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OR a Lo “tt isn't often that a tourist
pS “+ information office becomes
a tourist altraction in its
/own right, But ‘that’s what
has happened in Kamloops, :
where. {wo of the -area’s
tourist booths attract people
who are as curious. about the
booths themselves as they

or scenic sights.

«merging. front the: root’?
And “where. else, for that

engineer while you peruse
your travel literature .

designed: building
‘The older of the youths sits

of Kamloops. beside
Yellowhead. Highway: 5. It's
Mm made up of two pieces of
A rolling stock. donated by.
Canadian National: a
caboose that once. rolled
through eastern Canada and .
a cattle car that carried —
stock -through . western
Canada.

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=~ boards,

’ Wildlife Park.

are. aboul uccommodation

‘Their. interest isn't | sur-

prising. Where: else do you -
tind an booth inside a cattle
‘car ur one with three trees -

discuss tomorrow's . travel!
program «in “an: architest-—

on railway tracks yust north -

~The cattle car has been
relitted: as. an. information
bovth; the only radical
alteration: ‘was the addition

“ofa. pleture- window. The

cabouse still retains its
littings, with stove, cup-
“benches ~~ with —
slorage space and an ob-
servation deck reached by
way Of oulside ladders.

_ ‘Fhe other booth is located
east of Kamloops, just off
Highway ‘| at the Kamloops

who continue on into the
park, will [ind moose, elk,
deer, bears and other native
and — foreign animals
roaming in. 120. acres (50.
heetares) of arid land that -
resembles .as -closely as
possible “their | native
habitat. 7

But many of the visitors
stop to wonder at the in-
formation booth. Ils  ex-
iernal structure is in the "

Travellers.

ENTERTAINMENT, THE HERALD, Wed. Oct. 13, 1976, 7

shape ol a tipi, made from
laminaled beams, two of
them 54 feet (16 .metres)
long and 1400 pounds (630
kilograms). in weight. The
other beams are smaller.
‘rhe beams meet in a square
at the top of the building.

Three fir spars, 45, 38 and
35 feet (14,11 and 10. metres)
high, rise through the roof of
the building.

The — structure. was”
designed by a Kamloops.

architect.
Both booths — and a third,
more conventional structure

‘— are’ operated by. the:

Kamloops) Chamber - of
Commerce for the’ city of
Kamloops... oe

(This. Roam. at Home.
article is one of a. series
provided by the British;
Columbia Department -of' -
Recreation and Travel
industry.) ):

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in the entertainment section
are two Terrace phone numbers.

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