.4.)
Railway
Link
!
On
Charlottes
OXYGEN
THERAPY
MAY
BE
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
With
'Peace'
stretching
almost
200
miles
long
and
50
miles
at
the
northern
and
widest
portion,
lie
in
a
gen
The
village
of
Stewart,
Brit-1
ish
Columbia,
is
Canada's
mosti
INSTALLED
FOR
LOGGERS
VICTORIA
(CP)
Installation
of
oxygen
therapy
in
large
logging
camps
and
plants
may
be
ordered
by
the
workmen's
compensation
board.
A
training
school
has
been
successful
during
the
last
few
months,
a
board
member
said.
eral
northwest-southwest
direc
northerly
deep-water
port
on
I
tion
from
50
to
100
miles
from
the
Pacific,
situated
at
the
head
I
British
Columbia's
mainland.
of
the
60-mile
long
Portland
I'
Canal,
approximately
130
miles
I
Composed
of
two
principle
is
lands
Moresby
to
the
south
north
of
Prince
Rupert
and
N'
"
1
and
northern
Graham
the!
about
100
miles
inland
from
the!
'Charlottes
comprise
the
west-'
Pacific
coastline.
FRANK
CALDKR,
36
year-old
QUEEN
CHARLOTTE
Crabmeat
member
of
the
B.C.
Legislature,
is
the
first
and
only
native
In
ernmost
boundaries
of
B.C.,
and
hold
a
major
portion
of
the
natural
resources
of
fish
and
timber
of
B.C.
Home
of
the
giant
Sitka
spruce
stands,
huge
tracts
of
western
hemlock
and
red
cedar,
the
Charlottes
are
estimated
as
holding
more
than
12,000.000,000
board
feet
of
merchantable
timber.
Heavy
logging
is
the
main
industry
on
the
Islands.
More
than
8,000,000
pounds
of
commercial
fish
mostly
salmon
are
taken
annually
in
Queen
Charlotte
waters,
notably
from
the
northern
shoals
which
provide
excellent
trolling
for
spring
and
cohoe
salmon
during
certain
seasons
of
the
year.
,
The
Msnds
were
first
settled
at
the
turn
of
the
century
by
farming
homesteaders
who
found
the
moderate
climate
and
i
t
(
dian
to
have
been
elected
to
the
provincial
government.
Serving
his
third
consecutive
term
of
office,
Mr.
Calder
represents
the
constituency
of
Atlin,
largest
in
area
in
the
province.
"Resources
of
northern
B.C.
would
stagger
the
imagination,"
Cal
Portland
Canal,
through
the
centre
of
which
passes
the
Alaska.
B.C.
boundary,
penetrates
with
a
deep,
navigable
waterway
the
coastal
mountain
barrier.
North
of
Stewart
extends
the
Bear
River
valley,
varying
in
width
from
one-half
to
two
miles
over
a
length
of
10
miles
before
it
narrows
into
the
Bear
River
Pass
leading
into
northern
interior
B.C.
To
date,
Stewart
has
existed
principally
as
a
distributing
and
supply
centre
for
the
Portland
Canal
mining
district
and
as
such
has
had
varying
population
and
economy.
All
active
mining
declined
of
late,
leaving
only
a
few
hundred
persons
scattered
in
the
community
until
the
recent
discovery
on
Leduc
glacier.
The
Leduc
discovery,
25
miles
north
of
Stewart,
promises
to
become
a
major
mining
venture.
Stewart
Board
of
Trade
is
ac
der
recently
told
the
House.
Delkatlah
Slough
is
the
Indian
village
of
Old
Masset.
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
is
the
land
of
the
Haidas,
famed
for
their
slate
totem
pole
carvings
of
100
years
ago.
MASSET
VILLAGE,
one
of
the
principal
communities
on
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands,
is
located
on
the
north
mast
of
northern
Graham
Island,
just
jiiMiie
MasAft
Harbor.
