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Welcome to Finn Slough and the Finn Slough Heritage & Wetland Society. The residents and fishers who live and work in this unique community invite you to explore the pages of this website and uncover the many delightful aspects of the "Slough"; its Finnish roots, the who's who of wildlife and plants, current events related to our community and its role in the rich heritage of the Fraser River.
Discover Finn Slough! Click on the buttons to the left and be sure to visit our Gallery to view images collected from today's artists.
Finn Slough (or sometimes Gilmore or Tiffin Slough) can be found on the south arm of the mighty Fraser River in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada. The Slough is bounded on the Fraser River side by Gilmour Island and on the north by a dyke built to protect Richmond. Access to homes on the Gilmour Island side of the Slough is by a wooden draw-bridge, creating a definite sense of isolation from the nearby urban areas of Richmond and Vancouver.
Al Mason took the Historic fish boat Eva to the Richmond Maritime Festival at Britannia Shipyard in Steveston again this year as he has for many years.
The 2008 Art About Finn Slough Show theme "A Bridge to History" generated some wonderful bridge stories from some of the residents. Read them here. A definite piano theme seems to be running through.
Eva moves through the drawbridge:
Here Al is bringing the fish boat EVA down Finn Slough from its winter cradle for the summer. To get through the drawbridge over to Gilmour Island it is necessary to remove five planks, so David is lifting the last one just in time. Hear that sound? That's the distinctive pop-pop pop-pop of EVA's classic make and break Easthope gas engine.
There are more EVA and Slough videos here.
Links:
Natural History of Richmond, British Columbia
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A nice video about the
A Tribute to Harry Vanderschee
A Tribute to Captain Bill Harvie
Check out Finn Slough from space.
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Or check out the aerial view in MS Live Search Maps. Click on "Bird's Eye View" and then use the curved arrows to rotate the view of Finn Slough and zoom from 25 to 50 metres in the air. Try closing the left pane to get a larger map window.
Graphic by David Roberts
A Petition Letter if you feel so inclined.
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Updated - June 04, 2010
