os have vehicles to take night

“AT é- - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, June 28, 2006

| Ceremony officially blesses,

- Opens cultural site to tourists

_ VISITORS AND locals can
now visit anew development
that is geared toward

promoting cultural tourism. ~

-at.the Kitselas Canyon east.
of Terrace. on ‘the Skeena
River:.
The - Kitselas band has
" been developing a complex.
On its territory near the can-
- yon for the last several years
. with the view to take people |
on tours of the historic area, |

including the site of the for-

mer Gitlaxdzaw Fortress,
While still in ‘its’ early
. Stages of development, the
site will eventually host riv- «
‘erboat tours through the can- |
yon, interpretive tours, and a
walking tour of the fortress
: among other cultural activi-
ties, > a
A June: 2 blessing cer-
emony of the opening of.
- the first phase of the project
was * significant . because it
was ‘also National ‘Aborigi-
. .mal Day, says Kitselas Chief
Glenn Bennett... 0...
“We're very’ ' proud. and.
very. honoured that -we are- -
~ able to share our rich history
“and the culture with the pub-
lic,” Bennett said. ve
“Tt was-a. beautiful cel-
ebration” and we: definitely

~ Council —
“considers.
cost of |
_ night bus
~service to.
college |

“CITY ‘COUNCIL “is

~ considering - another |
expansion of tr transit services.
here. a

~ Tt went: over a request : at:
‘its June 26 meeting to have
B.C. Transit put on a Mon-
day to Thursday: night bus
on ‘the route to, Northwest
‘Community College to bet:
ter enable students to attend
classes. ,

- Northwest Community
College has already agreed
to pay half. of the $24,000

yearly cost, leaving the city
to come up with $8,400 and
the Kitimat-Stikine regional
district $3,600.

Starting the service as of .
Aug. 8. and running it until
the end of the year, would.
cost. the -city $3,340. But
since the council has already _

“set its budget, the. money -
would have to be found else-
where. =| >

College officials for years
_ have acknowledged that the .
distance between its campus
“and the majority of the city’s
population have made it dif-
ficult, for people who don’t

classes.
That’s a problem particu-
~ larly for people who work
during the day, leaving just -
their evenings to further -
. their education.
: The possibility of this ex-
tension comes on the heels
of cooperation between. the.
city, the regional district, the -
Northern Health Authority —
and other governments to in-
troduce a.combined medical
travel and general public bus.
‘between Terrace and Kiti-
mae
_ That -service would in-
clude new routes east. on
-Hwy16 to the Gitaus subdi-.
vision and west on Hwy16,.
~ to New Remo. |

SILAS and Ben ight) Auckland lead their Gitselasu dance troupe during a song at.

the Kitselas Canyon tourist development opening and blessing ceremony June 21,

National Aboriginals. Day.

PHOTO COURTESY MORRIS MASON

; 8" x |
ALLEN. BLOCK JR (Grey)

_ CONCRETE MIX (5k. Bao)

Took forward to the official.
opening : of, the canyon de-
~ velopment. once. it’ Ss. com.

“os »  This.is ‘just east. f Terrace 7

pleted.” :

“Three longhouses, 2 a ‘new. LQ
‘ washroom facility, a board- °
~ walk,’an information centre
_.and barbecue facilities: are -
now complete. and, open to”
the public. |:

_. The development is lo-
cated at the Gitaus subdivi-
‘sion of.the Kitselas reserve.

on Hwy 16: .

interpretive, tours. ,

‘Later: this’ summer the 7
“first tourist : ‘groups will .be
taken down to.the canyon for ;

_Local.tour company Split :

. Mountain. Adventures has.
-already lined up two groups:
-of RV_ caravan participants

to visit the historic canyon. :

“Next ‘year the ‘Kitselas ©

band: plans on hosting an
official grand opening cer-

emony and offer more.com-

prehensive | programs at the,
site.»

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