Park updates

ABOVE: Starting on Monday crews with the City of Prince George will begin seasonal closures at two parks. Connaught Hill (pictured above) and Carrie Jane Gray Parks will close to vehicle traffic beginning at 9 p.m. All parks will re-open in the spring. LEFT: A small dump truck hauls gravel to be used as part of the trail rehabilitation activities started this week in Cottonwood Island Park to repair damage done by flooding. Crews are grading and edging nearly 300 metres of the trail using gravel and crushed rock. The city expects the work to be complete in about two weeks. BOTTOM LEFT: Local artist Elmer Gunderson recently carved eight more images into the bark of some of the trees lining the trails winding through Cottonwood Island Park. The new additions bring the total number of carvings in the park to 20. The artwork is carved into the dense outer bark of the cottonwood and does not harm the trees.