TERRACESTANDARD a The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 21, 2006 - A11 | SOME AREA. businesses _ tourism Opportunities in the are recognizing the value of joining forces to create new 7 area for visitors. . a -A_new- tour company called Mountain, Oceans: ‘Adventure Tours and’ Vacations owned. by -. Darryl Tucker is the driver - behind creating group tours ° ' to the‘Nass Valley and other unique northwestern desti- sense, says Tucker. For instance, park guides are mandatory to hike -the trail to the volcano’s cone . due to the sensitive nature of _ the lychen, which covers the Rivers, - ‘nations by teaming up with © . other tourism providers © in the area. aq The Nass Valley tour in- * volves three ‘Terrace- based businesses. lava flow along the trail. The park. is owned by the province and. managed jointly with Nisga’a Lisims government. . Enter Rob ‘Seaton, a B.C. Parks Board employee whose company “Northwest Escapes Ltd. has operated | the park for: the last three years. His guides ‘take visitors. ~ on the lava bed tour.. The trip includes a hike | source of the unique: lava ‘ flow in the Nisga’a Memo- , tial. Lava Bed Park, with » stops to Nisga’a villages and scenic destinations. ‘to’ the volcano crater, the - The tour. includes trans- ' portation, meals and inter- pretive guiding included. Joining forces with oth- er tourism” operator makes REGIONAL AIR. carrier Hawkair _ hopes: to develop a charter flight operation to increase its bottom line. ‘The company, in bankruptcy protec- ‘tion since last October, views the char- © ter business as a way of adding to its: . income now based'on scheduled pas- _ Senger flights from the. northeast and:. “northwest to Vancouver, says: general . manager Tom Beshr. “We have 19 charters in June and .. more in July,” said Beshr. It recently flew a group of account- ing:firm Wood Gundy employees from the*South Terminal in Vancouver to Pemberton ‘on the Sunshine Coast for a Both Tucker, Seaton and Brian Downie, a third part- ner who transports visitors through his. company Split Mountain Adventures, cooperation will boost’ the number of visitors to the park and the Nass Valley. - “That -would, be good for us and for the Nisga’a,” Downie said, because then come.” The company is using one of its three Dash 8-100s for its charter side purchsed from a company called Field Aviation. Walsh Avenue ss apartments for sale THE CEDAR: PLACE apartment buildings — across from Skeena Junior School may soon come under new _ownership. - - The 49-unit. t building at 4931 Walsh Ave. is listed on the “tween him, are ., all. hoping their increased - day.of golfing and business: “This is pretty exciting for us for i it ‘demonstrates what we can do,” he said ~ of the charter which was the. first time Hawkair flew into Pemberton: . . “It was-a very important flight, to us . as. we could demonstrate we can de: | sliver: ‘We hope this i is sign of things to . “But Hawkair., had trouble making: -payments on this ‘aircraft. and thet two others’ it bought arid it became one of multiple listing service commercial site for $1,650,000 and: has one, two and three bedroom units in the building. The - three storey unit has been on the market since late last year and realtor John Evans says there is interest in the building. “We have a group of Vancouver investors that are pursu- ing it, they have expressed some sincere interest and an offer has been accepted but there are still a number of conditions |» that need to be met,” Evans said. Those conditions should be removed before June 24 in order for the sale to complete. Evans confirmed other offers will continue to be entertained. The building i is owned by S and D Properties Holdings ] Ltd. _ The Royal Canadian | ‘Legion Branch 13 wishes to thank all of the following } sponsors for the hugely successful GOLF TOURNAMANENT: Cottonwood Massage _-PA.C.E.S: Scrapbook Addictions P.N.G. Northcoast Angler's: ‘ScotiaBank Sight & Sound - Mini Mall . Scotty's U-Brew Aqua Clear Bottlers Canadian Tire Misty River Tackle Northern Signs — Totem Furniture Save On Foods Misty River Books .. 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Braid Insurance Rona Safeway Excel Best Western Ebony’s Re/Max | Minute Muffler McDonald's \ ‘Businesses team up, develop group tours | ; more: people would under- stand the northwest’s Native culture. ° Tourism is also consid- ered an important potential - source of income, especially . § since the downfall of the | logging industry in . recent ; years. Seaton hopes ‘to build positive . relationships be- local tourism Operators and the Nisga’a people, he said, then take a “back seat” in the operation. For. nearly, ten years, Seaton has managed nine’ ‘provincial parks in the area - from Smithers to Prince Ru- pert. But part of his operating plan for ‘the Lava Bed Park .. was to get as many ‘local -Nisga’a people involved as possible, Seaton now » =. employees who work. in the ~ park, all from the Nass Val- ley. ‘His ‘contract: to operate & has three . the parks lasts another two . hour.” ee at the gate-to.the Terrace: landfill ‘on: ‘Kalum ake ~ Drive Juné-12, providing them with access to the location. ~ They were then able to enter the area with a small vehicle and take'a red Honda water pump and various wrenches. ~ Those with information on this theft are asked to call the. ; RCMP at 638-7400 or Crimestoppers at.635- 8477. : “Ty you have information about this or any other crime or you know the identity of the person or person's responsible for this, of or any: other crime - (Crimestoppers would like to hear from. ‘you. BRUCE AZAK i is a » Nisga’ a tour guide at Lava Bed r Memorial Park in the Nass Valley.. He’s placing his hand inside an enormous. Grizzly bear paw - print... SARAH ARTIS PHOTO years, he said, and then he - hopes one of his. employees will take it over. Other tours: Tucker i is de- | Hawk eyes charter flight biz | the reasons why it sought bankruptcy protection.” But the company’ now has a deal with Field to make payments only when _ ‘the aircraft is in the air, a arrangement — the airline industry calls“ ‘power by the — “Field really stepped up to. the plate ; “on this,” said Beshr of the arrangement. “It benefits us and them.”. “Field could have taken the aircraft back, but they wouldn’t be getting any roy if they did that,” our: so ‘the’ iriore. it fliés;: the moére“Field 299 makes,” Beshr continued. Crimestoppers offers a cash reward of up to $2,000.00 for information |. =| leading to the arrest and charges being tald against this or any other |. unsolved Crime. If you have any information call CRIME STOPPERS at 635- ‘| TIPS, that’s 635-8477. Callers will not be required to reveal their Identity or |” testify in court. 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