New kind of tourist visits here

AUSTRALIA, SWEDEN,
Germany. Looking over the
guest-book at the tourist
information centre is like
reading a price listing for
long distance calling.

So staff at the tourist
information centre are per-
plexed that for the third
conseculive year, visitors
for the month of June. are
down.

“I’m not sure what the
reason is,” said Vicki Cor-
reia who has been working
atthe centre for five sum-
mers. “When I started
there were a lot mare
Germans.”

“With the growing popu-
larity of the drive up High-
way 37 North to Alaska,

Correia speculates that
part of the decline may
come from the growing po-

‘pularity of the drive up

Highway 37 Narth to Alas-
ka. Tourists headed that
way may only stop in Ter-
race to. gas up and buy
provisions.

The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, July 19, 2000 - A7

Forest methods
assailed by
watchdog body

THE FOREST Practices Board has issued a damn-
ing report condemning the province for poor forest-
Ty practices in the clearing of a power line right-of-
way to the Kemess South mine site north and to
the east of here.

Three provincial ministries now face a deadline
lo explain how they now intend to enforce cleanup
of massive environmental violations of the Forest
Practices Cade near Williston Lake.

In. clearing timber. for. the: 380-kilomeire power
line, mine develaper Royal Oak Mines caused sig-
nificant damage, said board chair Bill Cafferata.

Abaut 170 skid bridges that should have been
removed still threaten waler: quality and fisheries,
the board said. | bo 7

Debris and slash was deposited in more than 50
streams, some of them fish-bearing, and was not
cleared.

The forests, environment and mines. ministries
knew about the violations.for at least a year but
failed 1o enforce the cade.

That, Cafferata said, was’ more troubling than
the company’s actions: ee

“Tm more conceried about the lack of clarity
on the part of the ministries as to who was doing
whal and who is accountable for enforcing com-

_As well with fishing
rules and regulations be-
coming. more strict, an-
glers are more reluctant to
visit the area.

But Correia said Ter-

ones interested in the scenery, the fresh air and the
opportunity to get away from it all. They are spend-
ing three weeks on their first trip to the northwest.

AVE VAN will travel is the motto of Eleanor Mae
and Eric Zasburg from Sechelt on the Sunshine
Coast of B.C. They represent a new kind tourist, the

pliance with the Code,’ he said.

Ministry officials cited a combination of factors,
including Royal Oak’s attempt to log 380 kilo-
metres in just three months, and then the compa-
ny’s bankruptcy in 1998.

particular.”
And that’s just the way
they like it. ,

to Kitimat and then up the enjoy the spontaneity of

“Especially the ring of oy |
Nass valley to their trip.

mountains.”

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race has responded by
tapping into another mar-

ket. region, were on their way Volkswagen van, they “We don’t go anywhere in
“There is much more ~~ ,

eco-tourism,” she said, ~ _

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woman who visited from = cme

Houston Texas, not to fish

. but just to enjoy the scen-

ery.
“(The woman) was very
impressed with how green
and fresh the air is.”
_ And ‘that’s the reason

- Eleanor Mae and Eric Zas-

burg came from Sechelt to
Terrace and the northwest.
_. After just one night, the
pair had taken the town to
heart.

“The people have been
very helpful.” Mae said.
“And it gets a lot less rain

‘than Prince Rupert.”
~.- Although they have tra-

velled extensively through
the province, this is their

first time in the northwegt-, |
‘and so far they likegwhat ;

they see. a
“It kind of reminds me
of Revelstoke,” said Mae.

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