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THE WONDER OF PRINCESS LOUISA 13 Create Your Dream Coastal Home WRITER Sunshine Coast Museum & Archives Designed Cabinetry, Flooring, Kitchen & NICOLE BRAZZALE Photo #612 Bathroom Solu�ons [email protected] Ken Montgomery . 604-885-8024 An experienced writer, life coach and BAYS ON THE COAST personal trainer. 16 - 19 [email protected] GIBSONS LANDING Roofing the Entire Sunshine Coast! 20 Seaside Village WCB COVERED FULLY INSURED WRITER Thomas Property GLEN MOFFORD https://raincoasthistory.blogspot.ca/ Maintenance Glen takes us back in time to the history of the hotels, saloons and pubs of Vancouver CLIMB FOR Island. CLIMATE CHANGE 22 Residential & PHOTOGRAPHER EXPLORING THE Commercial Roofing NANCY SHIELDS COAST We do it all! With over 10 years of photography 25 Cliff Gilker Park experience Nancy have found herself Free Estimates • All Work is Guaranteed striving to push her visual boundaries • Dump-runs • Power Washing further. She enjoys hunting for powder HISTORIC HOTEL filled mountains in the winter, riding her • Yardwork • Moss Removal bicycle and a good cup of coffee. 26 Wakefield Inn • Tree Trimming/Hedges • House Cleaning • Window Washing & more…. WRITER THE GREAT TIDES Aaron Thomas 604-865-0333 HEATHER JEAL 28 Skookumchuck Leah Thomas 604-989-6486 A local freelance writer, Heather has called Sechelt her home since 1997. Over the [email protected] Email: [email protected] years Heather has contributed to many www.thomaspropertymaintenance.com ARE WE THERE YET? Phone: (604) 741-5679 local publications, and spends her free time with her Mexican rescue dog Daphne. 30 New to the Sunshine Please contact us for a free, www.undercover roofing.ca Coast no-obligation estimate for our services 4 Coastal Vibe Summer 2021 Coastal Vibe Summer 2021 5 Letter from the Editor Oscar Taylor 2005-2020 “The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible” I am so proud and excited to share our second issue of the Coastal Vibe. In this issue you will learn more about our beautiful community. Stories of people who went beyond what some of us would have thought impossible and the feeling of great satisfaction in a job well done. You will learn about the unlimited adventures that are laying in wait all around you. The opportunities to go past the limits we set for ourselves, and to learn to grow by reaching out to what is possible. I invite you to explore, ask questions and come out of your comfort zone. It is a way to connect with others that you may not have ever had the chance to do on another level or time. Two years ago, I would have never thought I would be given a gift to share with residents – our incredible community. Let us exceed your expectations! Every day is a blessing to be living here. Everyday is a visitors, then, to rave over the number and quality ee hh’’ss blessing to not only go out and try something new, but to Happy trails to you! of our forest trails – and they do – as the Sunshine tt take the limits off what you think you can accomplish with Coast enjoys a growing reputation as a destination your life. Every day is a blessing to take what you have Whether hiking or biking, the Sunshine Coast’s trail for cycling tourism (“bikepacking”) and international- FullFullSS SerServicevice SalonSalon learned and share it with others. network offers hundreds of options year-round for calibre downhill and cross-country racing. Enjoy reading this beautiful magazine, and please take every use, every age and every ability – including for men and women advantage of getting to know your inner child. Thank you those using mobility-assist devices. Brice Shirbach, a reviewer for the widely-read for being a part of our community. pinkbike.com site, visited the Sunshine Coast in Sept Colour, Highlights Stephanie Taylor The most popular trails are well-groomed and of 2019 and fell into a state of awe. “I experienced well-marked, maintained by the SCRD recreation two full days of sunshine out of my seven on the Permanent Makeup, Esthetics department and easily accessible by car. The most Sunshine Coast, and this would still prove to be one To VIEW our online edition go to challenging are at higher elevations and suited to of the most impactful and eye-opening mountain www.thevalleyvibe.ca advanced-level mountain bikers or experienced, fit bike trips of my life. The people, the scenery, and the and well-prepared hikers. Whichever you choose, trails would, in the end, prove to be game changing 604.883.0511 To DISTRIBUTE the CV contact prepare by wearing appropriate footwear and for me” he wrote, adding that he “loved everything [email protected] clothing, bring water and a communication device I rode. All of it. Nothing left me feeling anything and be prepared to be awed. short of pure joy.” The many photos he posted to 12374 Sunshine Coast Hwy. THANK YOU to the Sunshine Coast for your support on accompany his review bore testimony of that joy. stephsbeautyboutique.com our first issue. By enjoying this issue you’re supporting our coastal community. Longtime Coast residents tend to take the beauty of our natural surroundings for granted. Leave it to the What put the Sunshine Coast’s trails on the map? 6 Coastal Vibe Summer 2021 Coastal Vibe Summer 2021 7 Photo credit: Krysta Norwick more groomed trails to West Porpoise Bay and West Sechelt neighbourhoods. These are designated off-leash areas for dogs, but owners must keep their animals close and well-supervised as coyotes, bears and deer also make their homes in these areas. Sechelt’s East Porpoise Bay neighbourhood has several networks of walking trails, notably in the Community Forest and just a bit further up the road, at Hidden Grove (which has a nice, big sign to let you know it’s there.) Nearest the parking area, the well-groomed and well-marked blue trail is designed to be wheelchair-accessible. More challenging trails following the parks varying elevations, in and out of ravines, require appropriate footwear. Also designated an off-leash area, the same rules apply as for Kinnickinnick.