The Elkford ATV Club recently took on a large project­: building a bridge crossing over the Elk River five kilometres north of Elkford. This bridge is used by everyone, including tourists, hunters, fishermen, walkers, hikers, bicyclists, snowmobilers, people walking their dogs and ATV riders.

The Elkford ATV Club took this project on with the help of many interested persons, including members of the local snowmobile club. There were many donations of food and materials—too many to list here.

Special mention should go to the Columbia Basin Trust, which grants funding for community projects. The District of Elkford was granted approximately $6,500 and the club paid the shortfall of about $2,500. The painting, done by S.M.S. Equipment, was a nice yellow colour, to go with the colours of the fall leaves.

Lumber was supplied by MacDonald Ranch, including the hauling of it to Elkford.

We wish to thank all the supporters; now we need to come up with some fundraising events to earn some of our costs back. Special thanks to Denise Bertrand, who pitched in and helped make this project work.

Some of our members camped there for a week during the project, and some days we had as many as 50 people helping out.