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Tol urism
picks up

By BILL MARLES
Horald staff writer

“Tourism in the ‘Terrace area this

“summer is “vastly improved’ or
spouting on she you spank Gun
pending on who you &
Visitors came here from: all over,
but Chamber of Commerce president

Mike Tindall, says Californians and

’ Albertans make for 40; to 50 percent of
the traffic,

The Albertans come from the east
and take the ferry south from Prince
Rupert. People from California often
do the same trip, in reverse.

Terrace also catches some dollars Vancouver Island or Jasper.

from tourists on their way to Alaska.
Some take the ferry north from
‘highs Rupert. and others . take
way 87 from Bo
. There's .also a. See unt | of
overseas trade,

this. area.

Some businesses, - like ‘Skoglund .

‘Hotsprings. and Water Lily. Bay

_ Tesort, get a lot of local trade. ©

CP Air mana ger Peter
-, it- is hard to ciate

tie
‘ tourist traffic his company gs to

Terrace. He says:CP Air. bri
good many American and BE
tourists to Edmonton, Calgary Pand

’ Vancouver, From there, they tent -

vehicles. .

Just how many of these people visit -

. Terrace is not certain, says Chettle.

CNR, which is doing about the same
amount of tourist business as last

" year, takes a lot of Germans, British’

people and Australians. A spokesman
8a
The greatest percenia of peopl
@ greates percen ge people
"drive up in their cars. Very. few,

according to Budget Rent A Car, rent

vehicles here. .
Perhaps the biggest attraction here

'-the lakes in Germany are private. .
. For a German or a Californian to

catch a 40pound salmon. is an

exciting experience. =~

‘Bob Collins and Metro Basqraba’

seemed to confirm what Chettle said.
Basaraba, who is: from Alberta,

‘says he ‘came up for the salmon |
and to see a different area of

the country. Collins, from. Orange
Country. near Los Angeles, also came
to fish and sightsee.

‘Collins said his visit to the Alcan
‘Smelter and Kitamaat village were
_ the two most impressive sights, He
wanted to know if those were real
Indians that are living in the village.

He though the villagé was the most

' beautiful part of the Kitimat area:
‘The lava beds up the Nass logging —

' yoad is another attraction.
Skoglund Hotsprings: and Water
Lily Bay resort function as a place

. where people go for a rest. -
- ,Many people simply pass: through

icecream :

t year”,

.Germans are the
- most noticeable nationality to visit

_-jike to see council

a lot of these are visiting

-chamber's new log building:

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here on their way to Alaska,

- Tindall suggests. that Terrace
“should establish a municipal
campsite near the town boundaries.

A facility, like the one proposed for .

Ferry Isiand, should have a parking
area with accomodation for large
vehicles. -

People’ won't stop here unless
Terrace makes provision for a place
to stay, Tindall says.

He said Terrace should be aiming to.
Get tourists to stay here and use the .
‘town as a base for seeing ‘Ksan and
other attractions in the area: .

Campgrounds at Lakelse Lake and
Kleanza Creek are taken up by local

people on the weekends, he believes.

e Chamber president. would also
“a more
realistic tourism budget’’,

In the last' budget, Terrace council
allocated $4,000 for tourism. Of this
sum, $2,000 goes to the chamber of
commerce for its. tourist information

. booth and for promotion.

Tindall says Prince Rupert spends:
‘a. lot more than that. -
The tourist booth, located on -

' Lakelse Avenue, shows that the

‘number of inquiries made has been
declining since 1974. In July 1974, 1200

° ple requested information.
- is the outdoors, Chetile says many of - Beople req

This number fell to a low of 592 last
year, But this year saw a reversal of.
the downward trend. A total of 600 |

people, possibly. many of them
‘ anniversary visitors, used the tourist

booth service.
Tourist booth worker Gwynne.

_ McCullough says this is not really a

perfectly accurate reflection of the
situation, but it does give some idea.

McCullough says all of the tourists
who come to Terrace don't stop at the
booth. For one thing, there are no
highway signs directing them to the

boneo the structure is located alittle
off the main highway, since the new
bridge across the Skeena was opened.
But this situation is being rectified
with the construction of -the
on Keith

Street. Tindall hopes it Will be open

by late October or PNoventbér.

He would like to see the rete 1

building open year round seven days'’ -~

& week as a ‘community information

Se eaaees inane eee

’ Three generations pose beside thelr trailer in Kleanza
Creek campsite. Bob Collins came out from California to

the building is- also for use by local
residents.
There are enough historical

artifacts around town to open a’

museum. What has been lacking -
until now - has been a place to house

them, the Herald was told.

