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Dorman Pt. joins Crippen METRO VANCOUVER PARKS BUYS THE THREE-ACRE PROPERTY BRONWYN BEAIRSTO
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ICE CREAM WEATHER: Nubi and her horse Rayne stopped at Coco West on Friday for a hit of refreshment. A stretch
of warm, sunny weather saw many islanders out and about last week.
As the story goes, in the early 1900s Jacob Dorman sold Dorman Point for a cow and a fish net. “I’ve never been able to figure out if he physically traded it for a cow and a fish net or he bought a cow and a fish net with the proceeds,” says Dorman’s great-grandson and local conservationist Adam Taylor. Whatever the price, it was nothing compared to the $2.7 million Metro Vancouver Regional Parks recently paid to add the three-acre property to Crippen Regional Park. That being said for Taylor, the parks service and many Bowen Islanders the piece of land is worth the money. The response to the news, which hit Facebook last week, was “uniformly positive,” said Bowen Island Municipality councillor Maureen Nicholson, who sits on the Metro Vancouver Regional Parks Committee. “Which is terrific to see,” she said. Dorman Point has long been of interest to Regional Parks said Mike Redpath, Director of Regional Parks for Metro Vancouver. “It’s a very prominent waterfront landmark at the entrance of Snug Cove. It offers great views East to the lions, to Cypress and Horseshoe Bay and even to Point Grey,” said Redpath. “It’s unique habitat for us in our park system––it has a rock bluff waterfront, outcrops with mosses and ferns and wild flowers and of course there’s a small beach there, which is rare for the region.” “The acquisition was very consistent with our mandate to protect and connect people to the region’s significant ecosystems and protected areas,” said Redpath. Also of interest is that the Department of Fisheries and Oceans set up new marine refuges in Howe Sound in 2019, including around Dorman Point, to protect glass sponge reefs. It’s reef, among other features of Dorman Point that has Taylor excited––the Dorman Point glass sponge reef is within municipal boundaries, 235 metres off the point. CONTINUED ON P. 9.
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