Macdonald & Lawrence Timber Framing Ltd.

The Cowichan Valley's past, present and future came together on Thursday morning when the restored Kinsol Trestle opened.

The last spike was driven into the span by Mike Coleman, a lawyer and former Duncan mayor whose name was drawn following a raffle. Fittingly, he was aided by his two-year-old grandchildren, Grace and Blake. The Coleman family then had the honour of being the first to walk across, their footsteps becoming the first of millions that will use the bridge over the next century.