 at 1 PM for this both inspiring and educational presentation. “The activities, gardens and the people are what makes ‘grown on Bowen’ so special”- Anna-Marie Atherton. Members no charge, guests only $3.00.
Pat Podolski tests the soil at the site of the future Bowen Bike Park, behind the outdoor classroom at BICS. photo Jennifer Henrichson
Arts Council Seeks Gallery/Admin Assistant* Are you personable, interested in or currently studying the arts, arts administration, event coordination, marketing or communications? The Bowen Island Arts Council (BIAC) offers a great summer job working in a creative environment. Responsibilities include acting as a host at the Gallery @ Artisan Square, art sales, volunteer coordination and public relations, including social networking. The Student will assist with the presentation of art exhibits, receptions and other special events. He or she will help with event and program coordination, promotion, marketing and administration. An interest and/or background in arts, communications, media and working with the public is essential. We are looking for an individual
who is a self-starter, possesses excellent time management skills, is computer savvy and who can relate well to the public, volunteers and our members. The job runs for 35 hrs/week,Wed-Sun,for 16 weeks, beginning 10 May. The wage is $14/hour. Please submit a cover letter and resumé by email no later than Friday, April 28 to Jacqueline Massey, Executive Director, Bowen Island Arts Council: Isla C nd Arts admin@biac.ca. n Bowe
Su, a Bowen Island Garden Designer and Consultant, will discuss how to create a deer proof garden. She will share her experience and expert knowledge of plants that attract bees, birds and butterflies and that deter deer from favouring your garden on their buffet tour. She will address the best and most esthetically pleasing deer fencing to keep deer out of your garden and how to create privacy with plants that deer don’t like. She will also suggest products that deter deer. This discussion will be a “question and answer” format so please bring your questions to our meeting.
and a two year-old, so I see them as a really positive way in to the sport of mountain biking. They are low-impact and great for building skills.” He adds that his vision for the Bowen bike park includes an intermediate track for kids on pedal bikes, and a beginner track for smaller kids on their runner bikes. “It’ll be really nice in the trees, away from the glaring sun in the heat of the summer,” Podolski says. “Every time you make one of these things its different, but this one already has a nice rolling contour.” Podolski came to Bowen for his second site visit next week, but says before he delves fully into the design of the park, all site approvals will need to be completed. When the design is completed, that too, will need to be approved.
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Saturday April 29 Seedling Sale & Farmers Market at BICS 10-12 followed by BAA AGM & Gardeners’ Lunch Social 12-2pm
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A year of gardening on Bowen Island and how to create a deer proof garden Linda Barratt CONTRIBUTOR
On April 24, 2017, the Bowen Island Garden Club will showcase two local women, AnnaMarie Atherton and Su Rickett. Anna-Marie will reignite our gardening spirits with a visual retrospective of Gardening on Bowen Island in the past year and Su will offer us practical yet vital information on how to create a beautiful deer proof garden. As Anna-Marie says “ After a long winter of little gardening(…and no, shoveling snow is not considered a gardening activity” it is refreshing to review our gardening highlights. Via a power point presentation Anna –Marie will highlight many of the club’s gardening activities in the past year such as garden tours, open gardens, our plant sale, off island tours and speakers as well as Island projects such as the Gateway project and the People, Plants and Places tour sum-
mer 2016. Su, a Bowen Island Garden Designer and Consultant, will discuss how to create a deer proof garden. She will share her experience and expert knowledge of plants that attract bees, birds and butterflies and that deter deer from favouring your garden on their buffet tour. She will address the best and most esthetically pleasing deer fencing to keep deer out of your garden and how to create privacy with plants that deer don’t like. She will also suggest products that deter deer. This discussion will be a “question and answer” format so please bring your questions to our meeting. Please join us at The Gallery at Artisan Square on April 24, 2017 at 1 PM for this both inspiring and educational presentation. “The activities, gardens and the people are what makes ‘grown on Bowen’ so special”- Anna-Marie Atherton. Members no charge, guests only $3.00.
