Loon Lake upgrade project nearly complete
A dozen-year multi-million-dollar capital upgrade is mostly complete at the Loon Lake Lodge and Retreat Centre, setting it up for the next half century. The latest project was the completion of the new Bentley Family Hall, a 160-seat dining room made out of timbers harvested on site in the UBC Malcolm Knapp Research Forest, at the north end of 232nd Street. The hall’s grand opening took place Oct. 1. …Loon Lake was originally built in 1949 to house UBC’s Faculty of Forestry field camps. In 2003, the UBC Research Forest, which operates Loon Lake, signed an agreement with the Canadian Cancer Society, designating Loon Lake as the home of Camp Goodtimes. …Much of the wood came from UBC’s own mill but Cedarland Forest Products, Andersen Pacific Forest Products, Western Canfor, West Fraser all donated material.
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