Main
occupation
nf
the
community
is
fishing.
Across
From
Masset,
Q.C.
Is.,
packed
by
Queen
Charlotte
Canners,
Ltd.,
producers
of
fine
quality
crabmeat
for
over
thirty
years.
1,000,000
Pies
Expert's
Record
UY
END
SEASONAL
EMPLOYMENT
GAP
Mrs.
Sally
McCutcheon.
To.
of
good
soil
a
good
combination.
Laraine,
Ohio,
must
hold
some
j
Remoteness
from
markets,
how-sort
of
record.
"
lever,
proved
an
insurmountable
She
learned
to
bake
apple
pies
barrier
and
agriculture
today
In
1911
in
Bluefield,
W.
Va.,
then
is
limited.
successively
worked
In
restaur-
Climate,
under
the
influence
Islands
Crab
Canner
Experiments
With
Oysters
for
Added
Markets
tive
In
promoting
a
railroad
trom
B.C.'s
Peace
River
to
its
port
as
offering
the
shortest
route
to
tidewater
shipping
of
any
route
350
miles.
We
started
packing
crabmeat
before
there
was
a
"Northland
Empire."
W"
just
called
it
"Queer
Country."
ants
in
Columbus,
O.;
Tiffin,
O.,
and
finally
Heilman's
in
nearby
Willard,
O
,
Saying
that
she
has
baked
at
least
one
pie
per
day,
she
figures
she
has
a
life-time
total
of
of
the
Japanese
currents,
records
a
mean
high
of
57
and
a
mean
low
of
37
with
a
year
round
frost-free
period
in
the
extreme
south,
to
temperatures
of
57
and
33,
and
a
169-day,
48-
jAn
experiment
which
hasj
Simpson
says
tie
got
the
idea
has
planted
on
the
broad
sand
beaches
of
the
north
end
of
the
Grizzly
bears
of
the
Rocky
Mountain
region
may
weigh
as
developing
lor
the
pa
st
j
of
raising
oysters
as
an
experi-years
on
the
beaches
of
jment
when
trying
to
find
some
around
1,000,000.
At
one
time.
year
average,
frost-free
period
she
was
baking
201
pies
a
day.
Ion
the
extreme
north
end.
Charlottes
have
come
from
much
as
900
pounds.
-
fcet,
on
the
north
end
of
thetfaeet
of
the
shell-fishing
Indus-gai-pri
Charlotte
Islands,
holds
itry
which
could
provide
em-'!f
promise
that
Its
success
will
ployment
for
Masset
residents
!i
a
serious
gap
In
seasonal
:
during
the
normally
slack
.Ai!mimDnt
in
fha
idanrlo'
fii'hJt.ntk.
T
......
......
.
.
Japan,
but
the
latest
planting
has
come
from
seeds
developed
in
southern
B.C.
waters.
Area
where
the
oysters
are
being
raised
is
also
the
only.bed
in
B.C.
for
razor-clams,
tastiest
of
the
species.
Irk
industry.
which
Is
the
season
of
the
ft
Is
too
early
yet
to
arrive
oyster
harvest,
tf
definite
conclusions,
says
Most
of
the
oyster
seed
he
Satn
Simpson,
operator
of
j
'
yflicn
Charlotte
Canners,
but!
hopes
that
In
another
year
will
be
able
to
harvest
the
Good
Fishing
To
Be
Found
In
Terrace
Streams,
Lakes
flpt
commercial
yield
of
ovs-
"This
is
wonderful
fishing
arthritis
and
other
ailments.
ftr
ever
taken
north
of
the
i;lf
of
Georgia.
Jlf
our
experiments
prove
ttyessful,
we
will
be
able
to
ntr
the
competitive
oyster
rairket.
We
ran
grow
them
In
Commercial
development
of
the
springs,
however,
has
not
yet
country."
