Arsonists plead guilty

Three 21-year-olds plead guilty to burning down cabin

This is a follow-up to the previous post

Still does not replace the iconic cabin :(

arsonists surrender

Three suspects in Pitt Lake cabin arson turn themselves in to Coquitlam RCMP after surveillance video images are publicized by media

Three arson suspects turn themselves in, says Coquitlam RCMP

UPDATE: Coquitlam arson suspects turn themselves in

This was the cabin that was on the top of the bank, almost a landmark on the way to the Widgeon beach campground.  This area was at one time a small community of homesteaders, loggers, and people wanting seclusion, very little left to remind people of the past in this area.

Screen grab of lower Pitt Lake,  from Google Earth showing the location of the destroyed cabin

New addition to Widgeon Marsh Park reserve

No coal for Xmas for this park, a new, small additon of 8 hectares, bought from a private landholder.
 Media Release from Metro Vancouver
Warning (PDF). Nice to see these types of properties preserved in some way; so little of it remains.

Burke and Widgeon, a hiker's guide

A local hiker Lyle Litzenberger has recently published a book about Burke and Widgeon Creek areas.

Newspaper article:  Burke, by the book

      Burke and Widgeon   a hiker's guide
          Lyle Litzenberger
             pebblestone publishing 2013
                  ISBN  0981125808, 9780981125800

And a dedicated website for the book: BurkeandWidgeon

Buy the book information

Long overdue, I hope that this book is widely read and enjoyed.

Plane crash

On Monday the 15th of October, a Cessna 172 crashed into Pitt Lake, with the loss of one of the two occupants.

One man dead, another hospitalized after float plane crashes into Pitt Lake


Flight instructor was victim of Pitt Lake float-plane crash,
Student released from hospital after escaping from wreckage

Grant Narrows

 From the Georgia Strait;  In the Grant Narrows wilds, it's another world
Time will tell how the new ownership goes.

Sheridan Hill quarry expansion planned

LaFarge, Canada; wants to expand their quarry even further, check out the website put up by the locals. The way it is going, a name change for the hill will be needed in the future.