Acme Trail Work Party

1999 June 6


by Peter LaGrandeur


At the request of Rob Gardner of Alberta Trail Net, we mustered a work party to clean up the remnants of a snow fence along the right of way north of Acme, Alberta that had been collapsing into the adjacent farmer's field. Apparently the land owner had been losing the use of a stretch of land along side the fence due to nails protruding out of the boards. Guido, Randie, Jeff, and myself went out the next morning expecting to find a few hundred feet of wood and wire to have to dig out of the grass.

Fortunately the farmer, or another diligent soul, had already gone to it with a tractor and dozer leaving us with a much smaller task than what was previously anticipated. It still took us several hours to wrap up the job to our satisfaction, including pulling rusty barbed wire out of the tough grass and coiling it into manageable rolls.

We felt our visit to the site and our conscientious mopping up would contribute to the relationship building that Trailnet has on its agenda with the local land holders in the Kneehill trail vicinity. Even though we did not get a full day's labour out of our trip, it was still a nice visit to the area and an introduction to the pleasant corridor that abandoned routes like those present. And the sale of the remaining thick layer of gravel will add a much needed injection of cash to Trailnet's coffers. Let's all hope that we can proceed in the near future with the actual development of this route into a functional linear park.

Reference the following sites:
Alberta Trail Net
Trans Canada Trail



A job well done!

A job well done!
L-R: Guido, Randi, Jeff, Peter



Randi (L) and Jeff tote that wire coil.

Randi (L) and Jeff tote that wire coil.



Guido (L) and Jeff extricate rusty barb wire out of thick grass.

Guido (L) and Jeff extricate rusty barb wire out of thick grass.





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