Guide:

Dan Fass is a keen historian of the Gibby's Field area. He has worked hard along with local citizens to preserve Gibby's Field as a common greenspace.

Special Instructions:

Wear walking shoes. Walk is child and bike-friendly. Rain or shine. Donations welcome.

Description:

Dan will retrace some of the path of Gibson Creek, a major creek in the once-vast China Creek system which used to flow into False Creek, He will show where three other large creeks joined Gibson Creek to eventually become China Creek. Gibson Creek provided waters for Chinese market gardens and a brewery. Its trout provided lunch for the owner of a drugstore built over the creek and its salmon fed the mink in a mink farm. Along it's path is Gibby's Field - three city lots named after "Old Man Gibby" - the name local children gave to Moses Gibson, after whom "Gibson's Creek" is also named. Gibby's Field,which has never been developed, contains the original creek bed. Local  citizens are working to keep it as a greenspace (www.vcn.bc.ca/gibbys). It will take about a half hour to walk back  to the start point.