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This week in Undercurrent history

25 years ago in the Undercurrent A 21 year old, 3 bedroom, 1,000 sq. ft. home for sale in Bluewater was listed at $145,000 The cartoon featured a drawing of a broken golf club with the caption ‘Crippen Golf Course – R.I.P.


25 years ago in the Undercurrent

  • A 21 year old, 3 bedroom, 1,000 sq. ft. home for sale in Bluewater was listed at $145,000
  •  The cartoon featured a drawing of a broken golf club with the caption ‘Crippen Golf Course – R.I.P.’


20 years ago in the Undercurrent

  •  May 14th at 9am the public would have their first opportunity to view the draft proposal for the Bowen Island Community Centre. Architects Don Nicolson and Bernd Hermanski had been working hard to arrive at a no-frills layout and design that meets the needs of the island for a basic community facility. The 28,000 square foot facility would be located centrally behind the school and close to Bowen Court on acreage available from the GVRD surplus lands. After this public meeting, the proposed community centre would go to referendum later in the year.
  • The memorial garden was officially opened by Rev. Bill Clark, chair Jacqueline Bakker and GVRD parks rep. Mitch Sokalski.
  • The R.C.M.P. reported that on the Easter long weekend a local business in Snug Cove was broken into and a large amount of cash was stolen. Anyone with tips was urged to call the police.


15 years ago in the Undercurrent

  • For the first time in almost 10 years editorial control of The Undercurrent was back on Bowen. Edythe (Edie) Hanen, who had been working at the paper for many years as the de-facto editor, was named fulltime editor by the newspaper’s regional publisher.         
  • The Bowen Island Golf Association (BIGA) contributed an article to the paper to outline their commitment to the environment and to their sense of responsibility of being “good stewards of the land.” They had voluntarily enrolled in the Audbon Cooperative Sanctuary program; developed plans to provide their own 36-day retention pond to act as the source of water for irrigation at the course and displayed that the association was focused on providing the best environmental practices which were ‘head and shoulders’ above what they had been 10-15 years ago.


10 years ago in the Undercurrent

  • The headline on page one read, “Density is a Hot Topic in Cove planning.” In a Thursday night meeting of several of Bowen’s committees and commissions, density did indeed take centre stage. The Sustainable Community Advisory Committee expressed concern with the number of residential units allowed per acre. In the draft of the Snug Cove plan, 15, 20 and 25 units per acre had been included. The OCP allowed for up to 25 units per acre over seven and a half acres across Snug Cove. The Sustainable Advisory Committee took the position that planning for Snug Cove should take into consideration the whole island and the idea of density within the Cove did not lie within the principle of greening the island.
  • An 1800 Sq ft, 3 bdr home on half an acre in Bluewater was listed at $448,000 (age of the house unknown).


5 years ago in the Undercurrent
 

  • Bowen Council asked the owners of Cape Roger Curtis to put forth a new proposal for development of their land, which would fall within the current OCP and only allow for a density of up to 224 units.  Co-owner Don Ho said that he respected the decision council made and understood that while the previous plan had a lot of support, the lower density plan appeared to be more favoured by the community as a whole. While disappointed with Council’s decision, Ho explained that there next step would be to undergo the subdivision process, which was on the table at 58 single-family homes on ten-acre lots.