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From YouTube: NOV 22 2022 Statements Janet Routledge
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
3rd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
Burnley
north
thank
you,
Mr
Speaker
I'd
like
to
tell
you
the
story
of
The
Little
Creek
that
could
it's
a
true
story
about
wichon
Creek,
a
severely
damaged
stream
that
runs
through
the
heart
of
Burnaby
and
is
being
brought
back
to
life
in
the
early
1900s.
It
was
a
popular
fishing
spot
people
swam
there,
but
throughout
the
last
century
it
was
damned
urbanized,
industrialized
and
culverted,
and
it
became
a
Dumping
Ground
for
old
mattresses
and
tires
and
it
became
sterile
for
salmon
and
other
species
that
once
thrived
there.
A
50
years
ago,
World
celebrated
River,
conservationist
and
founder
of
world
Rivers
day
Mark
Angelo,
then
a
young
BCIT
teacher
rallied
students,
teachers
and
the
community
to
rewild
the
creek.
They
began
to
collect
truckloads
of
litter.
They
replanted
thousands
of
trees
along
its
banks
and
by
2006
much
of
it
had
been
restored.
Salmon
and
trout
were
returning
songbirds
herons,
Eagles,
raccoons,
otters
and
even
sometimes
a
bear
came
back
today.
Wichon
Creek
South
is
beautiful
and
natural,
but
guichon
Creek
North
remains
covered
by
concrete
walkways
and
Roads.
A
The
salmon
still
cannot
navigate
Upstream
to
spawn
a
precious
few
make.
It
part
way
and
people
with
Nets
help
them
complete
their
Journey.
There
is
a
plan
to
Daylight
the
remaining
700
meters
still
covered.
Why
do
I
call
guichon
Creek
the
Little
Creek?
That
could
because
that's
what
Mark
Angelo
calls
it
in
a
beautifully
Illustrated
children's
book
He
wrote
to
document
the
restoration
of
what
had
been
as
one
Elder
put
it
her
ancestors
Safeway
in
Costco.