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New pathway part of trail network

By Meg Olson

A new trail leading from APA Road through marina-owned land to Lighthouse Marine Park is only one segment of a new trail network being developed by the Point Roberts Marina.

Marina manager Terry Ritchey said that as part of an effort to tidy up undeveloped marina lands, crews had been clearing weeds and blackberries from open areas west of Tyee and north of Edwards drives. In the process they are collaborating with Lighthouse Park manager Ben Van Buskirk and boy scout work groups to reclaim a path that starts at the apple tree across from the marina entrance sign on Tyee Drive.

“Right now it follows the water along to Edwards Drive where the lake comes out,” Ritchey said. “Eventually it may connect to the campground.” Ritchey said other sections of the trail were also in the works or in planning stages. “The next section we’re working on runs from the public beach by the condos north past the eagle nests,” he said. “It’s part of our future development as a resort, and it’s going to tie things together from one end to another.”

Today, the value of the trails is in getting visitors and residents close to the natural diversity that makes its home in Point Roberts. “It’s a tremendous resource and it’s always been there,” Ritchey said. “There are river otters, deer, coyotes, raccoons, woodpeeckers, lots of herons ­ at heart it’s a nature trail.”

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