So
said
Game
Warden
Jack
Williams
as
he
described
the
landing
of
a
27-pound
sleel-
been
attempted.
Lakelse
Lake
itself
and
Kalum
Lake
to
the
north
pro
north
and
they
appear
to
head
while
fishing
In
Terrace's
even
better
quality
tliian
i
Conner
Ri
ver
recpntlv.
vide
ideal
boating,,
fishing,
hse
grown
In
southern
waters.
Although
Cooper
River
has
!
swimming
and
summer
camping
long
been
a
favorite
steelhead-
grounds,
easily
accessible
to
good
roads.
CIVIC
CENTRE
Other
opportunities
for
recre
ation
are
golfing,
skiing,
rifle-
shooting,
bowling.
Community
life
revolves
around
the
village's
civic
centre
which
sponsors
such
sports
as
basketball,
boxing,
roller
skating,
stage
entertain
ment,
badminton
and
dancing.
Besides,
Terrace
boasts
15
different
service
and
fraternal
organizations:
Board
of
Trade.
Ing
river
for
local
anglers,
Williams'
prize
catch
was
the
top
fish
taken
so
far
on
sport
gear.
Said
Williams:
"I
love
fishing
and
have
had
a
fair
share,
but
this
big
steel-head
gave
me
my
biggest
thrill
of
all
times.
"I
had
him
on
about
30
minutes
before
I
realized
how
big
he
was.
Then
I
saw
him.
Before
I
landed
him
an
hour
after
that,
he
had
taken
more
than
80
yards
of
line
out.
It
was
a
ticklish
situation
for
several
minutes."
The
fish
measured
41
H
Inches
long
and
sported
an
11-Inch
tail.
Williams
entered
his
catch
in
an
International
angling
contest.
But
fishing
is
not
the
only
recreation
available
to
either
residents
or
tourists.
Perhaps
foremost
In
tourist
attractions
are
the
mineral
hot
springs
at
Lakelse
Lake
16
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce,
C
anadian
Legion,
Kinsmen,
Kin
But
It
takes
between
four
nd
five
years
for
the
oysters
"
mature
here
compared
to
hree
years
in
the
south,"
says
't
Simpson.
JffiST
IN
CRABS
Queen
Charlotte
Canners
was
stablished
nearly
two
genera-ions
ago
by
Mr.
Simpson's
ther,
the
late
Captain
Eugene
aipson,
who
devised
the
first
uccessful
crab
canning
method
nit
the
Pacific
Coast.
The
Simpsons,
originally
'rom
Seattle,
set
out
for
the
"north"
In
1914
aboard
a
38-foot
boat.
Taking
their
time,
they
Tived
in
Prince
Rupert
two
tiers
later,
where
the
elder
Stjnpsnn
went
to
work
In
a
fish-parking
plant.
fl'rom
fish
packing.
Dad
warn
to
fish-buying
and
shortly
Marled
his
own
packing
plant,
nrocssing
ihe
big
crabs
of
Hunte
Straits.
.fills
were
the
first
processed
erl
to
hit
the
market
from
thf
west
coast
and
business
was
pretty
good,"
recalls
Sam
tojsy.
Mint
the
business
went
"flat
orke"
In
1930
and
remained
IlKipprative
until
three
year
liti'rwhen
Sam
re-established
ft
into
it3
present-day
capac
ettes,
Masonic
Lodge,
Rotary
Club,
Odd
Fellows,
Rebekah.
Orange
Lodge,
Canadian
Legion
Ladles'
Auxiliary,
Farmers'
Institute,
Parent-Teachers'
Asso
ciation
and
Hospital
Auxiliary.
Churches
include
the
Roman
Catholic,
Baptist,
Anglican,
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ft
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kimikA
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Partners
in
Prospority..-
United,
Pentecostal,
Lutheran,
Christian
Reformed,
Seventh-
Day
Adventists
and
Gospel
Ln
a
pel.
miles
from
Terrace,
the
largest
on
the
continent.
