Museum
society members know of several steam donkeys that are rusting away in the
woods. (Others are near Chippewa Bay and in Bute Inlet.) We realized that if
we wanted to make one accessible to a larger public, we had better move
soon.
Other museums have restored steam
donkeys; here is one.
The project team developed plans based
on fieldtrips in July '99, Feb
'00 and May 6 '00. The team then organized
resources to retrieve and restore the donkey, and dismantled the donkey into
pieces that a logging helicopter could lift.
Volunteers restored and re-assembled
the donkey during 2000 and 2001.
or
proceed to see the steam donkey on the
ridge
