Historic Kinsol Trestle
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2010 Centennial
Kinsol Trestle Timeline 1910 -- Mackenzie and Mann, promoters of the Canadian Northern Pacific Railway, contracted to build Vancouver Island line from Sidney through Victoria to Barkley Sound. 1911 -- Sod-turning ceremony staged in February. 1914 -- By this time some 700,000 feet of timber had been cut and stacked ...
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A view from the top-Kinsol "Gateway" for Cowichan ...
'Our wilderness to the rest of the world is the wonder...'
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Footprints left behind....
With the Premier's cash in the bank,it has been announced that the CVRD is about to receive another shot in the arm for the Kinsol program. The Ministry for Economic Development has recieved an application for a $600 000 dollar amount to see the bridge repaired or replaced.This will bring ...
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Boulevard Magazine Report
As interesting as the idea was to have the Kinsol Trestle featured in a great local publication,the real news as portrayed remains unchanged.The opportunity to have the real story of future recreational features was lost in the generic facts packaged in deadline green. To date, the CVRD are going through ...
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Heritage week is coming up. But why wait?
What is it that our governments, regional, municipal, provincial and federal, don’t–won’t– can’t seem to understand about heritage? They treat it like it’s an illegitimate child, a nuisance to be slipped a crumb from time to time (usually in response to direct pressure from the community) but otherwise to be ...
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Kinsol Trestle gets Financial Support from Province
It seems as though the province is finally getting on board the Kinsol Trestle program. Friday, the Premier announced further funding of $1.6 million towards the demolition and reconstruction of the 80-year old trestle. These funds will further the $1.5 million plus the sale proceeds of scrap lumber from the ...
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International Restoration Team Focused on Kinsol
This past week the internationally acclaimed restoration firm, Macdonald & Lawrence, has shown interest in working to preserve the Kinsol Trestle. While they plan for a journey back to Antarctica to restore world heritage exploration huts, they can't help but look over their shoulders (they now reside here)at the Ministry ...
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Kinsol Trestle 1950-photo courtesy of Dave Whitehead/John Luton, ...
The Kinsol is special as it features a 7 degree curve over a low level Howe truss. Immense ,at 145 ft tall and over 600ft in length it is engineering at its finest. From 1920 to 1979 it is said that 5 billion board feet of timber was brought to ...
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CVRD Open House, Sept. 22, 2006
Did you know that the Great Northern Railway built the Kinsol Trestle? I didn't either, until Friday when I and seven others attended the first of the CVRD's two-day Open House at the Kinsol Trestle.
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The Historic Kinsol Trestle, Cowichan Valley, Southern Vancouver ...
Save the Kinsol Trestle. One of the largest wooden trestles in the world (125 feet high, 615 feet long) this seven-tiered railway bridge spans the Koksilah River at mile 51 on the abandoned Cowichan Lake extension of the C.N.R, west of Shawnigan Lake. The trestle was built in 1921 as ...
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Kinsol Trestle Talk, Cowichan Valley Museum, Aug. 2, ...
I should tell you that I feel "fated" to be here tonight. But before I do that, I would like to ask how many of you have seen the Kinsol Trestle? >From the north end? From the south? From both ends?
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KINSOL TRESTLE UPDATE, Sept. 19, 2006
Coming to a Kinsol Trestle near you| The CVRD will host their two-day open house at the north end of the Kinsol Trestle, this Friday and Saturday (Sept. 22nd and 23rd), 11:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Access is from Riverside Road, via Koksilah Road, Cowichan Station.
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On the road again...
Our Dave Pollock drove up from Victoria today to give a great 30-minute presentation at a luncheon (I recommend the Silver Bridge Inn's curry on rice and pumpkin pie) hosted by the Duncan Rotary Club. He and Rotary president Dr. Bill Code had met previously at the Trestle during the ...
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Emily Carr is alive and well
If you don't think that B.C.'s foremost artist and character is still kicking up her heels, make a date with the north end (Riverside Road) of the Kinsol Trestle for 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12th. The press and television crews are expected to be on hand to cover Molly Raher ...
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Kinsol Trestle today
A small part of the massive structure seen from river level. The six Howe Truss frames and great size are what make the trestle unique. The silence of this beautiful river valley will soon be reverberating with the sounds of cyclists and pedestrians crossing above on the Trans Canada Trail.
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A most memorable experience
Was that which yours truly and Dave Pollock shared with former CNR engineer Ralph Morris of Calgary. Two weeks ago, while visiting family in Victoria, he arranged to meet with us for a tour of the Kinsol Trestle, whose maintenance and repair had been his responsibility in the 1970s. He ...
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It was a full house
At the Cowichan Valley Museum's open house, Wednesday night, when a sizeable crowd attended the 'Kinsol in Crisis' summer-long exhibit. Among those in attendance was well-known railway historian Elwood White, who hosted a popular slide show at the museum a month ago. He presented curator Kathryn Gagnon with an enlarged ...
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Trans Canada Trail Regional Park
We at the CVRD have been working hard in conjunction with a number of partner organizations to develop the Trans Canada Trail Regional Park here in our community. Read on to discover more.
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If the community says the Kinsol trestle is ...
And speaking of being crystal clear, editor John McKinley's Sunday editorial in The Pictorial certainly told the CVRD that, despite any expressed beliefs to the contrary made at a recent board meeting by administrator Frank Raimondo, the CVRD had "better make it your business and soon. (John) Horgan has made ...
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Trestle demolition delayed as groups mull restoration options
The Kinsol Trestle has been making plenty of local press lately, including almost a full page in the June 28th issue of the Cowichan Valley Citizen, and two smaller articles in both the Citizen and The Pictorial following that Wednesday’s meeting of the CVRD’s regional services board meeting. Better yet, ...
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The CVRD
Will discuss the Kinsol Trestle at next Wednesday's (Sept. 13th) regular meeting. Apparently their planned open house, to be staged at the Kinsol Trestle, is still in the works. We'll keep you informed.
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Heritage Minister Olga Ilich visits the Kinsol Trestle
In The Pictorial, Peter Rusland reported on last week's visit to the Kinsol by John Horgan, Juan de Fuca-Malahat MLA, B.C. Heritage Minister Olga Ilich and (representing the CVRD), North Cowichan Mayor Jon Lefebure. Horgan stated afterward that Ms. Ilich would "have her officials look at what (provincial) pots of ...
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Also speaking of museum events
The CVM's Trestle Building Competition for children is rapidly approaching. To quote the brochure: "Hey, kids! Create a miniature railway trestle inspired by the Valley's very own Kinsol Trestle!" For further details, check with Kathryn as shown above. |
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