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Pier Street Scenery
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| Ostler Park, formerly Foreshore Park, north end of Pier Street |
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| Pier Street View south bound, Park left, Ridgerider right |
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| Downtown in Spring with north end of Pier Street |
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| South end: Harbour and Pier |
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| Pier Street view north bound |
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| former Fish Monger and Pier B&B |
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Pier Street Murals
This was the first beautification project with a visible impact: over several years, artist Dan Richey from Nanaimo created
about 25 murals in his air brush technique, starting with the "sharks" on the lawyer's building in 1998. The large Pier Street
mural on the Ridgerider building was done in 2001.
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| Lawyer's office |
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| Pier Street entrance North |
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| Beaver Aquatics building |
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| High Tide and Ewart Accounting |
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| next to the Framing Post |
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| Redden Net building |
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Cleanup Work Bees
During the first years of the existence of the association, members and friends of the Association met on Sunday mornings
on a regular base to take on one part after the other of the street for cleaning and weeding. Most of the times they met in
the Lookout before or after this for a free or sponsored breakfast.
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| Work bee fun group |
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| John cleaning the "wedge" |
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| Inge cleaning in the back alley |
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The Flower Barrels
This was the first major fundraiser with great participation of many merchants and property owners. In 2002 the first
batch of wine barrels was planted and set up in a "Roll out the Barrels" party. The first plants got "drunk" though. More
barrels were added over time and other parts of town picked up this decorative idea. Replanting them twice a year is not a
problem, but watering them.. And vandalism happened often, decreasingly.
Driftwood Pilings
Thanks Crabby Bob for this unique idea which added a lot of maritime flavour to the street. This was cheap and effective
and done in special work bees. It did cost an extra liability insurance, though. Pier Street was later invited to build
driftwood pilings for the new Mariner Square and other communities asked for the "recipe".
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| piling near Ostler Park in Fall |
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| Welcome sign at south entrance |
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| piling and historic sign |
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The Historic Mile
This project was a real highlight for Pier Street which now attracts a lot of visitors to study the 22 historic signs.
Installed in February of 2007, it had taken 5 years of planning and fundraising, which finally came to fruition thanks to
a close cooperation with City Hall. Before that, Pier Street had already celebrated the fact that this area of town represented
the roots of Campbell River.
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| Sign with view of the old Beehive, now Lookout restaurant (background) |
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| sign facing north with Willows Hotel and what's now the Park |
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| sign with the old Lavers shop, Barber and Beehive |
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| sign with Steamship calling at the first wharf |
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| sign with Campbell River's first garage |
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| sign with the old Police Station and Court House |
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