Page Two 7 Hotels’ and - Motels -. “Oasis of the North” HILLTOP HOTEL and dining room nn . : Beb and Myrtle Aherm [0 In the beautiful Bulkley Valley Travel The Totem Trail — Published by the Northern Sentinel Press Ltd., Kitimat — Issue June 1, 1960 ITHERS Incorporated 1922 Population 2,800 ' Chairman — A. C, Fowler Main Industries — Lumbering and agriculture - BULKLEY HOTEL and dining room HUDSON HOTEL Your home away from : 2 home " ” SMITHERS HOTEL Second to none. in “< gecommodation FISHERMAN’S MOTEL - e. ¢ © Rating _.LAKESIDE. MOTEL _— a tat oD A Community with a future in talit oe Home. of Hospitality North-Central B.C.’s growth surge mo! The community of Smithers exists only due to speculation. It wasn’t in the planning stage of the Grand. Trunk Pacific Land Development Company until speculating land grabbers took up the most likely and most suitable sites for’ a divisional _ point for the proposed Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. The divisional point was planned to be at Hubbert, a few miles east of Smithers. Little land was left for miles along the right of way other. than the spruce swamp at the base of. the Hudson Bay Mountain. This the Land Development Company settled upon. It set out a planned townsite with properly surveyed streets, avenues and lanes. | o During the past ten years Smithers has entered .a phase of -growth and improvement following years of ups and downs. It has become a modern village with an optimistic outlook to the future. Located and surveyed. out in 1913, contracts were let for: Restaurants | _ BAKER’S FOODS Chicken in the Rough Norm and Mary “Baker -HEGGIE’S CAFE Good as the Best Better than the Rest - Garages and Service - catastrophe spelled finish’ to“ his dream for Prince Rupert and the: . new. railway. This. tragedy followed. closely by declaration of. .war °Gn 4914, ‘and the doldrums. struck the new community’ of ‘Smithers. “Only sporadic: mining. operations, ne teent-Smithare going apart from tts being a_divisional point Moe onew railway Agriculture developed in a Meo needs of the raiway construction and continue nM UO M's use of inhabitants of the district communities. Your Chevron! Station. Veterans returning from the First World War took up land Headquarters for tre repairs, grants and added tu the life of the Bulkley Valley communities. Seca . Smithers citizens in $422 moved for more stability and it became the first incorporafed village in) British Columbia. Then came the depression following the stock market crash of 1929. Worid War Il also had its effect. With it came the con- Strachan of a Department of Transport airport near Lake Kathlyn, popula: Sammner spot 3! miles to the northwest. ” Demand for base metals once again stirred up a short- BOVILL MOTORS LTD, hved tarry an muning Lumbering began to assume more import- ance in the economy of the entire district, Developments at Prince Raper and Kitimat brought increased railway services and business which reflected through the divisional point, Suichers did not boom, but it did start to grow. Veterans pK good place to trade SMITHERS GARAGE & SUPER SERVICE GM. Products , | , ~ ! Imperial Fisso Products Chrysler and Plympuath Dealer Il | Crown Nea businesses were started and district agriculture began Shell gas and ail Ste peop Re vitaiized the village population growth is indicated in ' { othe followin: figures 15l census 1,204, 1956 census 1,036, 1960 ‘Sporting Goods: estimated population 2,800, MEL’S HARDWARE Stations me : the clearing of the heavily forested site. Lots sold readily and at oe So high prices. First construction on the new townsite started that, fall, ‘GLACER timed closely with the arrival of steel and the first train from Prince ee SERVI -) Rupert on. the west, coast. - 8 pe oe Your happy motoring’. .|~ --_. The ensuing boom bubble burst’ with the sinking of the. .)