The Livable Blog

SOUTH FRASER ACTION GROUP

Invites you to participate in:

a bus tour followed by a Fraser River boat tour to witness firsthand the impact of the South Fraser Perimeter Road. This will be:

WHEN: Friday, November 20, 2009*

WHERE: Ladner Bus Exchange at 9:45 AM. This is on Harvest drive south of Ladner Trunk Road (48th Ave.) and before 44th Avenue. There is a Park and Ride just south of the Exchange.

WHAT: two hour bus tour of the SFPR route through agricultural lands & established neighborhoods
&
Three hour boat cruise from New Westminster Quay along the
Fraser River escarpment to the Golden Ears Bridge & back to New Westminster

Bus back to Ladner Exchange

WHY: to experience firsthand the beauty of the open fields and of the river escarpment with its salmon bearing streams &

To learn about the impact which the SFPR will have on agriculture,
on wildlife and fish habitat, on Burns Bog, and on the residents who are being displaced by this massive project

COST: $70 per person without lunch.plus $15 for a catered lunch on-board (OR bring a bag lunch with you.)

As we need to pay for the cruise up-front, we need to receive your payment either in cash OR by cheque, by Friday, November 13th. We will also need to know by the 13th Nov. if you want to have the catered lunch on board. Cheques should be endorsed to Inger Kam and may be given to Inger, Anita den Dikken or Wilma Haig. Your receipt will entitle you to participate in this tour. Should you need a tax receipt, then your cheque needs to be made out to Burns Bog Society, with a notation of the November 20th event.
BUT, give it to one of us.

*International Fisheries Day is November 22nd.

CONTACTS: Inger Kam – 604-948-4884
Anita den Dikken 604-948-0139
Wilma Haig – 604-418-3522