FROM THE ROCKIES to the sea British Columbia Is a

scenic vacation land. Ithas everything for a holiday: salt or fresh water fishing, hiking, boating, swimming or Just

mountains, grass

relaxing in the sun. It Is a land of recreation with its lands of fhe Cariboo and the

magnificent Pacific Coast with its scenic inlets and bays.

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It's Centennial "Z1.in British’ Columbia this year and the whole :

big three Cs, Canada, Cote

,federation..and, Centennial.

verywhere-you travel you will see the triple-C emblem with the.

Dogwood blossom, B.'C.'s flower

emblem in the centre... It’s 100 years ago that B. C. joined the Dominion of Canada as a province and it is an extra pretext to have “fun in the sun’’ this summer. co: British Columbians have fun in the sun every summer, and wh shouldn't they! The province offers the vacationist - practically” everything: warm sunny beach resorts, sea and lake crulses, thousands of miles of good high- ways, mountain resorts, dude- ranches, fishing camps, lake , resorts, swimming, canoeing, © fishing both sea.and salt water, picnic sites, fine golf courses, wilderness parklands and in addition, ' luxurious © .ac- commodation, smart. shops, theatres and excellent food. The province has an area of 466,255 square miles, Is bounded on the east by the. Rocky Mountains, the west by the Pacific Ocean, the south by the 49th parallel (U.S, border) and in the north’ by Alaska and the Yukon and . Northwest Territories, . ’ The fishing is fabulous. There are hundreds of Jakes, streams and rivers teeming with trout, . Cutthroats, Rainbows, Kamloops, Browns, Lake, Eastern Brook, Dolly - Varden, :

and the famous Steelhead trout, a

sea going trout that spends half.

its life in salt-water and is only -

‘fished in stréams and rivers

when they réturn to spawn. | . They are fished -in the. late Summer in many areas but ‘the

steelheading time. aan

The world’s. record Steelhead,. 36 pounds, was, caught’on the’ Kispiox River in: October’. 1954,-

The Kispiox can’be reached’ by

road from. Prince

‘Rupert ,or

_ Prince George: °°.

- Arctic Grayling, 0%

Then there are’ othier fresh: fm water fish to be caught suchas. . the Kokanee, a-land-locked ‘f

salmon, smatimétth . and

largemouth bass, yellow perch, _ Rocky. Mountain. Whitefish ‘and “jj;

- Another type of fish that can be

q. caught in B. C,, but is rarely . Mentloned is thé sturgeon. (It is’

iepal to keep. one- under three feet in length.)

g They are-foundin the Fraser «

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River at the upper end: of the.”

Fraser Valley in the Hope area.”

The fisherman needs real heavy

. sports tackle, a hook the size of a:

gaff-hook and a half pouhd chunk” of meat for bait. And also‘plenty., of heavy line, They can be caught, from the bank. °° 7-23) 9

province will be celebrating the

winter months are’ the « best:

There have been reports .of ‘sturgeon weighing well over 800

. pounds being caught in the

‘Fraser.in the fall months, The oe makes caviar,

“The famous Chinook, Coho'and *

‘Tyee (over 30, pounds) ‘salmon: “are caught all along B. C,’s coast- line, The north end of Vancouver Island is noted for its huge Tyees. A fisherman boated a 71-pounder at Campbell River in 1968 and

earhed- himself a ruby “Tyee ; Button’. And a°93 pound Tyee :

was caught onsports tackle same Seven years back at the mouth of the Skeena River, "There are too many top fishing spots in B, C. to mention here, - But there are B. C, fresh and salt | water fishing guides for sale ‘at sporting goods. stores and on magazine Tacks,’ -_ There are 109 campgrounds in B,C. and 10 marine parks, where there are ‘mooring buoys, an- chorages, drinking water, picnic tables, ete. 3

The carnpgrounds are found on practically every road in the Province and, they cover. the whole of B. C, The most northerly... is at Mile 606 onthe Alaska High- way (Hyland River Park). There are around a dozen spread across the southern-border of the province on all major and secondary highways. .

Then there is Wickaninnish

Beach Park on the West Coast of:

Vancouver Island where the huge

waves of the open Pacific come .-

rolling In over beautiful sandy.

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.* Andon the eastern boundary in the heart of the Rockies:Is-Mount .

Robson Park, nestled beside the highest’ peak. in the Canadian - Rockies,‘ Mount Robson !(12,972-

feet). °

. Every J community - in the

province will be. celebrating Centennial °71 in some fashion, a

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festival, rodeo, fair, regatta, stampede, sports day or project, There are literally hundreds of events planned for the year,

., During the, summer there will. be the touring show Barterville °

“71, @ revue based;on the’ gold rush at Barkerville, and ‘in-

cidentally. the old gold mining:

town and museum, situated in the Cariboo east of Quesnel, will open for the summer on June 29, The show will play all areas in B, C. and will be seen at practically every town and city.

