Thursday, September 3, 2015
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Renovated room with a view Old lookout cabin returns to its former glory
(Main photo): This photo was taken before the planned revovation work had begun. (Inset): Old Glory after renovations to the windows, railing and siding were completed. Old Glory stands at the summit of Saddleback Mountain. Photos by Cory Phillipson RYAN WILLMAN Arrow Lakes News
After seven days of living and working at the summit of Saddleback Mountain, Cory Philipson and his crew have completed the renovations to the exterior of the Old Glory lookout cabin. The small cabin, perched picturesquely overlooking Nakusp, was originally constructed in 1923 and periodically manned by fire scouts who kept a watch-
ful vigil over the Arrow Lakes valley and surrounding area. With advancements in technology making fire lookouts obsolete, the cabin has been reinvented as a destination for hikers using the Saddleback Mountain trail. The request to the Ministry of Forests to consider the cabin renovation was initiated by Nakusp and Area Community Trails Society, who act as stewards for the trail that leads to the summit. “We are only stewards, we don’t own the trails,“ Wulf Mense, a director on the Trails Society board, clarified. “The ministry is the one who comes through with the money for things
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like signage or renovations. We get a lot of support from the ministry, but at the same time we do a lot of work for them.” After the Trails Society conducted a brief search for contractors who were willing to take on the renovation project, the proposed venture was passed off to local professional carpenter Cory Phillipson who began collaborating with Kootenay-Boundary district Recreation officer, Justin Dexter.
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