Bacterial overgrowth named as possible IBS trigger Dr. Alea Bell CONTRIBUTOR
April is IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) awareness month. IBS is a chronic, sometimes debilitating, digestive condition characterized by ABCDs – Abdominal pain, Bloating, Constipation and/ or Diarrhea. It is estimated that up to 20 per cent of Canadians suffer from IBS, however only about 40 per cent affected seek medical help. While it is still not certain what causes IBS, there is exciting new research about the link between bacteria overgrowth and IBS – a condition called SIBO (Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth). Last weekend, I attended a conference called the SIBO Symposium. The research has shown that as many as 60 per cent of people with IBS have SIBO. So what is SIBO? Simply put, it is an excess of bacteria overgrowth in the small intestine. Although bacteria naturally occur in the small intestine, the majority of bacteria reside in the large intestine. This bacterial overgrowth in the small intestine causes an increase in gas production, digestive discomfort, and interference with proper digestion and absorption, causing IBS symptoms. What are the symptoms of SIBO?
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bloating belching, flatulence abdominal pain, discomfort and cramping diarrhea, constipation or both food reactions GERD, heartburn malabsorption causing anemia and other vitamin deficiencies nausea, foods sits heavy in the stomach non-digestive symptoms may include: fatigue, anxiety, brain fog, depression, rosacea, autoimmune disease, arthritis and restless leg syndrome
Note: A person with SIBO does not need to have all of these symptoms. How is SIBO diagnosed and treated? SIBO diagnosis involves a non-invasive breath test, and treatments include individualized anti-microbial treatments, dietary changes to help eradicate bacteria, and treatments to improve intestinal motility. If you have been suffering with any type of digestive ailment, such as IBS, and you’re looking for a long-term solution, I welcome you to contact me. Dr. Alea Bell, ND is co-founder of Bowen Island Naturopathic & Acupuncture Clinic in Artisan Square. Book at binac.janeapp.com/ or contact 778-891-0370.
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Get grounded on Earth Day Denise Richard
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Come and join Denise Richard, Shasta Martinuk and Brian Hoover for a free Earth Day event offering a playful two-hour celebration of our island’s beauty and creative joy. This event is in support of an awareness of what sustains the order of our good land. Grand Master Victor Fu of the ancient Tai Chi Fu Lineage will open this event with the Yin Pakua. This engages our health and awareness in an ancient circular type walk that teaches respect for the earth. Facilitated by elders with a good understanding of native power, this event will also include grounding exercises with Denise Richard, song and rhythm play with Shasta Martinuk and Brian Hoover. This event will take place on April 22 at the Fitness studio, starting at 8:45 a.m. Please pre-register at Bowen Community Recreation. All are welcome to join us afterwards for a community lunch potluck at Grafton Commons.
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INVITES YOU TO OUR ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING The Bowen Island Community Foundation’s AGM is an opportunity for us to thank our donors and supporters and showcase how philanthropy builds community. We will announce successful grant recipients, introduce the Foundation’s new Board members, Administrator and Ambassadors. Come and share stories of the successes you have helped us achieve over the past year and learn what is being planned for 2017. Please join us in celebration of community!
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Local chocolatier has taste for theatre MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
Carlos Vela-Martinez is in the Ensemble and plays multiple roles in Anything Goes, but his main role is in the Sailor’s Quartet. Photo Tim Matheson
This week co-owner of Bowen Island’s Cocoa-West and sculptor Carlos VelaMartinez is wrapping up the Royal City Musical Theatre Production of Anything Goes in New Westminster. This gig follows his first ever attempt at acting, after taking the role of lead male with North Shore Light Opera Society’s production of The Merry Widow last winter. “I started singing under Lynn Williams, and then went on to study at the VSO School of Music,” says Martinez. “When it comes to acting, I’ve realized that there’s an analytical part of the job that I really love: thinking about the character and how he might respond to a situation, analyzing the text, working with the other performers to figure out how it’s all going to work.” The other thing he says he enjoys about his burgeoning musical theatre career is the opportunity to learn new skills. “For this show I had to learn to tap-dance,” says Martinez. “For the previous show I was in, I learned to waltz. I have a background in taekwondo, so I figured,
I’m in reasonably good shape and have good control of my body. Basically I went with having faith in myself, and it seemed to have worked out. I had some moments of panic, but I learned what I needed to learn.” Martinez says that having taken on a behind-the-scenes role at Cocoa-West has allowed him the flexibility to pursue his new-found passion for musical theatre. “And of course none of this could have happened without Joanne,” he says of his wife, chocolatier Joanne Mogridge. “All the rehearsals for Anything Goes have been in New Westminster, ending at 11 p.m. so I’ve had to stay in my parents’ place in Yaletown. Joanne just said, ‘we’ll make it work.’ And we have.” When Anything Goes wraps up, Martinez is on to an eight-week project with an opera ensemble with the VSO School of Music. “We’ll be doing excerpts and scenes from various operas, and there will be one performance at the end,” he says. “Along with that, I am hoping to co-produce a oneact opera with one of the other performers, probably Mozart.”
