Smelters and Chemicals Ltd. -SKEENA MALL’ Some of the first accommodatlons at ‘the - Suits, slacks & poms jackets Sale affective: on JULY 2nd - AUG. 15th UNIVERSAL SsOunD CENTRE - Whe sre the musee is! 3RO'AVE & 6TH ST. PRINCE RUPERT ch "OUTSTANDING PIONEER PACKAGE * Me ‘ “ Give yourself allttle ¢redit:. use your Universal charge account TODAY!/ 237 CITY. CENTRE KITIMAT 624.6743 632-3177. $50 WORTH OF CASSETTE TAPES: “YOUR CHOICE! orren END'AUG. 9 BUY THIS AND GET. . ve Chargex and maslecharoe alsa Secepted | harel The. -Lokelze Lake Hot ‘ ~ Spring have been part of Jocal history :since the late. 1800°s and may -now be on their: wayto becoming: a | major. tourist attraction. | Bruce ‘Johnstone waa the - first ovmer of the springs. fn, 1907 he pre-empted the land ‘because he -expected the Kitimat-Omineca Railway to pess through the area... The railway terminus was built in Prince ‘Rupert but Johnstone: built a hotel anyway and was ready” for guests in 1910, said Nadine: - Asante in her book The; -. History of Terrace. 4" Many:of the guests wete” “. surveyors who ‘were looking - * ‘t, the country -over”. for”, development, said. Lloyd Bruce «. ‘John- Johnstone, stone's: son, recently, ‘In- thé: early: 1900s - “the | ‘alleged medicinal properties - . of the springs were the main. ( abaction, The: “guest then ” The main “hot spring was “just beside. the bulldings and many believe t has healing properties. tot landmark t atayied: in the original. log” hotel but in.1929 a new lodge’ and new bath: house’ were constructed onthe lake:. |“ “ The original: hotel burned down. in: 1935 .and the depression; a flood” in the. Skeena River and the Second: -. Wortd ‘War all combined: to keep the ‘project,’ stagnant’ until the end of the. war... During the war Johnstone ‘had lost ‘his .interest in the lakeshore hotel, said Asante: ‘He'd ‘already sold. one-- wee of -his-share to Mrs. wen-Colthurst Sr; ‘ Mattle Fives: also owned a ‘hall ‘ine terest," wooy. After the war the John-- nigne. family. again had. the springs, Llayd: Johnstone bought ‘ the property from - Roes and Bowen-Colthurst and held onto it until 1959 . when he sold. out b ‘Ray .” Skoglund. | A Daily Herald 7 - Terrace-area " Siogtund- “teveoied e land and. created; a. popula event . ° - gnediately atarted rea ng springs’ except for, the - The main pool: I wat sai the year after he purchased . . the land and tents were up «for guests. This Skoglund’s © ~ first-- commodation, He erected + tents and for $4 per. day: the’ - guests could sleep on camip” ts and had the. use of wood - -stoves. This may not. sot very: luxurious: but °: springs were 80 popular. er tents were constantly. ales "A 1,500-foot canal wash : by Skogiund for Boats airplanes.s6 they, could : on the lake and tax Alice: Ewart, ‘Skog daughter. ; ““People lovdd coming ok - there’ because it Plead zt @ Word of mouth de . hot springs popilar-. and; although most .of ~ the business came from: 1 people; there ‘were: many’ repeat visitors from all over.’ The resort was popular for conventions, Skoglund. Oil companies especially would hold seminars. ‘end. alway cceuraged : ‘to roam” ie property and could -¢ themselves around the fireplace in the hotel lobby on perhaps by joining ond iof thé. square dances that held. . ‘ Skoglund. sold the- “hor | springs . because. they ha originally been meant to be. part-time venture but had , become a full-time” one. ' “Government regina’ kept getting tougher, the load was-too heavy,” he said.:- After years of hard work” ,, and investment, the springs _ ‘made money ‘for the first ‘time in the Skoglund owned it. “] was ofiginally In-, * terested In it because I could. _ Bee it had a great future.” «In 1968: North American - Recreations, .a subsi of " the Power pl anlage On, - bought the hot springs. This corporation spent about. ’ $225,000 on the installation of . a public pool, Skoglund sald. The hotel Jost lis: personal ‘ touch when much of the . ; regular. staff was laid aff, he — The property changed - "hens again when a’ hotel - chain purchased it. They had: . it for quite a time but didn’t: _ do anything with it, he sald. | 7 “Stories by Carla Waison* oH 3 ral Staff Writer ‘possible ways to bring thé,,:: springs back to life. Tey are’: now closed down and. no. OnE, : ' can use the facilities. . a July 23 and July 0) wneaar tickets good for July 30 ms ‘BIG BONUS | _, PRIZES. OVER 11 000 BONUS CASH PRIZES . 2 The: property. was: even- + . tually sold to the Provincial * government for, $1. Th government is looking ‘in Skoglund would like io a -last year . theland developed'again and: 4 thinks a popular spot like the Terrace. people asking about. they . springs,’ he said. springs would be an asset rat