Ponderosa pine on the trail north from the old Bull River crossing bridge in 1883 (George Dawson, National Archives of Canada PA-196655) and the same location in October, 2026 (CW-Iphone-7620).
Dawson was clearly impressed by this large “yellow pine” that stood above the trail as it traversed up the small ridge on the north side of the short canyon about 1 km upstream of the present highway bridge. Today a few large pine still occupy this dry south facing slope, but small to medium Douglas-fir are much more common. Surprisingly, given the amount of land use in the area over the last century, the trail’s location has not changed.