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VIDEO: Campbell River Museum’s ‘steam donkey’ draws crowd

Museum’s director: turnout shows tourism ready to bounce back

The Campbell River Museum fired up its historic ‘steam donkey’ on Feb. 13, in an event that drew a crowd of onlookers.

The ‘steam donkey,’ a steam-powered winch once used in logging, was restored by the museum. But it needs to be operated once in a while to keep it working, so the museum decided to hold an event for all to see it steaming away.

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