It was the first time two-year-old Rowan from Coquitlam had ever seen an electric model train.
As her son focused intently on the moving miniature trains traversing a large tabletop display at the B.C. Farm Museum, Mom Laura explained his love of trains started with the unpowered variety.
鈥淗e has the little ones he pulls [at home],鈥� she told the 91原创 Advance Times.
Fraser Valley G Scale Friends club member and organizer Laurie Griffiths spent two days setting up the model train display at the museum.
鈥淚 feel it鈥檚 worthwhile,鈥� Griffiths commented.
鈥淚 live in a modular home, so they [usually] live in a box, unfortunately.鈥�
Cool trains are on display for BC Day at the BC Farm Museum in Fort 91原创
鈥� Dan Ferguson (@John_D_Ferguson)
It was one of several attractions in Fort 91原创 on Monday, Aug. 7, B.C. Day, the close of the busiest long weekend of the year in the village.
For BC Day Aldor acres has cute critters outside the BC Farm Museum in Fort 91原创
鈥� Dan Ferguson (@John_D_Ferguson)
Just outside the museum, Melissa Anderson from Aldor Acres farm had brought a travelling petting zoo of cute critters, including bunnies, goats, an Emu named Eggo, and just-hatched ducklings with their mom, Duck-duck.
鈥淭hey鈥檙e one day old,鈥� Anderson explained. 鈥淭hey had their first swim [in a pan of water] about 10 minutes ago.鈥�
Cute critters from Aldor Acres at the BC Farm Museum in Fort 91原创 today
鈥� Dan Ferguson (@John_D_Ferguson)
Inside, in addition to the train display, the museum featured demonstrations of old-time rope making, blacksmithing, and woodworking along with a scavenger hunt and the promise of goodie bags for every kid.
BC Farm Museum is open till 4 pm in Fort 91原创 for BC Day
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Over at the Fort 91原创 National Historic Site, the finale for the long weekend was the Brigade Days procession by historical re-enactors to greet three canoes and a York boat 鈥� of the kind favoured by fur traders back when the fort was the centre of the trade.
Brigade Days draws to a close in historic Fort 91原创 with a procession to greet the arrival of fur traders
鈥� Dan Ferguson (@John_D_Ferguson)
Murrayville resident Jonathan Wilkins was chef de Voyageur, in charge of one of the arriving canoes.
He estimated it was his 鈥渆ighth or ninth time.鈥�
鈥淭oo often, I鈥檝e been standing on the shore watching people in the boat,鈥� Wilkins recalled. 鈥淭o see the people on the shore from the boats is a great thrill.鈥�
Brigade Days winds down with arrival of fur traders in Fort 91原创
鈥� Dan Ferguson (@John_D_Ferguson)
Wilkins is hoping the event will resume the longer trips that used to be commonplace.
鈥淚鈥檓 looking forward to when we do the re-enactment from Mission, or even Yale,鈥� Wilkins said.
鈥淲e鈥檝e come down from Yale before, camping a few times on the way. That鈥檚 always good fun. And we enjoy bringing members of the public with us. We had many guests today who are not regulars.鈥�
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