Jude Neale visits Chelsea during her month-long sojourn in the UK. photo submitted
Bowen poet oversees U.K. publication of new book MERIBETH DEEN EDITOR
Poet Jude Neale has spent the bulk of April in the U.K. to oversee the publication of her latest work, Splendid in Silence, with SPM Publications. “It is so amazing to finally see this book of three years work come to fruition,” says Neale. “The printers spelled my name wrong, so it had to go back for a re-print. Now I’ve got it though, so the purpose of my journey has been fulfilled.” For the month, Jude and her partner Paul Hooson are living on a narrow-boat on the Thames at Kew Gardens. They take the train to London every day, she says, and go to galleries, museums, book stores and flea markets. “Every step is a step is a journey into Britain’s past,” Neale says. “We spent one day at Westminster Abbey, always drawn back to Poet’s Corner. It’s amazing to me now that I’m being published in England where I’m once again reminded of the venerable writers who have woven Britain’s literary tapestry. I feel honoured and just a little bit proud to be published here!”
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1 PARCEL OF Recreational /Grassland - Francois Lake, BC. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, May 2 in Prince George. 229.8 +/- title acres on two titles. Jerry Hodge: 780-7066652. Realtor: Tom Moran (PREC) - Re/Max Dawson Creek Realty; rbauction.com/realestate.
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OUT OF TOWN PROPERTY 1 HOME Parcel - Prince George, BC. Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers Unreserved Auction, May 2 in Prince George. 344.742 +/- title acres. 165 +/- cultivated acres. 980 +/- sq. ft. mobile home plus additions. Jerry Hodge: 780-706-6652. Realtor: Tom Moran (PREC) Re/Max Dawson Creek Realty; rbauction.com/realestate. GULF ISLAND FARM. 4 BR/3 BA, 2 Sunrooms, 2 Car Garage, 5 Ac. Ocean view fully serviced GABRIOLA Island, BC. Orchard, Horse Stables, Paddocks, Riding Ring. $850,000 www.explorethemaples.ca
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Kids in the crowd were invited in to race alone or with parents in the stick horse race. Rowan needed a little encouragement from his dad, Ben, to make it over the finish line. photos John Dowler
Trish and Levi in the Keyhole Race in which the riders have to run into a narrow opening into a small circle, spin around, and come straight back without stepping on the boundaries, all while being timed.
Young riders show off skills TRISH SEABERLY CONTRIBUTOR
On Easter Sunday Bowen Island horse owners and the Riders Association hosted Easter with horses at the meadow. We had 10 horses and over 20 riders participate. In the open division we have riders who can independently ride a horse. Novice riders are working towards independence, but still need some help. Mini Riders walked/galloped around the course, just like the open and novice division, but with a hobby-horse. These games included Barrels, pole bending, keyhole, egg and spoon and ride a buck. Riders work on the tight turns and control around the barrels and through the poles. A rider wants to minimize the time it takes for
each game. Balance and smooth riding help for egg and spoon. Ride a buck shows how well you keep your leg on the horse! Congratulations to Addison Purdy and Marley Behm for taking home the cash! Lenya Dowler on Kodo-Open Highpoint and Trinity Paulus for Open Reserve Highpoint. Levi Seaberly won Novice Highpoint and Addison Purdy was novice reserve Highpoint. We hope to host more events like this to encourage more of our mini Riders and our current ones to develop a bond with these amazing animals, please support our local horse club. We will be holding events on the last Sunday of each month. Please come and join us. For more information on upcoming events join our Facebook Group (Our website is currently under construction.) Please join BIHORA!
Marli, Monika and Mars in the final assembly of horses, riders and leaders during the keyhole race.
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