The Ashcroft Slough — located about four kilometres northeast of the village — was a First Nations' fishing area well before the establishment of the village, according to community advocacy group the Ashcroft Slough Society . Ashcroft Terminal purchased the riverfront land two decades ago and has been expanding its footprint ever since. (Submitted by Ashcroft Terminal)The Ashcroft Slough Society sees Evans Road as a public right-of-way going through private land. "There used to be three access points along that road [to the slough]," society spokesperson Daniel Collett told Shelley Joyce, the host of CBC's Daybreak Kamloops. One of the access points is the Ashcroft Terminal entrance, where a gate was installed this spring to restrict public access to the section of the road leading to the slough.

Source: CBC News September 18, 2020 21:33 UTC