Spring Creek is one of the most popular trailheads for local hikers and bikers to get up into the mountains.
Outdoors enthusiats can expect a sunny new welcome to Spring Creek Trailhead next time they visit - as the formerly unassuming pumphouse is the latest mural project from the the Skeena Salmon Arts Festival Society.
The vibrant design is the work of Sabrina Williams, who says her inspiration for the piece came from nature;
"A lot of my ideas, they come from mostly nature itself. As when, while I was growing up around the villages, my home villages of Kitwanga and Gitanyow, we were always taught to, like, appreciate every little bit of nature, because it provides for us. So we have the two little flowers and the butterfly. And then on the other side, we have the big sun."
The 21-year old was a self-taught artist from a young age, before attending and later graduating from the Freda Diesing School of Northwest Coast Art in 2023.
"For me. I'm trying to, as I go along with my art, I'm trying to break the boundaries of traditional. You know, to break the rules, you gotta learn them. And with traditional Northwest Coast art, we have mostly red, black, white and the occasional teal. And I've just been wanting to branch out and make my own art style."
Williams says this is her first mural and her team here is mostly her family.
"I'm glad they showed up to help. Especially the ones that are a lot taller than me."
Williams' work is now complete, and can be found at then end of Spring Creek Drive in Terrace.
