FROM FRONT
Highway
Is 50

years old

over crossing the river east of
town and proceeding along the
south bank: for 25 miles to end

abruptly at a'series of rack bas- ;

tions at-a point opposite the vil-
lage. of Pacific.

~The eastern section of new road

Survey extended from that point

to a point at Cedarvale, 33 miles

". to the east.

Construction was made more
difficult by a large turnover of
crews. during the cold wet
weather of the summer of 1943,
The average workman stayed
on the job about 60 days before
quitling.

Road construction ran 24 hours
a day, seven days a week, at costs
sometimes in excess of 360,000
per mile.

Eight different contractors
_ worked to put in the highway

through some of the world’s
toughest terrain of granite

mountains. -

The dream finally came true on
Sept. 4, 1944, when the Skecna-
Hazelton Highway was officially
opened.

The whole area came and

joined in on the festivities. Ter-
race threw open its doors to all
the many visitors.

“I came to Skeena coun-
. try 37 years ago, with just a
packsack on my back. I’ve
worked ail these years to
have a highway — and
now Pearl Harbour has
brought it about.”’

: A mile-long cavalcade of cars,

led by Prince Rupert Mayor H.M.
’ Dagget, were met by Terrace
mayor Emil Haugland and other
Terrace officials in front of the
Kalum School,

Haugland presented Dagget
- with the key to Terrace.

The band of the Canadian Army
Regiment stationed in Terrace led
the huge parade of dignitaries and
vehicles down Terrace’s streets.

‘With two brisk snips of the scis-
sors, red white and blue ribbons

fell across the roadway, and a

thousand spectators raised their

voices in a cheer.
’ Member of Parliament Olof
anson had the honour to cut the

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CROWDS LINED ‘the streets of Terrace on ‘Sept 4,
linking the town with Prince Rupert.

1944 for the official opening of the highway

Tibbon and it was a day he had
looked forward to for. many years.

“I came to Skeena country 37
years ago, with just a packsack on
my back,” Hanson told the
crowd. ‘‘I’ve'.worked all | these
years to have a highway. — and

now Pearl Harbour has brought it.

aboul,”’

The first car driven east from
Terrace was that of John de

Kergommeaux, his wife Adette,

and Jack and Alice McCulloch in
May 1944, before the road offi-
cially opened.

On August 4th, a month before
the ribbon cutting, Private Buddy
Bodzash was the first person to
drive a car over the new road
from Prince Rupert to Terrace,

Passengers were Prince Rupert
defence commanding officer D.
B. Marlyn and his wife, and

» mayor Daggett.
Since the official opening, | there

has been much activity on. that
road — with upgrading, rerout-
ing, repairs, paving, widening and

many improvements.
The road has been practically
rebuilt over the 50 years.
It’s also a road of many names.
Old. time Prince Rupert. resi-

’ dents: call it the. ‘*New Road’?;

North coast residents call it the
‘“Skeena River Highway’’; the
B.C. highways ministry calls it
“Highway 16”; and tourism or-
ganizations promote it as the
“Yellowhead Highway’’. .

The route is:named after an Iro-
quois trapper whose tint of white
blood gave him a light tinge of
yellow hair.

When it was first opened, the
route was a narrow, rough track
alongside the railway.

Since about 1968, the ministry
of highways has been bringing
the Terrace to Rupert section up
ta modem standard,

Two years ago CN Rail and the
highways ministry installed six
artillery gun positions along the
highway.

Avalanche control technicians

THE HIGHWAY survey crew east of Terrace travelled to and

from work on a GN hand car.

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