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“trucks on the Copper Main but. turned ‘on the radio | . Barrels oe
anyway which: ‘led to'a flurry. of questions: ‘from my. ss
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. Snow had falten.on the mountain tops‘a few days. L. ‘Scurries : -

earlier: After a tise in temperature it had. melted into’ -|- Keyhole’.

the creeks that’ ultimately turried the Copper the =] Figure8

- colour of concrete, The fishermen canipéd theré had. |: Poles

‘fled.the valley destined for Laundromats, Brocery "| Barrels .
stores, and ‘tackle’ shops. Other than: the. ‘mystery sf. te
pickup two: kilometres ahead, it appeared we were.
~ the only people in the valley. ms -
We passed the site of the famous slide al ‘Glenn:
“Falls then drove Slowly up the’ tortuous ‘section, of.’
road that skins the crumbling edge of Matson Creek.”
«Canyon, climbed again then dropped down into the *
: iiterior latidscape Of the Copper’ ‘S middie reaches. .
At a. spot » ‘overlooking. the : CopperiCtore-
confluence, -we'.* discovered. there: were ‘some- |.
* fishermen ‘in’ the valley after all: standing between - a Ring ~
ATS: -camper and-our mystery pickup, were-my old. | Seurries ‘
~“frierids* Bob’ Taylor. and: Art Lingren. Raving. their. |. Keyhole
licenses, checked “by or one of: our local Conservation . Paes or
officers; 6 PS Barrels. ©... .
Any, fish? F asked: ‘Hideed they had, Those: guys alts s
‘can “catch: fis anywhere, [told Alex: ‘What. kind of -[. a
fish?.he wanted to know. Steelhead, I'said.- How big” if "Flag
-do they’ get? Up to forty:pounds, tanswered: °°... Ring
“. Ashortdistance past Kitnayakwa: Creek the. road. J Scurries.

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rt] Cops cycle for cancer.

i: COPS: FOR CANCER ‘biked through: Terrace ‘on: their’ second annual journey

“had been cheivied up 65 it ereek bi he Keyhole 3." ‘from Prince.-George to Prince-Rupert ‘last. Wednesday. Fifteen cyclists-rode -
ad been chewed up by.a smail creek big enough Figures: ees Stella 100km each day to raisé money that will stay.in the north to help ct cancer er patients.
“alexa problems, r put on. my. waders and ‘packed: » Poles’. = .?.. Amanda Stella’ The: ‘group hoped to match last year's total of $70, 000. Wf
ex-across.:.,.’- Barrels"

~The’ forest: smelled of ‘mushrooms: and fallen |
leaves, Alex asked . if there.’ vere: bears, There: are”
bears: everywhere,” | I told hiin, ‘but.Pawsome Avi
: Jet us Know when one is ‘close, I. said, punctuating:
“the: sentence with, what i tiopéd.. was’ d reassuring:

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AL the Fossil: Poot the archilecture of the valley . ’ Amanda: Howard ~: ~Bhutan-and‘Montserrat, a:mateh’ more about J "2 ~.
‘became more angular and dramatic. The pool itself “| Bairels oe! Amanda: Howard... an hae

_ dhe: love Of the: ‘sport than the final: score. :

was unchanged since it was changed by: the flood. of.
1978. 1t had tak¢n us twenty minutés:to-reach it.
How: far do’ you,-"um — think itis? asked Alex,-
- Ttold him didn’ t kiow, and, suggested we could. Jos
measure. it on the: way ‘back with: my, pedometer. ne
How inuch do they: cost? he asked. : Ser
- We-climbed down thé-bank and clambered over’ |: ' Logger of. the Day TP,
wet boulders (9 a talus slide wWhere,.in a. short-time, * ]- “John Walker: :
_ we. found the impressions. “of: plants and. Sshails:i in’
sharp. rocks. Then we made’ guesses on the'distance |: :,
to the truck and walked bask, My guess, \ as s coger, ,
‘but not by much: a an
| The:day. before Tas ‘taken Alex: 0° “the Skeena .
“where he wore ‘Karen’ 's hip bdois and hooked ten:
“trout and char on-oné ‘of iny, fly tods and. landed five: f 7
witha little. help from me.’ “A recent emigrant. from: |. ;
“Prince. George,’ ‘he’ hadn't: scen $0." Many “salmon” | omens
spawning ‘before. They.w were, cool and -gross: at the ~ Double Hand Bucking

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As we neared-the, Clore: bridge T asked him. it . Peler oe
he'd like to hook’a ‘bigger fish’ Today, a. steelhead. ‘John Bandstia

He thought, he’ Would. 3
We: walkéd_ a-short. distance: through: the ‘bush. i Law Net Scores -
“A bright yellowish ¢ orange abject caught. my. eye, T | _ Bob Bénenfant a
_ thought iLmight be somebody’s-vest or some some: Gerry Lannbeit oe oP pldste Rick Letawski
other kind of fluorescent: outdoor’ apparel: | alerted: : oS Open Bucking * Jack: Worabéy
Alex. We walked upfora closer. look. and discovered : Scotty wetiroyla ;
‘nol one-but a. ‘pair: of radiant ‘lobster fungi: with |
_ their fluted and crenulated overlippling | rosettes, the | oe
~ pumpkin- -sized fungi, these major décayers of wood ©
seemed obscently. brilliar ‘against the wetand. drab.
dark otive.of the logs they were’ growing on‘and the}
mixed stand around: them: After ‘Alex: Pronounced .
them “cool,” we.moved: “OMe
Later, near ‘ihe end of. the day, as we ékptored..
thie Clore, a black béar; a big! boar. of bear, lumbered oo
~ out of the | gorse and crossed the: road mere inches | in 0
. fron of the.triick. | braked... 2 °:
“Where is it? said Alex, ‘obvisusly finding it hare!
‘to believe’ that sotnething. $0. big:and: black, could.
Misappeat so ‘quickly into green brush:.
- Rolf up, your window,. I said,he’ s right beside US.
“And he: was.
Thanks, said Alex at the end: of diy.
No, thank you, T said, meaning il, ‘

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