[Bcma-l] CMA Clip Serv: New Displays, Events at BC Interior Forestry Museum
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Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:30:49 -0700
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<b>New displays, plenty of upcoming events at BC</b></span></font>
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Revelstoke Times-Review, Monday, June 29, 2009</span></font>
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Since its inception in 1999, the BC Interior Forestry Museum has
become an important cultural destination for locals and tourists alike,
playing a key role in the preservation of our forestry heritage. </span></=
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Opening its doors for a tenth season in May, this year’s highlights
include fun family events, new exhibits and a quirky new range of</span></=
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gift shop items.</span></font>
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Timber Days festivities kick off at the museum on Saturday, July 4
with an old-fashioned Loggers’ Breakfast from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m..
Guests will be treated to a hearty breakfast of flapjacks, eggs,
sausages, bacon and biscuits and live musical entertainment from
local performer Steve Smith. For those curious about traditional</span></f=
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wood-cutting, the museum’s hard working volunteers will be out tie
hacking, shake splitting and two-man chain sawing at Centennial Park
over the Timber Days weekend. Take some time to chat to the
volunteers to find out more about upcoming events or how to become
a museum member.</span></font>
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During Homecoming, July 24 to 26, the museum will host an old-
fashioned wiener roast, complete with roasted marshmallows and
ghost stories around the campfire. Log cabin and wood carving
demonstrations and a kids’ tree planting workshop at the museum will=
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August 14 to 23. At each of this year’s events there will be the
opportunity to tour the museum’s fascinating collection, brought to
life through the colourful logging stories of the museum’s volunteer=
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Two new exhibitions feature this year at the museum: The Story of
the Pine Beetle, which opened mid last season, explains the
devastating effects this little critter is having on B.C. forests and the
upcoming First Foresters exhibit, which will open in July. First
Foresters tells the story of how the First Nations people of this</span></=
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region used the forests for shelter, tools, transportation, food and
medicine. The care and respect of the First Nations People for their
natural surroundings is a story of immense interest and value in these
times of environmental concerns.</span></font>
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Situated on three acres of parkland overlooking Revelstoke Dam, the
Forestry Museum is a great place to bring the family for a picnic and
a stroll through the large collection of antique logging trucks and
machinery. The museum is also a fun and educational field trip
destination for school kids, where they can learn about the local</span></=
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forest ecology and the importance of sustainability in the Forestry
industry.</span></font>
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<i>The BC Forestry Museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday to Sunday un=
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June 28, Monday to Sunday from June 29 to September 7 and Wednesday to
Sunday September 8 to October 11. The museum is located at the turn-off to=
Revelstoke Dam, 3.5 kilometres north of Revelstoke on Highway 23N.</i></sp=
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<i>For further information on upcoming events or to organize a museum tour=
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visit the website: </i></span></font>
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<i>www.bcforestrymuseum.ca </i></span></font>
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<i>contact Gerry Gardner / Hayley Johnson or phone: (250) 837-8078 or emai=
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<i>info@bcforestrymuseum.ca</i></span></font>
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