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3 _ Slewart sils at the head of the
! Portland Canal, a long narrow
4 channel stretching in from the
¢ Pacific along the Alaska-British
he Columbia berder, —
tet Founded In the 1890's by
dissillusioned miners riding the
Eye tail end of the Klondike gold
jee rush, Slewart is home for
between twelve and fifteen
hundred pecple. Mining is the
corner-stone of the area’s
economy with Granduc the
bigges§ producer, The company
annually builds as many as fifty
; Tew homes in the town,
Stewart is one of those rare
lowns with one foot in the past

and ils eye on the future. A
feeling of optimism and coming
richness’ previels throughout
lhe town. The same town
displays it’s 1928 Ford fire truck
and the Empress Hotel, the
town’s first, built nearly a
century ago. _
The old fire hall is being
rebuilt as a museum, many of
the new duplexes and
townhouses are flanked by
ancient wooden buildings. Most

of the stores are new but here +e:
and there among their shiny fe Ps

flew-ness stands a high, narrow
wooden store, half 4 century
old.

Where you'll find lava, volcanos

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Are -you looking fora short
summer journey - through
regions where people are
scarce, where ‘the Iand lays-ag
yetuntouched? Are you looking
for a ‘smaller scale Alaska
Highway adventure without the
hordes of other-travellers? |
‘Here's your chance, | The
recent completion of the Nass
River Bridge in North Western
British Columbia has opened

: THE NASS

The Nass Valley Road is the
only link with. Stewart other
than the expensive and linited
air and sea services, i's a
company road belonging. to
Columbia Cellulose and they
close it to the public Monday.
through Friday. . When the
weekend comes, however,” its
open for all to use and enjoy.

Closely paralleling © ihe
Kitsumkaium and Nass Rivers,
the road takes you along the
floor of the Nass Valley, leaving
al limes to follow a brief
winding hillside- route,

’ The first stop of interest and
scenic ‘splendor is Lava Lake,
fifty miles from Terrace. At the
south end of the lake, on the tall

» and miles of mountains

much of the province's last
frontier to automobile traffic,

One such area ig Stewart, a
mining community set in the
Sple mountains of the Coast

‘Range.

The Nass Valley. Road,
connecting you with this scenic
area lies three. miles west of
Terrace, B.C. and from the
thriving young town the trip to

‘Stewart can be madein one day,

VALLEY

rugged bluffs: that line the
length of the lake, are very old,

original Indian rock paintings, »

_Lava Lake, too, is an
impressive sight; long and
narrow, bordered on one side by
the bluffs, on the other by lushly
forested rolling hills, Here and
there a small island thrusts out

of the water, adding to the |

serene beauty of the scene.

The Nass Valley Road winds
along the lake for it's full five
mile length, yards from the
water’s edge for much of the
journey. From a picnic site at
the north end enjoy the scenic
Sweep of the lake, stretched aut
before you as you relax.

THE LAVA BEDS .

Just a few miles north lie the
Lava Beds. These. .long
stretches of volcanic jumble are
thought tobe the youngest in
Canada, It was while men
explored and setiled Eastern:
Canada’s coastline that this

From the Lava Beds the road |
continues, pulling gradually -
away from the Kitsumkalum
and connecting with the Nass’
River system, crossing on the .
Nass River bridge. The road-
continues north far thirty miles,
connecting with the Stewart-
Cassiar Highway and the last
leg of the trip,

You turn west for Stewart, To
the east the Highway continues
through = northern ~——i&B..C,
ferminating in the Yukon's
Watson’ Lake area, a longer

volcano last erupted.

From the Lava beds a trail
leads east to the volcano itself.
Good; heavy-soled walking
shoes area necessity, Lava can

_ be hard on your feet and a. five

mile walk is the

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only way there.

Speclacular scenic panorama,
"The most spectacular scenery
of all unfolds as the road climbs
Bear Mountain. At the summit
you look down into the canyon
below, down ai the Bear
Mountain Glacier, -

Twelve years. ago this
glacier filled the valley, ‘now it
rests on the far side, thirty feet
thick, cracked and blue. It’s an
impressive sight nature offers
from that mountain side,

The road plummets down the
ather side of the mountain, into.
a narrow canyon. The canyon
widens as you draw nearer to
Stewart, widening finally into
the plains at the head of the
Portland Canal. . my

Your tires bite pavement and
you roll into Stewart,

The trip from Terrace to
Stewart can be driven in a day,

si or if you prefer to tide, a

regular bus line has been
established,

The bus leaves Terrace
Monday = and Thursday

mornings, arriving in Stewart ;

in time for dinner. Busses leave
Stewart Tuesday and. Friday
early in the afternoon, arriving
in Terrace in the mid-evening

f hours. Fare each way is fifteen
% dollars

Accommodations are easily
arranged in Terrace with four
hotels and a dozen motels, all

“close to the down-town area. In

Slewart two motels and the
King Edward Hotel offer their
hospitality to weary travellers,
The King Edward is newly
erecled, as modern a hotel as

Sie can be found.

Both Terrace and Stewart
offer excellent fishing. From
Terrace a thirty mile drive in
any direction will take. you

g where the ‘big ones' are biting

In Stewart just head out on the
Portland Canal. Salmon.
weighing fifty pounds are not
rare in either locale.

On your return to Terrace you
may wish to spend a day at the
beach. Travel south on
Highway 25 and fifteen miles
from Terrace you find Lakelse
Lake. The Jake offers several
fine beaches, camping grounds,
picnic areas and boat launching

facilities, -

Two additional miles bring
you to the Skoglund Hot
Springs. The Hot Springs offer
two swimming pools, heated by
nature, one public, one for
motel guests. Riding horses are
also available and the rnotel
features a dining room, a
lounge and, in the evening
hours, a cabaret,

In Stewart seek your
evening’s entertainment at the
Vienna, Theatre, the Royal
Canadian Legion or the Stewart
Recreation Center,