The Golden Ears Bridge is really starting to look like something now. I snapped this photo last night from “Jessie’s Lookout” while Diana and I walked along the river just by our house along with Bandit and Cassie. That’s Mt. Baker in Washington state in the background. The span across the river is nearly complete. The trees on the left obscure the unfinished portion. It should be in place by the end of this year. The whole project is scheduled for completion by Summer of 2009.
It’s a pretty big deal around these parts. For us in particular it will open up the lower mainland like never before. Today it would take us a good 20 minutes to reach the No. 1 Highway, and that’s assuming reasonable traffic. Once this project is complete we’ll be on the highway in, oh, 5 minutes. I do a fair bit of mortgage business through realtor partners across the river. I worked an open house on Saturday. It took me about 40 minutes to get there and over an hour coming home (because I chose to take the Albion Ferry across the river rather than drive all the way around). With this bridge in place I would have been there in no more than 10 to 15 minutes.
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Those golden eagles are pretty cool looking.
Can you explain a bit more about “Golden Ears”?
“The Golden Ears peaks look down on the bridge from the north. There are several explanations for the origin of the term “Golden Ears.†By one local account, “Golden Ears” is a modification of “Golden Aeriesâ€, referring to the nests of the eagles that thrive on Canada’s Pacific coast.”
Or they could be those big things of fried dough you get at the state fair, I guess.
Sorry–you didn’t specify who you wanted to do the explainin’. I’m guessing it wasn’t me.
“Golden Ears” refers to Mount Blanchard’s twin peaks. Supposedly in the bright sun, the peaks glow gold. I’ve never seen it. You can see the Golden Ears from our neighborhood. It’s a provincial park with hiking, horseback riding, camping, etc. There’s also Alouette lake, which allows power boats, and a number of rivers and streams. The park is about a 20 minute drive from our house.
My bad, I had read the account on the link, a form of “Aeries”. Just seems like an unusual name and stuff like that always fascinates me. It’s interesting when people take the time and effort to name something, then let the origin of the name fall into legend. Thanks for the help Joe and other Jim.