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Skoglund: Hotsprings, .

 Joeated about 15 miles south
. of Terrace on Highway 25, is
a resort complex built
around a mineral.
1. It consists of a 54 unit
otel, dining room, tavern,
lounge, public poo), and twa
private pools for hotel

ests,

On weekends the hetel is
full, Clientelle is made up of
‘people from interior B.C.

HERB GRINDLER.

Sales

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hotsprings.

and some locals.: -They are
mainly .people who are
looking for‘a rest. =.

. Skoglund: “Hotsprings
employs. 22 to: 25
the summer, and’16-18 in the
winter, ;

In total; the resort-covers.

some 300 acres. A.part of
this lies on the shores. of
Lakelse Lake.

Some people says this

“resource is not being used to

LEO de JONG

its fullest capacity

le in.

town,

ON, Friday, July 29, 1977

SKOGLUND HOTSPRINGS

el . ‘There
used to be riding stables, a-
beach and individual cabins
with kitchen facilities. MLA

Cyril Shelford has suggested

a marina and a golf course
be built, | ; .
The resort is for sale, and
Shelford asked the province
to take over the hotsprings
complex about a year ago
when the cabinet visited

Meet the Sales Staff at Jim McEwan GM!

_ LARRY SHERMAN

ng rest and enjoyment

more to assist the depressed ae 7
-economy of the area: than « ;

In -a letter to Grace
McCarthy, the MLA said,
“This -hotspring is the
eatest-natural resource in
northwest, and [ would
like to see the government
buy it, Part of it could be
leased or sold to the regional
district for development,
which could be’ turned into

the best tourist attraction -

convention centre in the
northwest, This could do

ner

_ JIM-McEWAN
, President |

Byguizis ue ia

ae

. : ‘During

Jim McEwan &
Motors Cerrace) Ltd. §

Dealer License No. 1492A

JULY 28th and AUGUST 7th

| highway networ

m centrally located.

anything ‘else:” EE

elford’s ' al was.
turned down, but. Skoglund’
Hotsprings still has ~
potential, rn

Regional
offices _
Terrace has heen made'a
regional headquarters of the .
ministry of highways. © .
A recent move by .the

; provincial government has _.

m™ expanded the number: of. .
om regional
@ headquarters from four to
S six.

_ highway.

‘ancouver Island will
be one of the new regions. .
The Terrace office,

fe formerly part of the Prince —
ma George headquarters, will.

take in the area from:Burns
Lake to the Queen Charlotte -
Isiands and north to. the:
Yukon border. - =,
In the next two to three
months the ministry ‘of
highways will be setting up
an office of 15 to020peopie to
start. In afew years, 20to 30
le will be working from __
at office, eat
The new Office will be the

administration

headquarters for the region. —
Maintenance, construction,
paving and designing of the

_northwest’s highwaya will

i ‘be directed from this office,
e
decentralization. of. ‘the
highways department: is.
that distances and workload |
had become so. great ‘that.

f the department wasn't: able.

to do justice to the far flung
parts of the region. Prince
George remains the largest .
highways region in the .
province.
“This government is very
interested in improving the
and they
are giving us the funds to do

it,” said Mike O’Connor, the .
manager =

new region .
working out of Terrace, ~,
He said the northwest was.
. apriority as far as highways
were concerned. The
present government. is
committed to improving the
highway between Terrace
and Prince Rupert, and the:
Kitwanga-Cassiar highway.
Choice of a new regional .
office was between Terrace
and Smithers. Terrace won
- out: because it was ‘more
The
of highways also

ministry
Terrace could use a

decide
boost.

Forest _
service’

‘The B.C. Forest Service
hires Professionals from —
several disciplines including

Forestry, Engineeri
Agrology, Sage ae

Many others, Most are
hire -as they Graduate from
university and are placed in »

trainee positions until such.
time as they qualify under -
the terms of their. particular
Professional Association for
membership
Professional Status,

-and.

TO eed coe a a ee

. reason: ‘for’ .

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