If you’re planning a trip from Squamish to Gibsons this summer, a new museum exhibit might be of interest.
The Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives has launched Fixed, a new feature exhibit exploring the community conversation about creating a permanent, drivable link from the mainland to the Sunshine Coast.
Known today as a “fixed link,” the community has been talking about building a road to Squamish since the 1950s, around the same time that car ferries were introduced to the Sunshine Coast.
The exhibit will explore the history of transportation on the Sunshine Coast, the introduction of the first car ferry and the conversation observed in local newspapers from the 1950s to present. The exhibit will also feature the latest report that highlights two possible connections: the Anvil Island bridge and the road to Squamish.
The exhibit will coincide with the release of the Sunshine Coast Fixed Link feasibility final report, which is slated for this summer.
To celebrate the launch of Fixed, the Museum hosted an event last month in collaboration with adventure storytelling group Boldly Went.
The night kicked off with a talk by Geoff Breckner, the trail builder responsible for the Squamish to Sunshine Coast Trail.
Breckner has been working for many years to create a biking/hiking fixed link to the Coast by connecting historic logging roads and building trails in the wilderness north of Salmon Inlet. He spoke about the success and challenges of pioneering a 75-plus-kilometre trail that will allow users to travel from Squamish to the Sunshine Coast – a fixed link of a different sort.
See sunshinecoastmuseum.ca or call 604-886-8232 for more information.
– Submitted by Matthew Lovegrove
