Bowens Travel Group

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Bowens Travel Group

Bowens Travel Group

If the results of the Bowen Island municipal elections on Nov. 19, 2011 were to be described by a song title you might go with an old 60's standard that bangs a lot of drums - Wipeout. In this case it was a virtual wipeout of candidates who supported the National Park Reserve initiative.

Further, the community opinion vote on the initiative to establish an NPR was flatly turned down, with 55 percent voting 'no', 45 percent 'yes'. The opinion vote asked 'Do you support the creation of a National Park Reserve on Bowen Island' and, while it was non-binding, candidates, the province and Parks Canada all stated a 'no' vote would mean the cessation of talks to create an NPR.

A failure of Parks Canada may have been ignoring a petition of over 1100 citizens - the Island has an overall population of about 3500 - asking for Crippen Park, a Metro Vancouver park and a feature of the Island, to be excluded from an NPR. Parks Canada continued to state any NPR on Bowen must include Crippen.