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Volunteer - Southwest Region Only Lower Mainland, Fraser Valley, Chilliwack
River Valley, Silverhope River Valley, and the Coquihalla Region
What can you do?
We need volunteers for many tasks and
roles. Some of these are: public relations, marketing, engineering,
helping at events, geotechnical services, trail building, trail building
supervision, surveying, administration work, presenting to schools,
presenting to clubs, site research and documentation, organizing or helping
with trail activities, machine operator with machine, obtain 'in-kind'
services and goods for trail building, fund raising etc.
Join our
Email volunteer list. By submitting your Email to this list, you
will receive from announcements requesting volunteers, as needed, for
specific tasks or positions.
Alice Jensen, Keith Ross, Linda Lebrun -
Matsqui, 2001
Keith Ross putting up Carsonite signs -
Chilliwack River Valley, September, 2001
Brian Simons with the Catch 22 crew at
Tamihi, January, 2002
Dave Knight and Kelly Koome working on
Paleface Trail Sept 21, 2002
Cam Wingrove, Don Reid, Mike Willman, Heinz Boem, Larri Woodrow, and
Bill Kirkness on the Upper Silverhope and Hicks Connector trail,
October, 2001.
Léon Lebrun and Kelly Koome inspecting the Larson Bench Trail created by
an Aboriginal Crew, August, 2002
Bill Archibald, Pat Archibald, Jo Olson,
Sherman Olson - Matsqui, 2001
Keith Ross, Bill Kirkness, Don Reid --
Chilliwack Lake, Fall 2001
Don Reid our resident logger and engineer,
Tamihi Trail, January, 2002
Bud McKay working on Paleface Trail Sept 21,
2002
Jack Harder working on the Paleface Trail, September 21,
2002
Brian Simons, Bud McKay, Jack Harder, Wayne Gannon, Carol
McKay, Don Reid, Interfor sign, Upper Silverhop, September 21, 2002
Abbotsford Ski-Swap - Nov/2
Léon Lebrun, Jo and Sherman Olson
Coquihalla Summit, September 28, 2002
From left to right Jack Harder, Bev Kaiser, Linda
Lebrun, Murphy Shewchuk, Lorraine Harder, Don Reid, Terry Fizzel,
Gerry Sanford, Laura Gannon, Ted Butt, Wayne Gannon, Brian Simons
Laura Gannon putting the final touches on the KVR grade.
Lorraine Harder - What am I drinking?
Bev Kaiser - Such hard work requires the shedding of
clothes.
Terry Fizzel - I wonder how far I could pitch this fallen
alder.
Jack Harder - Is there anything that beats water after
all that grubbing?
Gerry Sanford, Brother to Barrie Sanford author of
McCulloch's Wonder, keeping up the support for the KVR
Linda Lebrun - Hard work needs a break.
Murphy Shewchuk, Trails BC president and author of trail
books hard at work.
Ted Butt - Those guys on the chainsaws sure keep me busy.
Bill Kirkness - Oh, for a stick of dynamite!!!
Wayne Gannon - I just love being on the KVR!
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Bud and Carol Mckay, taking a break building the trail between Portia
and Shylock parallel to the Coquihalla Highway - October , 2002
Jack Harder, Ted Butt, Brian Simons, and Kelly Koome,
taking a break building the trail between Portia and Shylock parallel to
the Coquihalla Highway - October , 2002
Aboriginal Crew work campsite in the Chilliwack River
Valley in the Larson Bench vicinity
Crew Members: Michael Hunt (Supervisor - centre), Michael Jack, Neil
Rathje, and Delbert Reid
They worked for 12 weeks on what is now an excellent 6 km section of
trail.
Volunteers, Jack Harder, Wayne Gannon, Bud McKay, Don Reid, Kelly
Koome, Brian Simons (not in photo David Knight, Léon Lebrun, Carol
McKay),
- the deliberation, the execution, and the conquest of
removing a large stump in Paleface Pass September 21, 2002.
