Page 24, THE HERALD, Progress Supp., Tuesday, August 29, 1978

History of Terrace —
in The Herald

The Herald has grown
right along with Terrace.

From our beginnings in
Hazelton where we published,
the weekly Omineca-Herald,
70 years ago, we came to
Terrace a few years later
and were right on the scene

‘when the town became in-

corparated in 1927.
Here is a brief history of
_ Terrace at that time:

1927 was an eventful year
in Terrace, For a town of
less than three hundred, a lot
was happening.

The year started off witha
proposal for forming a board
of trade (Jan. 14, Omineca
Herald), Subsequently it
was that organization which
successfully instigater
Terrace's incorporation as a
village on December 29 of
the same year.

The board of trade (BOT),
now Terrace and District
Chamber of. Commerce,
appeared quite often in the
news columns of The Herald
that year. .

One of the most startling
developments was a BOT
proposal for Northern B.C.
and Northern Alberta to

‘break away, and form a new
province. The proposal was
initiated by E.T. Kenney and
George Little. Kenney
outlined. the proposed
boundaries, and stressed the
pressing need for acceptable
transportation facilities in
the Peace River area.

The Herald wrote, “He
(Kenney) polnted out where.
the present connections were

unsatisfactory and statec.

that where they should be
gelting support they were
only getting sympathy and
promises, neither of which

had any practical value,..the -

north should be given a free
hand to work out its
salvation unhampered by the
obstacles placed in the path
by those who sought to assist
solely for exploitation
purposes, Those who spoke

. infavour of the new province

included George Little, A.H.
Barker, Geo Dover, H.
Halliwell, W.H. Burnett, Mr.
Holmwood, J.K. Gordon and
others."

The HErald later reports, «

“As a general feeling
Terrace is in favour of the
movement,”

Presumably that’s as far
as the fledging separatist
movement got. _
: ‘The paper never went into
further detail or published
other stories on this.

There was additional
evidence of a feeling of
alienation from the
govenrments in Victoria and
Ottawa. . Like today, nor-
therners of that dme felt
neglected by the govern-

ments to the south and east.

“Travel is extremely
difficult in the immediate
vicinity. Cars are all tied up
and will remain tied up now
until the spring. The

THE

high level route.

government could very well
afford to open the roads
between the towns and the
stations. It would: cost the
government very little to run
thetractor with a plow or the
grader’ over the roads a

‘couple of times. The.

machinery is available.”
‘The single most important

issue, juding by the ink it.

received, was the proposed
destruction of the high level
bridge ‘across the Bulkley
River at Hagwilget. The
provincial government of
‘that day. wanted to build
another bridge across the.
river at-a different location.

The Herald was consistent
in its. opposition to the
government proposal. ;
Early on in the year,. the
paper wrote, “If the plans
are carried out it will be very
unsatisfactory to the ship-
pers of the district and un-
‘popular generally. The
present site -is already

. provided with roads. It is the

shortest route and the only
There
should be very exceptional
reasons for making any
change in the bridge site as
such change will mean
additional cost forever to
every ‘person who crosses
that proposed new bridge. A
new. site can offer no ad-
vantages to offset those now

-enjoy. To talk about a two-

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