Tindall said the 50th anniversary
celebrations were a great boost. to
tourism and business in the town.

Uplands Grocery, the East End
Grocery and the West End Grocery
were almost cleaned out of milk. and
bread over the long weekend. Tindall

adds that the restaurants had also |

come to be pretty low in supplies.
Chettle says accomodations in

Terrace could be improved. He

believes the Hotsprings has potential

~ @8.a resort, but this has not been
- realized. .

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this is one of the most popular parts of town.

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The manager of CP. Air also
criticises the publicity. Tourist
brochures tell the visitor about

Terrace, but not much else. He says

phiets could tell people about.
a the larger’ area has to‘offer. -
Since. there. are. many Germans

‘coming to the: area, Terrace should -

have guides that speak German.

The area has a lot to offer the

tourist, according to- Chettle. a
"But it! requires work on the part of. :

people here. He feels the district

development’ by writing
Campagnolo or Grace McCarthy.
-John- Scott, manager of the

Saridman’ Inn, says his tourist: a

business is two-thirds up from last

year. This is Five & due to promotion.
fice and partly because —

by the head o
the hotel is now in its second year of
cepration.

should give the impetus to tourist... -
MP’ Iona.

‘The Sandman gets a lot of bus tours ©

and American customers. It also gets
a number of fishermen. Scott knows
one person who has been coming to
Terrace very year for seven years.

Scott says the tourist season this
year was good, but it can be
improved, _

‘He says ‘we've got to give people
something to do once they are here.
Fishing is not enough;

Off the top of - head, Scott

farming

suggested a logging and
equipment . museum and a winter

eter nebineeee mececnanenoneiaant

tanker traffic witt
tankers carrying Al
nds, he said,

will be substantial.”

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- . “Even. without accidental oil
accumulating on B.C. shores from standard operating
procedures for the next 20: pyeare, of the Alyeska pipeline

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visit his daughter, Karen Storrs, in Alaska. Karen and
her baby decided to do some travelling with the visitors.
eentre and museum, He stresses that -

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Dave Harrison, who comes from London,
Ontario, left home early this month. He'll
- be back in about 10.days. He originally
came out to Prince Rupert to meet and old

friend
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THE HERALD, Tuesday, August 9 77, PAGE 3

Building starts
top $4 million

By ALLAN KRASNICK
Managing Editor

Two commercial permits
for $295,000 are among
number for uly
construction that totalled
$364,450 in Terrace.

Francisco Trigo has.takén
out a $150,000 permit with
the district. He is § planning a
two storey addition to his

building at 3302 Kalum .

Street.

And Cloverlawn
Investments has taken out a
permit for $145,000, the cost
it sees for ‘building a

foundation for its shopping

centre project on L
Avenue. *

There was only one
anticipated construction
start ‘or a dwelling.

cue will be constructing a

lexi estimated cost is

breakdown of
construction permits is
contained in the monthly
reports of the district’s
administrative staff.

Permits issued for 1977 so
far indicate construction
valued at $4,356,050. This
compares with the
depressed 1976 total, for the

Whe

’ gorresponding period, of

— The Kitimat Oil Coalition
agked the federal overnment Monday to. prohibit oil
the 200-mile fisheries protection

20)
f a telegram to External Affairs Minister Don
Jamieson, coalition co-ordinator Tony Pearse said
askan oil are passi
of the west coast of the Queen Charlotte .
“By now the ‘first bit of oil from the Arco Juneau is
robably washing up on. the rocky coastlines of the

the oil

within 15 miles

country?

immensely."
k to Ja

$1,325,

is eveldent, however. Even
last year, when coastruction
was in a slump,
construction to end
a hy ey 8
te ‘year, only
permits, for cons
valued at $393, hed oes
issued for family dw
Commenting on t¢ eo
figures, Mayor Dave:
aroney said they

couatraction
activity | about a e for

theperiod before the 975-'76
wi Jack jeleira noted
that_the t issued for
e dro buildin has

the B.C.
mene RE TT good de deal a this
year's

Vie iat niiiion tata the
increase ‘inconstruction of
taxable, ‘commercial
buildings signalled a
“healthy increase’ in

activity
activty on % Mitte
explained.

e said the- activity
represents a .change and
brings ‘‘a feeling of

optimism” about the future.

sis
‘tee
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What does he think about this area of the
“It's beaudifal,
friendly. It’s great. I'm enjoying’ mysell

People are

~ Charlotte shore being polluted

KITIMAT,

Pearse said the oil buildup is a threat to fisheries and”

other marine resources,

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