Gateway to the 2010 Trail

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This stunning aerial image -courtesy of Don Fern -clearly shows the impressive span over the Koksilah river. If you look carefully you can see people on the trail-wishing they could cross. Much of this monolithic structure's deck is hidden among the trees while only 15% needs replacement from the fire of 1993 . There is a strong movement afoot to revive the Kinsol to its former glory for 2010.
The Kinsol trestle, will draw people in the same way that Chemanus murals and covered bridges in eastern Canada do.The railway is of national significance. Gordon Lightfoot recorded The Canadian Railroad Trilogy and sang of our heritage and of the significant crossing of our nation with steel. This was completed on Vancouver Island not 5 miles from the Kinsol at Cliffside. The Kinsol trestle will become the cornerstone of the Cowichan Valley Recreational Trail