BC Wagonmaster Field Trips for 2006/2007
Check out the Tools page for a description of the tools needed for many of the field trips
The following is the list of trips proposed for 2008:
March 15 ( Saturday ) Harrison Lake fossils.
Up the west side of Harrison Lake are some clam and belemnite fossils
available for collecting. The clam fossils are plentiful, and are just
about “all-you-can-carry”…..belemnites not so plentiful.
Tools are usual clothing, hammers, and larger boulder cracking hammers,
and chisels if you have them to bring. Bring a lunch/snack and your
camera!
Meeting place is the parking lot of the Sasquatch Inn at 9:00AM.
This is on Highway #7 at the town of Harrison Mills. This is west of
Agassiz. ***DO NOT GO TO THE TOWN OF HARRISON LAKE**** The Sasquatch
Inn is precisely at the exit to the Hemlock Valley Ski area.
If you don’t know how to find this, please consult a map!
The location is some 30+ KM off of the main highway on gravel
backroads, fully passable by cars. Please have ample fuel, and some
snacks & beverages.
The leader for this trip is Gord Pinder from Maple Ridge club, 604-870-4779
April 27th Nicomen Plateau,
Shaw Springs area: Located between Lytton, and Spences Bridge.
This area is many square miles of volcanic area with agates sprinkled
around. Bring your hammer, cracking hammer, squirt bottle, food, and
appropriate clothing & footwear. Again, all vehicles should have no
trouble navigating the backroads, and some people camp out in the area.
The meeting place is the Lytton Esso on highway #1, at 10:00AM
The leader for this trip is David Hunter, 604-826-5303
As always, the trips may be changed, or due to weather or road
conditions may be cancelled at the last minute. Please check the BC
Lapidary Society web site for updates!
Summer Camp
Stuart River Campgrounds,
Fort St. James, BC
August 3 - 8, 2008
Fort St. James is located on the south-eastern shore of Stuart Lake, at
the head of the Stuart River, 160 kilometres northwest of Prince George
on Highway 27, off Highway 16 just west of Vanderhoof. One of the
province's oldest communities, it originated as a trading post,
established in 1806 by Simon Fraser for the North West Company. In 1821
it was taken over by the Hudson's Bay Company...
Tail-Gate Sale:
Last September we organized a Tail-Gate sale, originally planned to be
held at the parking lot of the Hastings Community Center. Due to the
Vancouver Civic Strike, the Hastings Community Center was closed…..so,
I moved the Tail-Gate sale to a Burnaby community center, which just
happened to be having their own Tail-Gate sale anywhere….
We had about 14 club members bring items out for the Tail-Gate sale,
and we assisted in filling 41 of the 42 dealer spaces at the center. A
big thank you to everyone who brought out items to sell! I’m calling
this a success for a first time event, and I will organize another one
for either the spring of 2008, or again in September, maybe both! I
apologize if anyone missed the event due to the change of location.
As it turns out, the logistics of using the Burnaby center might work
out in our favor. They have multiple events like this each year, and
they asked us to participate in their ”craft” oriented sale. They
provided some people to bring out tables, and they managed the parking
lot security and directing of traffic. The center had a food vendor ,
plus washrooms, handy for both the buyers, and the vendors!
More info to follow.
Harley
ALWAYS CALL TO CONFIRM TRIPS. SEE CONTACT LIST BELOW
BC Wagonmasters - Harley Waterson: harley.waterson@hp.com
Lapidary Society of B.C. has a web site at http://www.lapidary.bc.ca/
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