TERRACE — A $2.5-million proposed trail network in the mountains to the northeast will be - open to the public if a wilderness hiking and - skiing resort gocs ahead. ° a, Titus Nelson, president of Seven Sisters . Ventures Ltd., made that promise to. about’ 30. people who showed up for a pub-~ lic meeting about the develop- ment plan last week. We're constructing you atwo-, and-a-half million dollar trail for free,” Nelson said, trying to calm” fears that access to,the area would — be cut off if the resort goes alead. The whole area is completely open to the public — ivi] be an open trail.’’ Natives have . TERRACE — A-proposal to build a $12.6 million wilderness hiking and skiing resort will live ‘or die depending on whether it gets support from Gilksan na- tives: .. “Lands ministry spokesman Ed Opal said Seven Sisters Ventures Ltd. will have to work out a deal with Gitwangak-area natives be- fore the company is awarded a commercial backcountry tecrea- tion licence. ‘The licence would give the company’ perinission to build the hiking and ‘backcountry skiing resort in mountains northeast of here, near Doreen. ~ Company representatives said political” differences among. the natives makes / it - different’ to ‘determine who speaks for them. The company faced down oppo- sition at meetings here, and in Cedarvale, Gitwangak = and * Hazelton last weck. Nelson. and. partner Art Bates are seeking a commercial back- country recreation licence to de- velop a $12.6 million wilderness hiking and:.skiing’ resort.. They “want to build 55 miles of trails ‘and a series of remote cabins in the .mountains -above Dorrcen, across the Skecria River from the Seven Sisters. It would - ‘be the first such liceiice in the province as the government embarks. on .a new strategy to regulate such develop- ments. “This — Seven Sisters Ven- Art Bates, the company’s vice- president, said. he’s still op- limistic despite. the nearly six years of red tape the company has - been through, pursuing ils Boal. “The amazing part is we're still alive,’’ he said. | “We've been through ‘utter hell,’’ added company president Titus Nelson, who says the NDP government scems much more receptive to the idea than was for- mer Social Credit lands ministez and Skeena MLA Dave Parker, “T feel like I’ve been through the Clarence Thomas hearings.” But"Ant Loring, spokesman for _ the Gitwangak. 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But some residents rejected Nelson’s assertion that it would - be an open trail when they found out the company’s planned 1,000. foot suspension. bridge over the Skcena ‘at Dorreen would: be a private bridge for liability Tea- SONS. “What's the point of having t to- - tal access to the trails if you don’t have access to the bridge?” one woman asked. Nefson responded that the ac- . cess would remain the same as it . is now — and those who can cross the. Skeena by-boat or-take the train would have thé benefit say with natives succeed. “] cannot help Titus if he lives 5,000 miles away and expects to know our people,’’ Loring said. Loring predicts the company will have to spend a couplé more years talking io his people before any agreement could be reached, He’ added that the situation could be helped if the company had someone working ‘with . the hereditary chiefs ot a full- time basis. “TE anything’s going to happen we're not going to work for him — he’s going to work for us.”’ Bates, however, said the. com- if he . wants to’ : pany will push Victoria to make a political decision if no deal can be reached with area natives. - “This fall it'll come to. a head, ” he predicted. of using the trails. Dorreen-area resident Maureen Bostock demanded the bridge be open to the public, saying it would be ‘‘a violation’? to allow the company to build it without - granting local residents access. The company gave up an earlier demand for exclusive rights to the area after a province-wide series - of meetings gauged public reac: tion to a proposed policy on com- mercial backcountry recreation. *: ‘Exclusive use of: wilderness is . Not acceptable in the province — that’s. what we heard loud and clear,’’ Opal said. In addition to fears of losing ac- cess, some people wondered how large the project might become. Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 1, 1992 — Page AG Resort backers pledge open trails — The company plans fo have a maximum of 35 people starting | ff the trail each day. “We can live with 35 people a’ day,”” said local resident Doug Webb. ‘‘But- where docs it end? At two or three hundred a day? - Or two or three thousand??? He said he fears there could be “helicopter after helicopter alter iclicopter: flying In to drop people off.) 2 Nelson also fielded questions on everything from the possible disruption of area grizzly bears to the danger” of the company’s. 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