Kincolith road

has already

proven why it is needed

THE NEW road to Kincolith proved its worth even be-
fore it officially opened.

Jt happened when a transport truck laden with food
and supplies rolled into the coastal village at the mouth
of the Nass River Dec. 4.

That was three days before the official opening date,
but villagers couldn’t afford to wait any longer.

Their regular ferry between Kincolith and Prince Ru-
pert had been broken down for several weeks, bad
weather grounded float plane service from Prince Rupert
and a second ferry chartered for the journey couldn't
leave because of ihe weather, ee

Kincolith merchant Winnie Dootan, who had char-
tered that second ferry, got on the phone as soon as she
received the cancellation news early in the morning of
Dec. 4. ;

She soon organized the transport to Terrace of all‘ of
the food and freight that had been waiting for the ferry to
leave Prince Rupert,

Convoy marks
road opening

USING HIS wife’s mini van, Kincolith chief councillor
Nelson Clayton was part of a convoy of vehicles that left
that village early in the morning of Dec. 7 to make the
first official trip over the new road to the rest of the Nass
Valley.

The 29km section to Greenville where it joins the rest
of the Nass highway system, was built at a cost of $33
million.

It'll change the lives of the more than 300 people who
live in the village atthe mouth of the Nass River, said
Clayton.

Residents will be closer to specialized medical care,
educational facilities and shopping and service centres.

“We have to thank the work of our elders over the

years,” said Clayton of the lobbying it took the Nisga’a Ff

and others to have the road built.

“] remember when | was still a young man at a meet- ~

ing, hearing one of the elders saying he had a dream of a
car parked in front of his house one of these days.”

Clayton and others are predicting an increase in busi-
ness and tourism opportunities and in new business con-
nections between Kincolith and Terrace.

He’s already heard reports of people ordering vehi-
cles, The use for and number of vehicles in Kincolith has
been limited because access was restricted to air travel,
by ferry to Prince Rupert or by private boat.

Clayton also thinks the population will increase as
Kincolith residents who left will now want to return be-
cause access is so much easier.

“IT think we could be looking at a shortage of
[building] lots for people,” he said.

Clayton toured the new route with John Brown, the
manager for Brentwood Enterprises, which built the road,
prior to its official Dec. 7 opening.

~“T4tald John Brown that at this time of year our people
‘isually-take.a“speedboat:on the river to
Greenville,” said Clayton. “Now they can be in their car
with the heater on.”

Although the ferry service between Kincolith and
Prince Rupert is‘to close down the end of the year, the
village is buying two smaller boats of its own.

Clayton said the village will use them to transport
people to Prince Rupert who do not have vehicle trans-
portation out and will also use them to develop an eco-
tourism market. .

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By that afternoon, a Lindsay’s Cartage truck from
Terrace arrived in Kincolith with close to 10,000 pounds
of goods.

It carried food and supplies for Doolan’s two stores
she owns in the village, food ordered from outside groc-
ery stores for residents, department store mail orders and
Canada. Post parcels.

“Everybody was quite anxious,” said Doolan of the
grounded ferry and air service. “People had winter cloth-
ing in those parcels.”"

“Tl do anything for the community,” said Doolan of
the measures she undertook. 9"

Because the road was not officially opened, Doolan
asked for and received the blessing of contractor Brent-
wood Enterprises to use it. ,

. “TI told him of our situation and he didn’t hesitate,”
said Doolan of Brentwood manager John Brown.

‘Doolan has two phones and for awhile the morning of
Dec. 4,:had one in each hand as she was contacting
people in Terrace and in Prince Rupert to arrange for
transport,

In addition to Dec. 4 being the first day a commercial
transport vehicle used the road it has another signif-
icance to Doolan — it’s her birthday.

“Hello, Terrace. Here we come — out of the woods,”
said Doolan of the road connection.

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