Port Elgin, N.B., lights up historic bridge [Video]

The old wooden walking bridge in Port Elgin, N.B., known as Slab Bridge to the community, holds a lot of memories since it was built in 1884.

“I wasn’t much of a swimmer, but all the kids jumped off the bridge in the summertime to swim and I don’t know, I’d say some people might have even had their first kiss on that bridge,” said Jackie Giles, who walked across the bridge almost every day growing up. “It’s just been here all of our lives and it’s something that’s just been a part of us.”

This year, Giles hopes to create another memory of the wooden bridge as a Christmas gift the entire community can share.

“I thought it would look beautiful to have it lit up at Christmas with a reflection off the water and everything,” she said.

Giles put a call out on Facebook to see if anyone in the community would like …