’ The property on which the Skeena.
Mali is situated was sold to
Cloverlawn Development by the
Catholle Church in 1971.

The Church had gradually
acquired the property over the
years, beginning in 1914: when its
small parish church building was
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Harvey Doll, who came to Terrace
in 1923, says he remembers that
there were only about 20 to -30
members of the congregation.

The population of Terrace in the
early 1920's was about 400 people,
says Emil Haugland, who was
‘Terrace’s muyor from 1932 to 1957,
The property surrounding the

. church was residential property and

some of the owners included George
Gregory, Jack Cobb, Blackie Mc-
Connell and Robert Braun, whose
namesake is Braun’s Island.

Ollie Besner, who is well known in
Prince Rupert as a Jand developer,

donated five acres of his Terrace .

property to the church.

As property became available, the
church purchased the land
surrounding it for its own future
development.

In 1956 and 1957 the church pur-
chased property from Vic Nelson,
who operated a mote] on the land
and Charlie Adams, who founded the

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Veritas Hall was completed in 1958
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church property after tie school had
been completed. Part of the land on
which this church complex was built
had been used by a previous land
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Canadian Propane Gas and Oil
Ltd. owned a small lot which is now
part of the parking lot at the nor-
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complex.

The convent was moved in 1972 to
The school
building was moved in 1973 and
incorporated into the present
modern facility on Straume Ave.
The old church building and the old
Veritas Hall were both.destroyed to
make way for the excavation of the
Skeena Mall.

Cloverlawn sold the property to.

Abacus Ltd. last fall after five years
of uncertainty about the growth
potential of Terrace’s economy.
Construction was begun on the mall
last April and businesses began
operating at the complex on October
24 and 25.

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