A Covered Bridge in Steveston Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 6/9/2014
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

A remnant of a bygone motoring era in Steveston when the C.P.R. vessel "Motor Princess" sailed between Steveston and Sidney on Vancouver Island.

For almost 30 years the C.P.R. ferry transported passengers and vehicles between Steveston and Sidney on Vancouver Island.

In 1928 C.P.R. built a dock at the south end of 7th Avenue in Steveston.Service to Sidney on Vancouver Island started in the summer of 1929. The dock and loading facility was located on the north bank of the Fraser River on the south side of the dyke. The vehicle holding area was located between Chatham Street and Moncton Street and was connected to the dock by a ramp spanning a ditch between the parking area and the top of the dyke. The C.P.R. operated the ferry "Motor Princess" between Steveston and Sidney from the summer of 1929 until the late 1950s. Service was regularly interrupted or delayed by fog, currents, flooding, freeze ups and heavy river traffic.

The B.C. government of the day under W.A.C. Bennett recognizing the need for continuous ferry service between Vancouver and Vancouver Island would mandate the British Columbia Ferry Authority on July 18, 1958 to take over ferry operations. Construction of the Tswassen Ferry terminal commenced in 1959 and sailings took place in 1960. This spelled the end of the C.P.R. ferry service between Steveston and Sidney.

Over the years the dock and vehicle park area have changed considerably. One of the unchanged structures was the steel plate ramp leading up from the vehicle area to the top of the dyke. The old rusty bridge spanning the ditch was left to be overtaken by brambles and tall grass. In the early 2000s the City of Richmond was undertaking a program of enclosing the ditches of Richmond with concrete culverts. In late 2000 the bridge was still visible but a few years later the ditch under the bridge was replaced with a concrete culvert and covered over. The City of Richmond did not remove the bridge but back filled all around it until there were just a couple of steel riveted girders visible. And so we come to the cache location and the naming of the cache

 

Thank you to Frank at The Steveston Coffee Co. on Moncton Street in Steveston for supplying the FTF three (3) free coffee card.
 

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