[BCMA] Crossing Bridges at the Fraser River Discovery Centre

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Media Release

For Immediate Release

Nov 9, 2009

 

 

Inspired by Bridges at the Fraser River Discovery Centre

 

New Westminster, BC - On Saturday November 21, the Fraser River Discovery
Centre is celebrating bridges. Visitors of all ages can learn about the
history of bridges in New Westminster and look at the engineering technology
of a good bridge. Visitors will then be able to try their hand at building a
bridge for prizes. 

 

Living in Metro Vancouver, most of us pass over bridges without much
thought, save a grumble about the traffic that invariably backs up around
the on-ramps. However, bridges are intricate and complicated structures that
make our lives easier. Until 1904, when the first New Westminster bridge was
build, crossing the river in the city was only possible by boat. This first
bridge is still in use today by trains, and crosses the river alongside the
Patullo and Skytrain Bridges.

 

Bridges have also been sources of entertainment. The first Queensborough
Bridge was a swing bridge and children often dared each other to wait until
the last possible second to jump onto the open swing arm. One unfortunate
boy waited a moment too long. He fell right into the river and had to be
fished out by a passing tug boat. 

 

On Saturday the 21st, come to the Discovery Centre and leave looking at New
Westminster bridges differently!

 

The Fraser River Discovery Centre is an interpretive centre connecting
communities in discovery and celebration of the living, working Fraser
River. It is located at 788 Quayside Drive, New Westminster. The Discovery
Centre is open Wednesday to Sunday 10am to 4pm. Admission rates apply for
the exhibit galleries.

            

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Photo Details: First New Westminster Bridge. Photo Credit: New Westminster
Library #2540

 

For further information please contact:

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Kathleen Bertrand | Exhibit and Communication Coordinator

Fraser River Discovery Centre

788 Quayside Drive, New Westminster, BC, Canada

T 604.521.8401 ext. 104  |*F 604.521.9401

www.fraserriverdiscovery.org

 

 

To restore the river to health, we first have to comprehend it. - Alan
Haig-Brown The Fraser River

 

* Do you need to print this email? Please consider the environmental impact
before printing.

 

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