- sneadquarters © | wpitanie’” and with it Sir Charles Hays. His untimely death in that ‘some lumbering: ‘and. tie- NOT " : . ene PUN \preean aT acqunted dand oon the wooded hill’ to open up a new section of ROSBERG SERVICE 1 thee teow rysatar rrytie hoot which had through the years reverted to the SMITHERS GOLF COURSE, HUDSON BAY MT., LAKE KATHLYN Above left: A modern golf course affords lecal and. visiting golfers relaxing play in the most scenic of settings. Above: Lake Kathlyn is a popular summer home and recreation spot. The grandeur of the 9000-foot Hudson Bay Mountain and Kathlyn Glacier is reflected in its mirror-like surface. , a modern sewerage disposal system in 1957, and increased water storage capacity in 1959 to provide for the growing demand for utility services. In 1956 Smithers was the first British Columbia municipality to fluoridate its drinking water supply to. benefit the teeth of its children. 4 os And so Smithers and surrounding district. grows . with optimism in the future as central and northern B.C...begins to feel the impending impetus of tremendous development. of. vast resources. Won't you join with us in our optimism and progressive spirit, or. drop in and visit us to fish, hunt, camp or just relax — -and view the scenery?. ee After all this history Smithers has yet to reach the half century. mark, It will observe its. Golden Anniversary. in. 1963. Summer and winter sports: provide interesting and healthful activity for tourists, casual visitors and residents alike. With improve- ment and eventual completion of the Northern Trans-Provincial High- ~ way, No, 16 Smithers and the Bulkley Valley recreational playground, _sportsman and holiday paradise, will be more easily accessible to “-motorists. Opportunities. to cater to the desire for healthful ‘activity will continue to arisé and accommodation and: services ‘will. improve and increase. oon Avountain climbing, picnicking, camping, swimming, boating, ‘ig ing, hunting, skiing, tobogganing, skating. figure-skating, hockey, curling, badminton, billiards and bowling. Services and Businesses: . Hotels, motels, cafes and restaurants, garages and service stations, movie theatre, photographers, groceries, bakeries, clothing. sporting goods, hardware, electrical, stationery, gift and novelty and drug stores. luundry and dry cleaners, hairdressers and barbers. feed and seed store, building supplies, building contractors, plumbing and heating. electrical wiring, farm and industrial machinery agencies, and drive in theatre, transportation—railway, bus, taxi, trucking, airport Doctors, dentist. provincial health nurse and municipal health centre, ambulance, drug store, lawyer, accountants, insurance, real estate, notarys public. Institutions: 84-bed up to date hospital, public, Catholic and junior-senior high schools, Roman Catholic and Protestant churches, provincial government agent and mining recorder, B.C. Hydro, B.C. Telephone, C.N. Telegraph, Provincial and Federal offices, post office, R.C.M. Police detachment, government liquore store, banks, weekly news- paper, city paper and magazine agencies, municipal office, volunteer The village registered further progress with installation of fire department and public library, Hardware. Fishing Tackle. | Novelties, Johnson outboard: Right: Looking northeasterly along | Smithers main business thorough- thators INTERIOR HARDWARE low: Moricetown Falls, a popular place to flesh when the salmon are running. Pieture shows Indlans Keneral hardware | gaffing (sh for food at the head Lae | of the narrow Bulkley River gorge, ce Federal Fishertes ladders at right nanint Jow water escapage of spawning fh. SHITE EL f CNTR MAST OAR PN aren In rena fare toward the Provinetal Court tos Hs Nt ie ce é House and Babine Mountains, Be- Ataeelian enn Pa Fishing tackle, camp equipmen DAVANAR YOUNG'S \ Children’s) Wear Sporting Goods : OSCAR'S SPORTING GOODS Records, Gifts Novelties Miscellaneous: SMITHERS DISTRICT CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Welcome to Visitors THE CORPORATION OF THE VILLAGE OF RMITHERS Smithers .... the Village with a big-town future sil wot vying gg ae Au aA of gh eo iW, ili ae real ay " yee , Fy AN ya Ci 4p daa AN " 4 /! TU Ha ry ' aes TW Rew Ye oa i rr Baa A wh i Nah, vi nen Welcome to Vieitors For furthor information about SMITHERS, contact Tho Sncretary, Smithors & District Chamber of Commerce Se ee mae: = ee ye ee SS a ee a RES ge SE ee ee SSS a nes eee