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Written by Citizen staff
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Tuesday, 06 January 2009 |
Citizen staff
City planners will start working with the Northern B.C. Sportfishing Task Force to establish a kids fishing pond somewhere in Prince George after city council expressed initial support for the proposal on Monday night.
The project will be realized at no cost to the taxpayer, task force chair Sean Simmons stressed in a presentation but council's endorsement was needed to start the search for a location.
He said it would create a tourist attraction in the city as well as provide an accessible spot for families to go fishing and be a venue for day camps in the summer.
Similar ponds are in place in Abbotsford, Kelowna and just outside Cranbrook.
Building a pond will cost about $110,000 based on the Cranbrook example, Simmons said, with the funds to be raised through various sources over the next year.
Possible locations include Fort George Park, the Forestry and Railway Museum and the old Prince George Golf and Curling Club lands. Coun. Don Bassermann indicated a preference for the museum while Coun. Debora Munoz suggested the proposed green corridor between the Millar Addition and the downtown would be a good site.
Simmon also gave an upate on task force achievements in 2008, which included building a new fishing dock at Ferguson Lake.
A family fishing event was also held at the same site on Father's Day which drew more than 100 participants. Trout raised at the Spruce City Wildlife Hatchery are released into the lake.
And fishing pool was part of the B.C. Rivers Day celebration thanks to the task force.
The task force is made up of representatives from tourism, business and outdoors organizations.
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 06 January 2009 )
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