FFT”, rT * * m TERRACE STANDARD. Business REVIEW Skeena rail tours popular __ A’‘B.C.-BASED travel company says its tours involving VIA Rail’s Skeena passenger train from the Rockies to Prince . Rupert are among the most popular it offers. __ And more Canadians than ever are signing up since the — “ SARS outbreak of several years ago back east and 9- ] I, says. . ~ Karen Davey of John Steel Rail Tours. “Ty truly believe ‘the Skeena is one of the most beautiful , _train trips in the whole world,” she said. : The company offers two types of tours — guided and inde- ‘pendent — and VIA’s Skeena train is a component of éach. - and Kalum Lake Drive? 6.5 acres, 2 lots. Vaz +129.900 “Canadians are now probably 30 per cent of our travel- Bus: : (77) 635-2404 _lers,” said Davey. “But a larger share comes from the Amieri-.. - |.Res: (866) 798-9565 can market, the United Kingdom ’and now Australia.” ‘Cell: (250) 631-3100 Email: vance@royallepage.ca Royal ktesge. teers, Semnciona #102-4644 Lazelle Ave., Terrace, B.C. gquamgammnininimniin —————— . She also attributes the overall growth in her business from - an increased effort to market B.C. to the world. . “B.C. is now doing a better job of getting itself out there,” Davey added. a HELI- SKIING HAS taken hold i in the region 7 and is becoming : a staple of winter tour-. ism revenue. Local company Northern Escape Hel Skiing now has a permit to ex- . plore potential new areas of operations. 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It means the company can "look at the property to see if it can be. used in its heli-ski- ing operation. t will be able to to do test runs in the area this winter and if the new territory fits the bill, the: company can then’ apply for a tenure for thedand.: a Northern: Escape already holds a tenure to use 5,500 square kilometres of back- country terrain north of ‘Hwy 16 just west of Terrace, says the company’s general man- _ager, John Forrest. “The heli- skiing tenure gives our company simply _and only the opportunity to do ‘business on the crown land., we have no rights to it . other than that,” he explains. If the company decides the, terrain covered in cits investigative permit is. suit- able it will have to.complete -a number of environmental _ impact studies, wildlife im-" pact studies and mitigate any - - potential conflicts with other users, Forrest says. ‘Northern .Escape _ Heli- skiing completed its’ first full season of operation last winter. It employed 20 people throughout the -winter -in- . cluding .pilots, engineers, guides and other workers. Many of those workers _ are local and Forrest says _ several out-of-town guides. ‘are planning to relocate to Terrace and make it their ~ home this year.” : The -operation includes _ heli-skiing. and has a lodge located a 15-minute drive west of Terrace. Guests last year included ~ two ‘high-profile film. crews ° who specialize in action- — packed ski and snowboard movies... . 0 ’ Forrest estimates the com-. pany and its guests pumped . more than $800,000 back: _ into the Terrace and regional economy. last year stemming . . from ‘purchases for fuel, — . food and other items. The company’s investiga- tive permit is valid for two years. Forrest hopes to know early in the winter season if the southern area is viable. for his heli-skiing operation. . . funds. Insurance. Mutual bonds. . Stocks and Registered . retirement savings plans. 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