The Greenley Trappers Cabin at the 108 Heritage Site will be restored thanks to the BC Trappers Association.
The association is adopting the cabin from the 108 Heritage Site and plans to perform upgrades to the ageing cabin - which is located on the east side of the site. The upgrades are set to cost around $1,000 for the roof, as well as an additional $1,000 for a new door and viewing area.
Kelly Carnochan, the president of the 100 Mile Historical Society which manages the site, said the cabin has seen better days.
"There's shakes (wooden shingles) on the roof, and then there's dirt and then there are plants on top of it," Carnochan explain.
Glen Cartwright, president of the association, went into detail on how they will repair the cabin roof.
"So we're going to remove all the dirt off the roof, put a new water membrane down, put another layer of sod on top - and replant it."
Cartwright says that the Trappers Association will be doing the roofing work this year - while next year, they will be installing an iron entrance to the cabin.
"So people can actually go inside the cabin and see it - they won't be bars at the door," Cartwright said.
The cabin was first built around 1930 at Hendricks Creek - and was later dismantled and moved to the 108 Heritage Site in 1999. The cabin was made by Everett Lee Greenlee and his wife Edna Marie, who made the cabin their home during the winter months while they set and checked trap lines. Furnishings within the cabin include a hand-made log bunk, a stove, an apple box nailed to the wall for cupboards and a bench to store things.
Both Greenlee and his wife would use the cabin to travel their trap line, which extended from Canim Lake, to Bosk Lake, to Big Timothy Mountain using several leg hold traps. They would trap and sell coyotes, fox lynx, squirrels, weasels, martins and even cougars to the Vancouver Raw Fur Company and other buyers
Carnochan is happy to see the venerable cabin getting renovated by the B.C. Trappers Association.
"I think it's awesome," Carnochan said. "Any rejuvenation we can get to the Heritage Site is awesome."
The BC Trappers Association is the oldest trapper's association in Canada - and was founded in 1945. Their mission is to "manage furbearers responsibly and sustainably through respect of our natural resources" according to their website.
The renovations are set to be complete by 2025.