Eight
springs
the
biggest
more
than
100
feet
across
flow
continuously
at
a
temperature
of
186
degrees.
Prominent
medical
men
have
recommended
the
springs
for
relief
of
rheumatism,
lumbago,
Transient
accommodation
Is
supplied
by
two
hotels
and
five
auto
courts.
Three
areas
within
the
village
have
been
set
aside
as
parks
and
two
public
parks
are
supervised
by
the
B.C.
Forest
Service.
ity.
Sim,
the
father
of
a
son
and
two
daughters,
is
a
stocky,
out-
i
pnkr-n
individual
In
his
late
;
forties.
He
is
especially
out-1
peken
about
American
boats
I
Wing
in
the
Hecate
Straits,
j
tl
stretch
of
water
between
j
RI"s
mainland
coast
and
thei
QUALITY
ASSURED
Qlicon
Charlottes.
Mr.
INVASION
lie
big
invasion
Into
the
fTlie
traits
by
United
States
and
AHka
crab
and
salmon
fisherman
is
drastically
reducing
the
'ivories
population."
He
claims
'hji
Canada
declared
the
straits
i
"territorial
(home)
waters"
rtly
after
B.C.
entered
the
dtitederation
of
Canada,
but
just
haven't
had
the
sense
enforce
it."
f'lt
Hecate
Straits
for
years
kve
been
considered
as
oft-hie
waters
from
a
three-mile
"ii
east
of
the
Charlottes
aind
Jst
of
the
mainland,
thus
open
to
foreign
vessels.
?And
if
that
is
the
rase,
the
nese
and
even
the
Russians
within
their
rights
to
tish
tliPie.
That
would
be
a
fine
rfkle
of
affairs!"
exclaimed
Sm.
irtw
Simpsons
are
not
oiily
Mrters,
hut
fishermen
them-fes.
Their
60-foot
broad-"tamed
crabber
Dungeness
was
nfch
boat
among
more
than
100
Americans
and
Canadians
in
the
traits
last
year.
Skippered
by
Sam's
son
Gene,
the
Dungeness
is
the
onlv
boat
FOR
nearly
100
years.
Pacific
salmon
have
been
a
major
factor
in
the
economy
of
British
Columbia.
Today
they
are
the
backbone
of
a
great
industry
...
one
which
over
the
years
has
brought
hundreas
of
millions
of
dollars
into
the
province.
Today,
too,
in
British
Columbia,
great
pkms
are
afoot
for
extensive
industrialization
and
development.
These
plans
will
man
much
new
wealth
and
new
employment,
will
bring
this
great
province
closer
to
a
full
realization
of
its
splendid
destiny
in
our
national
life.
Yet
without
foresight
and
goodwill
in
industrial
a-.ning
the
price-less
heritage
of
the
salmon
fisheries
will
be
destroyed.
Wi:e
planning
can
aid
in
conserving
the
salmon,
and
is
no
hindrance
to
industrial
development.
Freedom
to
expand
one
is
completely
compatible
with
freedom
to
conserve
the
other.
They
are
partners
in
prosperity.
The
Department
of
Fisheries
of
the
Government
of
Catxida,
at
sea
cmd
on
land
in
British
Columbia,
is
playing
its
full
part,
with
the
co-operation
of
industry
and
those
engaged
in
fishing,
to
conserve
and
protect
the
priceless-heritage
of
the
Pacific
Salmon,
that
this
great
nature!
resource
may
be
preserved
as
a
full
partner
in
the
growth
of
British
Coiiimbia.
For
Interetting
information
about
ibt
fishing
industry
writ
to
th
Department
of
Fisheries,
Ottawa,
for
a
fr
copy
of
the
booklet
"Canada's
Pacific
Salmon."
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B.C.
coast
built
expressly
m
crao
fishing.
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