Member Report
Pinawa Trail
Material Topping on Seven Sisters Trail Tread
We purchased extra Abase topping ( purchased with Trails MB funds ) and used buggies from Sustainable Development ( Parks Branch in Nutimik ) and paid a skid steer to load them .
When the terrain is difficult to reach with machines – take to the air !
The TCT Spring Tune-up grant and some Manitoba Trails Maintenance grant money enabled us to spread topping on tread that was pretty inaccessible by any other means ! Luckily , we contacted
Provincial Helicopters just before the 2019 fire season got underway and managed a great deal with an excellent pilot and crew that were very adept at getting material into some very tight spots !
Thanks to an excellent ground safety crew in all directions on the trail , all was carried out safely ( photos courtesy of Frank Walton and Derrek Owen ).
Benches
Lovely benches were fabricated by Steve and deployed at three locations on the trail , Willis Trailhead Smokey Bear Park boundary and the Mud Dam .
Suspension Bridge signage
Half of the work was getting these heavy benches to their locations by bike ! Despite having chained them to trees , 2 of the 3 have been stolen , the thieves even cut a 5-inch diameter tree to take one ! A testament to how nice they were and how skilled our volunteer craftsmen are … but disheartening to put in the effort and cost of the lumber , hardware , chain and locks !!
Large cedar posts with directional / wayfinding signage and regulatory signage in the Parking Lot was covered partially by a TCT Interpretive Signage Installation , a TCT Suspension Bridge grant and the LGD of Pinawa installed all the posts . Thanks to Dennis Graham our local guru carpenter for making the post tops fancy and Steve for installing all the signage .
Richardson Signage
Thanks to a TCT Interpretive Signage Installation grant , 16 new interpretive signs were chosen for relevancy and installed .
Thanks to Peter , Diann and Nancy for spotting the locations and Steve and Ray for the installation work ! These signs are heavy and had to be carried some distances !
Annual Report -2019 Year in Review p . 22