Camosun Bog & Elder Larry Grant
https://www.pacificparklands.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Pacific-Parklands-Foundation-Project-Camosun-Bog1.jpg Camosun Bog began 5000 years ago when a heavy block of ice collapsed and created a land depression. It initially became a lake, then turned into a swamp, and then finally into what we know as a bog. In 1929, the City of Vancouver built water drains at the site of Camosun Bog, so they needed to do so because of the housing crisis across Vancouver. Water drains also rendered the bog a very dry area. Hemlock trees started to rise, and in 1991 they agreed to cut a number of trees down and lower the land. Tons of Sphagnum Moss were cultivated, and the bog continues to be preserved with their farming activity. They have a community of people who come to preserve and rebuild the bog every single week and get it back to what it was over 50 years earlier. These volunteers usually include high school students and some who attend the Prince of Wales Second
