| Tramway Trail is
located in Gibsons, BC on the lower Sunshine Coast. The trail
is an educational historical hiking tour taking you back in time
into the logging camps of the early pioneers of the area. The
Tramway Trail is steep and a good cardiovascular
work out following the historic route of two tramways that use
to deliver supplies to the worker camps high up on the mountain
in the early 1920s.
The lower Tramway Trail was 600 m (2,000 ft.)
long delivering supplies to the First Camp. The trail following
this route takes 30 minutes to complete. Beware of the many offshoot
trails and pay attention to the markers. At the First Camp there
is evidence of the pioneer days left behind such as the old log
foundations from the ancient tramways and an old flywheel.
As early as 1903 First Camp was the central base camp for all
logging and sawmill operations in the area. Up to 1906 this logging
operation had its own log dam to generate power for the steam
sawmill.From First Camp there are other colored trail markers
leading to more camps in the area. The trail marked with white
diamonds leads to the old grounds of the Japanese Campsite.
The upper Tramway Trail was 1 km (.6 mi.) to
the second camp. The red trail markers lead to the upper tramway.
Along the red trail hikers cross over Chester Creek and pass by
Chinese Camp trailhead and some remains of the old dam and tramway
tracks.
Access to Tramway Trail: From Gibsons take North
Road to Cemetery Road. Continue for 1 km (0.6 mi.) looking for
Keith Road on the right. Turn and continue for 0.5 km (0.3 mi.).
Turn left on dirt road just before the Boothill Ranch and park
at the yellow gate. Walk past cemetery and on the left should
be the trailhead identified by the red makers. |
BC Tourism Website Network 
Tramway
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