News about Versluce Meadows
The Park Committee of the Porter Creek Community Assoc has received the plan from the consultant, Inukshuk Consulting.
The first step in making this Meadow into a reality was to transfer the land from the YTG to the City of Whitehorse, and the second was to provide $$ for the above study. Archie has been front and centre here, working with Gail Johnson, the president of the Park Committee, and the residents' group. This plan will be available for the Porter Creek Comm Assoc's AGM on Monday, Sept 11, , 6:00 pm at the Guild Hall.
The NEXT phase will be to make a detailed plan for 'what kind of park do you want, anyway," which means plenty of exhilarating meetings next winter. The final step, after the sturm und drang, will be actual construction. In his newsletter, Archie notes that, "It is great to see the area surrounding the lake is now the home for a growing number of birds and wildlife." When the Versluce Meadows is complete, it will be a truly beautiful addition to Porter Creek and the City of Whitehorse.
Yukon prospectors Harry and Pete VERSLUCE, by the way, were involved in the Whitehorse copperbelt claims that morphed into New Imperial Mines. Their names can be seen on the bronze prospector statue at the corner of Main and Third, Whitehorse. They were also longtime residents of Porter Creek (named after one of their predecessors, Hibbard E Porter), along with their friend, Chuck GIBBONS. A great - and short - bio has been written of the Versluces by Jane Gaffin, herself an expert on Yukon's mining history (she wrote "Cashing In" among other books.)
The first step in making this Meadow into a reality was to transfer the land from the YTG to the City of Whitehorse, and the second was to provide $$ for the above study. Archie has been front and centre here, working with Gail Johnson, the president of the Park Committee, and the residents' group. This plan will be available for the Porter Creek Comm Assoc's AGM on Monday, Sept 11, , 6:00 pm at the Guild Hall.
The NEXT phase will be to make a detailed plan for 'what kind of park do you want, anyway," which means plenty of exhilarating meetings next winter. The final step, after the sturm und drang, will be actual construction. In his newsletter, Archie notes that, "It is great to see the area surrounding the lake is now the home for a growing number of birds and wildlife." When the Versluce Meadows is complete, it will be a truly beautiful addition to Porter Creek and the City of Whitehorse.
Yukon prospectors Harry and Pete VERSLUCE, by the way, were involved in the Whitehorse copperbelt claims that morphed into New Imperial Mines. Their names can be seen on the bronze prospector statue at the corner of Main and Third, Whitehorse. They were also longtime residents of Porter Creek (named after one of their predecessors, Hibbard E Porter), along with their friend, Chuck GIBBONS. A great - and short - bio has been written of the Versluces by Jane Gaffin, herself an expert on Yukon's mining history (she wrote "Cashing In" among other books.)
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