Another special event is the

. Centennial *71 Caravan, a special

historical and educational trailer museum which will also tour the province. Then there is the second annual B. C. Festival of Sports from May 20 to June 7. More than 100 Communities will be par-

licipating in the various events. © Space’ does not permit the |

listing of every event in the province but all those famed shows that have been drawing thousands of spectators year

after year will be on again this -

year, bigger and better than ever, : There is the Cariboo country’s

bustling Williams Lake Stam- ’ pede with new dates, July 1-4. It

is followed by the Anahim Lake

Stampede in the Chilcotin

country on July 9 and 10,

Over in the Kootenays there is |

the Sam Steele: Days at Cran-

‘brook on August 12 - 14, plus

dozens of golf tourneys,. and town and city. ;

In the Okanagan, the Kelowna Regatta and Penticton Peach Festival will both start August 4

Merritt in South Central B.'C, will hold its “‘Lake-a-Day fishing

‘Tyee Club’... Plu anywhere |in B.C.

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days jamborees in every .

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1B.C. marking Centennia ‘un and festivities

In Vancouver on August 14-15

the B. C. Salmon Derby, known -

as the World Salmon Cham- stapes “On Vanéouver Talaad there will: be: -loggers..’sports’ ‘at Lake:

Cowichan on June Sand a History -’

of Nanaimo Pageant at Nanaimo on June 30, July 2,

And of course July 1, Dominion Day, will be a big celebration all over the province, and especially so on Saturna Island in the Gulf Islands, That community holds its annual Saturna Lamb Bar- becue, an event that has. its own unique history,

For more information on these and other events in B. C. this year write to the British Célumbia Information Centre,

€52 Burrard Street, Vancouver 1,

B. C..Or you can contact local tourist bureaus in various cen- tres.

at all the tourist information

centres in B. C., shows all the -

highwaysand small access roads to lakes and streams. You can

‘plan your tour by noting the

lakes, streams, campsites and

their proximity to main roads, 7-~ - The map also lists all the

campgrounds, picnic sites, and gives general information about them. It has fishing and camping information and hunting and fishing information and regulations regarding’ licences,

“One thing to remember. You °

will be travelling through some of the most magnificent scenic

- country in America, It is also . Very. rugged terrain in some - areas. So don’t plan.te travel too

4 -far each day. and continue for three or four |. days. “le

. Take your-time, stop off every so often and take in the scenery

“or do some fishing, Be sure to ' on stop at the historical points of :fP.:

’ The B. C. road map, available

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This year B.C. is celebrating its Centennial with festivals - and pageants. Left is Mount Assiniboine in Rockies.

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July 20 is a day illuminated on the calendar of history. Lo

British Columbla joined Canadian Confederation 99 years ago on July 20, 1871, and by this union Canada became a tran- .. Scontinental Dominion stretching

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: fom. 888: to-sea- —another step

Which:some considered small at , the time, but in retrospect was a

nationhood. -..

On July 20, 1989, there was the “one small step” which will be remembered as a giant stride for mankind =the first moon landing by the United States astronauts, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, while Mike Collins flew his lonely vigil in orbit. =.

giant step in Canada's march to

MAY 1971

Right, Barkley Sound, dotted with islands, on the western

-coast of Vancouver Island,

(Photos are courtesy of B.C. Dept. of Travel)

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Take a.tour through B.C: history with the Centennial '71 Car

It will be a “Tour Through Time” for the British Columbia Centennial '71 Caravan this year as it travels the length and breadth of B,C,

The tour, which started in mid- March on Vancouver Island, will

- finistt in late November at New

Westminster. ~ « a

The Caravan, consisting of three huge display trailers, of- fers a journey through the corridors of time and ex- plorations beneath the surface of the earth and sea, thus the name, a “Tour Through Time.” |

The Caravan will travel more than 5,000 miles and will visit

-practically every town and city

in the province.

“This is a much more ex- tensive project that the very successful Caravan which travelled the Province in 1958, 1966 and 1967,” said Mr. LJ, Wallace, General Chairman of the Provincial Centennial °71

* Committee. “The technique’: of

design, animation, sound slides, and pictures are used to.depict the Province’s progress ag well as display some of its colorful past,”” .

The Centennial ‘71 Caravan

’ displays include:,

_A graphic introduction to the other Centennial years men tioned above, ,

A walk through a railroad -

tunnel leading'to the construction

of the first railway in British Columbia anda “ride” in a coach from the-first CPR train in B.C.

A visit to a print shop ‘of 100 -years ago and to the headlines of those 100 years. -

Aturn-back in time to the First Citizens of B.C. °°

A walk on the-bed of the ocean and beneath the surface of the earth.

Astroll in the forest of B.C, at its greenest and peaceful best.

In a final scene visitors are invited to enjoy and remember, but not te anticipate,

The Caravan tour is under the .

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