Derby
Crew Member
As Reported by: BCFDF Area rep-Shane Bradley
There were a number of meetings with CVRD, Parks and DFO about the issues with the boat launches at the Sandy Pools site and Vimy Road. The old launch at Sandy Pools had access blocked by three trees which needed to be removed and some of the surrounding rocks. The old site was becoming an obvious safety issue. The Vimy Road site needed to have some larger material dumped to allow for less of a gradient and cover up the can-opener type rock that was visible.
I was able to find someone to supply a machine for the work required and I managed to get in contact with Sean Creally from Aardvark Backhoe, a local fisherman from Cowichan valley, who was more than happy to help out. Sean Creally also has a lot of local knowledge which helped to make this project a success. He supplied a covered gravel truck and PC70 Kamatsu track backhoe and donated some labour as well. A local faller helped out with falling the three trees and bucking them up.
This all took place on September 20 with the combined effort of all parties. We now have an awesome new boat launch just a little ways downstream from the old one with one more gate (same key). The new launch is more user-friendly and has a nice ¾” crush gravel road down to the sandy beach. Thank you to all involved for a job well done. Ryan Dias, CVRD, and Tracey Lowery, from Parks, were great to deal with in putting this all together. Please consider Aardvark Backhoe if you need any septic or backhoe work in the south island area. You can reach Sean at Aardvarkseptic@shaw.ca or pgr 250-743-4214
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There were a number of meetings with CVRD, Parks and DFO about the issues with the boat launches at the Sandy Pools site and Vimy Road. The old launch at Sandy Pools had access blocked by three trees which needed to be removed and some of the surrounding rocks. The old site was becoming an obvious safety issue. The Vimy Road site needed to have some larger material dumped to allow for less of a gradient and cover up the can-opener type rock that was visible.
I was able to find someone to supply a machine for the work required and I managed to get in contact with Sean Creally from Aardvark Backhoe, a local fisherman from Cowichan valley, who was more than happy to help out. Sean Creally also has a lot of local knowledge which helped to make this project a success. He supplied a covered gravel truck and PC70 Kamatsu track backhoe and donated some labour as well. A local faller helped out with falling the three trees and bucking them up.
This all took place on September 20 with the combined effort of all parties. We now have an awesome new boat launch just a little ways downstream from the old one with one more gate (same key). The new launch is more user-friendly and has a nice ¾” crush gravel road down to the sandy beach. Thank you to all involved for a job well done. Ryan Dias, CVRD, and Tracey Lowery, from Parks, were great to deal with in putting this all together. Please consider Aardvark Backhoe if you need any septic or backhoe work in the south island area. You can reach Sean at Aardvarkseptic@shaw.ca or pgr 250-743-4214
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