Hi : On Wed. and Thur. last week the cement sidewalk workers stamped the Salmon and Historic First Nations creek name on the new sidewalk additions at Crown and King Edward Streets .I volunteered with the stamp placings for the Salmon and Khahtsulek Creek name and the pressings went very well .

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The Coho Salmon stamps on the east side of the Street are in a design and a direction that focuses on the juvenile migrating salmon moving from the Historic Convent Stream, now Saint Georges Junior School property . This little brook twisted and bubbled it way to the main creek at 29th. and Wallace Street . A little fresh water spring and stream , a eastern tributary of Khahtsulek Creek, historically provided fresh water for the Convent buildings and a spawning place for Wild Dunbar Coho and Sea run Cutthroat Trout !

I gathered Blue stones from a creek to the north, that drains onto South Spanish Banks and i used them to represent the meandering stream and Coho spawning gravels ! Sandra Thomas of the Courier was very interested in this Dunbar event, but was on holiday during the First of hopefully many historic salmon Creeks of Vancouver Sidewalk stampings . Loretta Woodcock of the Parks Board was on hand to see the first official recognition of a historic Salmon Spawning stream on the west side of Van .

Waiting for the cement to dry, for just right time, to make the stampings , was like the Historic Coho Salmon waiting for the right weather and creek conditions, to enter the Creeks mouth at the North Arm of the Fraser River !

Yes it was exactly a hundred Years ago that the last Wild Coho of Dunbar, spawned in our neighbourhood !

Terry

Don’t miss the world’s longest garage sale!

The 8th Annual Blenheim Street Bazaar
Saturday, May 28, 2011
10 AM to 2 PM

35 households on Blenheim Street between W. 16th Avenue & SW Marine Drive are planning to hold garage/yard sales.

*If it’s rainy on Saturday, most sales will still go ahead but some may be postponed to Sunday, so check the street both days for sales and remember to look for the yellow balloons to find participating households.

Rain or shine, this is a great opportunity to pick up some wonderful bargains … maybe even a lovely umbrella!

This popular neighbourhood event is organized by the Blenheim Neighbourhood Group

2011 Bazaar promo flyer

Rose Point sends her apologies to the people who showed up this morning to join her on Wednesday’s Salmonberry Days walk. Unfortunately, Rose was hospitalized on Monday with an illness that the doctors are still trying to diagnose. She will be in hospital several more days and will therefore have to cancel her walk scheduled for Saturday, May 21st, at 1:00 pm.

You might like to join us in sending “get well soon” cards to brighten her day and speed her recovery. Send cards to:

Rose Point,
Centennial Pavilion, Vancouver General Hospital
899 West 12th Avenue
Vancouver BC V5Z 1M9

BEFORE: Street banners… These beautiful banners hung on Dunbar Street from 2008 – 2010. They were the first banners produced by the Dunbar Village Business Improvement Association.
AFTER: … Courier bags! The DVBIA donated 150 left-over street banners to the Dunbar Residents’ Association Salmonberry Days team, for us to use in a community project.

Own a piece of Dunbar history

Zero Waste Vancouver helped by developing a pattern to produce courier bags from the banners. The pattern uses every single bit of the banner except the plastic edging and the grommets.

Community volunteers sewed up several dozen bags like this one – sleek, sturdy, and attractive!

DIMENSIONS:

Width: 13”
Height: 15”

YOU can own a bag like this! Or give one to a friend! We are holding an on-line auction to raise funds for  projects in the community.

Support Salmonberry Days ~ Make a bid on a bag!

Send your bid and your contact information. We will contact you if yours is a winning bid.

salmonberrydays@gmail.com

What a beautiful day to present the 2011 Salmonberry Days Calendar. Lets hope today’s weather portends well for the whole month of May.

The Salmonberry Days Calendar will soon be delivered to all Dunbar-Southlands households along with the next DRA Newsletter.

Special Notes!

If any errors have managed to creep into the published  Calendar, an updated Calendar will be posted here, along with the corrections.

Check in on Friday May 6th, to ensure that the immensely popular Dunbar’s Night Sky is on. There’s a good guarantee that if you can see the stars and moon that night, then they can see us and Dunbar’s Night Sky is a GO!!!