22 - Sunday, April 1, 1990 - North Shore News

Slow down and enjoy splendors of Hwy #99

USUALLY WHEN

the Sea-to-Sky Highway

or

Squamish highway, as it is more commonly known — ap-
pears in these pages, it’s not because something good has

happened.

The highway has unfortunately
created a name for itself as a
motorist’s Grim Reaper, but for
every accident victim we read
about, there are thousands of
other drivers who enjoy without
incidence the varied pleasures of-
fered by that stretch of road.

So if you have the urge to go off
on a tootle this weekend, consider
a drive up towards Squamish — an
especially nice trip at this time of
year, and always a welcome alter-
native to line-ups at the border.

About 30 km past Horseshoe
Bay you'll come upon Britannia
Beach — it’s known best for the
B.C. Museum of Mining, but of-
fers other interesting diversions for
the passing motorist as well.

Although “downtown” Britan-
nia Beach isn’t longer than a
block, there are about four art gal-
feries or craft houses in that
stretch.

One, the Oid Customs House

Gallery, offers a wide range of
paintings, crafts, knitted goods
and other work for budgets large
and small. At the Red Door Bistro,
you can ‘avail yourself of the
owner’s gourmet food offerings
while taking a look around the
gallery, which is devoted to paint-
ings and some sculpture.
‘ Another interesting place is
Heritage Herbs and ‘Things, a shop
combining a little bit of
everything.

Lunch specials, tea and great
goodies are served, and you can
buy farm fresh brown eggs and a
wide selection of home-dried
herbs. Home-made ointments,
both medicinal and cosmetic, are
offered, as are bits and pieces of
arts and crafts.

Each month, on the third Satur-
day if there are four in the month,
or on the fourth if there are five,
the tea shoppe hosts a Craft Sale
from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Any interested artists and crafts-

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people can rent a table for $5 and
sell their wares in the company of
others. If you’d like more infor-
mation, call Bonnie at 896-2276.
The mining museum — now a

great
escapes

Pegey Trendell-Whittaker
be

national historic site — reopens for
the season on May !2 and that will
be another good reason to come
for a visit. The mine was the !arg-
est producer of copper in the Brit-
ish Empire in its day, and you can
actually follow in the miners’
footsteps when you take the un-
derground guided tour into the
mountain. Working displays, gold
panning, old photos and a gift
shop are also featured.

The mining museum is open
from Wednesday to Sunday, 10
a.m. to 5 p.m., May and June, and
seven days a week from July 1
through to Labor Day. Info: 688-
8735,

You will have noticed numerous
spots along the highway where you
can stop and indulge in a bite if
you've brought a picnic with you.

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Porteau Cove, not far past Lions
Bay, boasts a nice beach, and
Murrin Provincial Park, farther
along, has picnic sites by a
lakeside.

Most popular, though, is Shan-
non Falls Provincial Park at the
base of Stawamus Chief Moun-
tain, just before Squamish. The
awesome falls are among the tallest
in the world, and warrant a visit at
any time of the year.

If your ultimate goal is a real
day in the country, you might want
to carry on past Squamish to Alice
Lake, which offers recreational ac-
tivities at any time of the year.

The beautiful walking trails
around Alice Lake and its
neighboring lakes also lend
themselves to cross-country skiing
in the wintertime, and I saw a par-
ty ice-fishing when I was up there
only a few weeks ago.

Turning back homeward after
your walk at Alice Lake, a good
way to end your Sea-to-Sky adven-
ture is with a trip to the Bracken-
dale Art Gallery. ‘‘Art gallery’’
doesn’t really cover it — it also of-
fers live theatre and musical per-
formances, excellent food, amaz-
ing hot chocolate and a welcoming
fireplace.

On the events agenda in the next
few months are a children’s festi-
vaton Sunday, April 29 featuring
street clowns, face painting and a
seven-year-old ‘“‘wonder kid’’ vio-
linist.

The gallery closes down over
May, but will open with a bang on
June 2 with an evening perfor-
mance of Scandinavian music and
folk dances. Reserve in advance
for a multi-course dinner and the
performance ($12; call 898-3333).

Or if Latin American music is
more your style, come out on
Saturday, June 16, for a perfor-
mance by singer and_ guitarist
Celso Machado, a known name at
the Folkfest and the Stein Voices
for the Wilderness festival.

The gallery is open Saturdays
and Sundays only, from noon to
10 p.m., and well worth a visit,

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even if only to chat with curator
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ed the gallery in 1972 and has lots
of stories to tell.

From there, it’s a pleasant drive
home to the North Shore, and if

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