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Slocan Chief Cabin - Work Party, July 8-11/05
Early July 8, seven volunteers set out from Gibson Lake for the hike up to the Kokanee Glacier Cabin. Tom Bryce, Maurice de St Jorre, Paul Hinton, Joe Johnston, Kenji Kitagawa and cooks Molly Smith and Mies Bryce were meeting Bill Bryce for a weekend of hard work.
 The volunteers gather for a mug shot. Standing left to right, Maurice de St Jorre, Bill Bryce, Kenji Kitagawa, Paul Hinton, Joe Johnston. Seated, Tom Bryce
 The first job was cleaning up 30 years of pack rat and mouse droppings. Working with bleach and lots of protective gear, Bill spent Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning sweeping, shovelling and vacuuming.
 The porcupine refused to budge during the second day of cleanup. He (she?) had to be chased out that evening.
 After a quick hike up Thursday morning, the crew wasted no time digging in.
 Large rocks and stumps had to moved from around the cabin so that proper foundations could be installed.
 As the volunteers picked and shovelled, the restoration crew built 4 piers on which to raise the cabin.
 As the area around the cabin was cleared, the logs were moved into place.
 The rocks that would go into the foundation had to be cleaned with a wire brush.
While the pictures above show the work done around the cabin, the crew was kept fueled by the efforts of Mies Bryce and Molly Smith, who hiked over from the Kokanee Glacier Cabin to the Slocan Chief 3 times each day, bringing snacks for breaks and lunch.
The volunteer crew spent 2 1/2 days at the cabin, preparing the ground for foundation work and moving the new logs into place around the cabin. It was physically demanding but very satisfying work as the job-site was organized for the contractors to continue the restoration.
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