25 years ago in the Undercurrent
“Marina eyed as tourist resort,” read the headline in the June 1, 1990 edition of The Undercurrent. The B.C. Ministry of Tourism announced that the Union Steamship Company Marina would receive a federal-provincial low-interest loan of $330,150 to develop the Snug Cove Marina as a destination resort with such facilities as a marina pub and restaurant, meeting facilities and office space, a chandlery, convenience store and marina belfry, which would act as the harbor landmark. Federal minister of Tourism Tom Hockin said, “What we are doing with the Snug Cove Marina on Bowen Island is providing funding for its infrastructure... This is the approach we took with Whistler and it has obviously been successful.”
In the same paper was an opinion piece written by Graham A. Dinsdale in which he explained that the decision of the provincial government that Bowen Island become the next “destination” for British Columbia was “Contrary to the decisions reached as a result of hundreds of hours of community discussions...”
