B16 - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 27, 1994 Remembering the paddlers FOR RIVERBOAT week I would like to go back to the canoes and their captains who should not be forgotten. The cances on the North Pa- cific coat were among the finest of the native production, The Haida people of the Queen Charlotte Islands made the largest and best canoes hewed out of single cedar logs. They use to bring their canoes over in great numbers to Port Simpson and other ‘HERE ‘N THERE YVONNE MOEN places to be sold or bartered for fish, grease and blankets. For a good number of years, some of these canoes were used by the Hudson Bay Com- pany to freight up the Skeena, usually carrying about two tonnes,of freight. The canoes ranged in length from 30-60 feet and carried a crew of five people. Each canoe was manned bya captain, a bowman and two or three sailors (as they were called although not much sail- ing was one). The captain stood in the stern of ihe canoe and handled the huge oar. The bowman’s duties were to pole the canoe upstream and keep the bow away from. the shore. The two or three sailors kad the big job of poling upstream, When the current got too Strong, they also had to jump ashore with long cotton lines attached to a harness for each man. They would get into the har- ness and pull, at times having to drag their canoe over the tipples and around whirlpools. Hauling freight by canoe from — Port Essington to Hazelton was expensive, un- certain and slow. — They would canoe until dust, set up camp on shore, make a- huge bonfire and spend the night. By 3:00 or 4:00 in the morn- ing they would be on their way again. A few names of famous rivermen and captains of freight canoes were Pred Alexcee, Charlie Price and Walter Wright. Perhaps the best known and certainly the most reliable canoc service was provided by a mative river pilot names Samuel Bright Senior. His daughter, Agnes Sutton, once resided in Cedarvale, She told of her father taking two-and-a-half days to go from Hazelton to the Little Canyon by canoe and then on to Kitimat with the mail on his back. Philip Sutton made canoes of cottonwood trees in Cedar- vale, Greg McDonald was back breaking and litte goid was found. Caro! Glen, the parks facilitator, today, “There is gold in them, there hills” " Only a short distance east of Terrace, Kleanza Creak Provindlal Park offars both travellers and local residents a scenic and tranquil setting for outdoor relaxation, Keanza means "gold" in tha Tsmishian (one of the first Nations languages} and since early Imes these people lived and fished inthe Kleanza Creek area. It was the search for gold that lead to the colonization of many places In B.C,, Including the Terrace area. By 1890 gold faver had hit Kleanza as well, Men with sluica boxes worked the gravel beds abave and belowthe gorge. The work By 1911 the Cassiar Hydraulic Mining Co. had plans to attempt toretieve the gold. Two yaw of floading saw their hopes destroyed, Finally in 1914 the company gave up the search for the gold and the “Mother lode” was never found. Gold seakers, like one fellow by tha name of Joal Trulsen, continued to search far gald Inthe area. Just barely making a living, Joel was not just a miner he wes a naturalist (one of the first) and it was through his efforts that a campground was built, He cleared sites, built pienic tables and entertained visitors as does The park was established in 1956 and it ensured that Joal’s atforts and the natural The Bright family was. the biggest kinisht Samuel Sr, was the owner of two two-lomne canoes thal - brought the first settlers to Meanskinishi to build and es- tablish the village. He was a carpenter and did lathe work. He used his canoes in a freight business on the Skeena, carrying freight and supplies to the various river settle- ments. He also carried mail from Cedarvale to Kitimat and Hazelton. , Samuel Sr. died at age 35 and his wife died in 1939. Their son, Samuel Jr. took over the freight canoe business until the Grand Trunk Rail made the CN and post office fully accessible “across the - river. ; With the coming of the rail- road also came the end of the freight canoes and their cap- - tains, One of these freight canoes from Cedarvale is now on dis- play in the Kitimat museum. BCE Parks family ‘of Mcans--— : heritage of the area would be protected. The park has 21 campsites as well as a picnic area and the swimming is wonderful In Kleanza Creek itself. A special attraction in the fall is seeing the pink salmon spawn in the creek completing thelr 4 year life cycle, Another popular activity Is to hike the 1 km trail to the top of the Kleanza Canyon where a viewpoint offers a spectacuier view of the canyon below. There Is a wide vorlaly of trees and flowers along the trail, One fiowar which Is in plentiful supply is the Queen’s Cup. The flower is e large, white cup shaped which stands alone, rarely two. It has single bright metallic blue barries and two to thres leaves in a basal rosette, The beautiful pure white cup shaped flower with a crown of gold stamens deserves the name Queen's cup. Join myself and Carol Glen on Sunday July 31/94, ina number of activitias. Al noon bring your bag tunch to the day use area and have lunch, At 2 pm join in the Jerry's Ranger. program for childran called Degged Detective and eam stickers. At 3 pm use your creative lalants and design, build and sall your boat or airplane around the Kleanza Creek area. And at 7 pm join us for an old fashion county square dance, with a sing along to follow at 6 pm, See you a! the Kleanza Creek Park. had been harvesting food for the coming winter. The woman has a baby-carrier made from cedar planks an her back, allowing her fo take her baby with her whila she works. Flair For Your Hair! - Now when you purchase 1 Litre of Biolage THIS 45-FOOT Tsimshian canoe was used to transport families from camp-to-camp. In this photo from. Cliff Balton taken in the early 1900s, the canoers are picking’ uP the woman and girl who Make a Fashion Statement wih Your Windows * Beautiful Vertical & Horizontal Blinds 3k Valances LAKELSE LAKE PROVINCIAL PARK VISITORS PROGRAMS ALL EVENTS ARE FREE - EVERYONE WELCOME BCR Parks ” ALL EVENING PROGRAMS ARE IN THE AMPHITHEATER 3k Toppers Norm li . PARENTS PLEASE ACCOMPANY YOUR CHILDREN TO THE PROGRAMS a allzing Thoredey, duly 28 Ni A 200pm = “Quick Frozen Critters”. Predators and prey have a special ralaionship in the old growth * Matchi ng Shampoo forest, Come lo the presentation and hen see if you cauld survive in the forest. Bedding for just 8:00pm. 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