Cumberland BC: The Cumberlander Articles Section
Chinatown · 14th October 2009
Grace Doherty
Picnic Shelter Update
Over the past few months, Coal creek Historic Park Advisory Committee members have worked to ready the site of the proposed picnic shelter in Cumberland's Chinatown. With the help of Village of Cumberland Public Works staff, brush has been cleared and removed and the approximate siting of the shelter marked.
In the attached photo, the dirt road visible on the left is Hai gai or Lower Street and the path winding off to the right, Shan gai or Upper Street. Shan gai has recently been cleared of fallen saplings and brambles to allow easy access all the way to the hill at the far end where a statue of Kwan Kung was once housed in a temple.
If you look closely you can see the remains of an old fire hydrant (minus top) between two rocks under the fir tree on the left. The wooden easel in the foreground was built and installed by John Leung and holds a photo of model of the proposed picnic shelter.
Over the past few months, Coal creek Historic Park Advisory Committee members have worked to ready the site of the proposed picnic shelter in Cumberland's Chinatown. With the help of Village of Cumberland Public Works staff, brush has been cleared and removed and the approximate siting of the shelter marked.
In the attached photo, the dirt road visible on the left is Hai gai or Lower Street and the path winding off to the right, Shan gai or Upper Street. Shan gai has recently been cleared of fallen saplings and brambles to allow easy access all the way to the hill at the far end where a statue of Kwan Kung was once housed in a temple.
If you look closely you can see the remains of an old fire hydrant (minus top) between two rocks under the fir tree on the left. The wooden easel in the foreground was built and installed by John Leung and holds a photo of model of the proposed picnic shelter.