14A PEACE POWER SOUVENIR EDITION Wednesday, September 25,.1968

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No region in British Columbia is developing more rapidly than our north-central
interior . . . with forests and mines yielding new sources of wealth . . population soaring!
in the ‘hub city” of Prince George and numerous other communities . +. and increasing
numbers of tourists adding to a picture of growing prosperity, Complementing this.
multi-facetted deveiopment is a constantly expanding network of modem ‘paved highways
thot results in easier, faster and more enjoyable travel throughout the northern central
‘interior . . . and, further, links this burgeoning region with other parts of British Columbia.

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Province of British Columbia Bennett Dam Completed Just a Year Ago

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tk nate. a ee Just a year ago, Premier W. A. C. Bennett dumped the with visitors Lookout Building in foreground. When iim
The Hon. Wesley Black, Minister =H. T. Miard, Deputy Minister = das load of fill during colorful ceremonies (top) marking — was built the lookut was far above construction work i

completion of the dam which was named for him. Photo _‘ the canyon, today the completed dam: ‘towers hundr.
immediately above shows dam from downstream side of feet above it.

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