Northland
Empire
Edition,
June
30,
1954,
Page
21
Survey
Crews
Begin
Work
On
Peace
River-PGE
Link
iJ
,1
History-making
survey
crews
nounoed
plans
for
the
extension
n
out
of
Prince
George
are
locat
NATURAL
GAS
(Continued
from
Pags
17)
tials,
and
millions
of
tons
of
coal.
That
Is
why
the
B.C.
government
is
ready
to
iake
the
future
of
the
province
on
development
In
the
north
and
preparing
to
spend
multi-millions
on
such
enterprises
ax
extension
of
Its
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Railway
Into
the
Peace
River.
That
is
why,
too,
the
whole
northland
of
B.C.
and
the
Yukon
Territory
stands
poised
on
the
threshold
of
a
new
empire
a
glittering,
exciting,
Industrial
empire.
of
the
railroad
into
North
Vancouver
from
Squamish,
40
miles
up-coast,
and
into
the
northern
ing
routes
for
the
first
railroad
to
connect
the
Peace
River
aiea
Co-
Peace
River
area
from
Prim
If
'
J
S
t
with
the
rest
of
BritisJ.
lumbia.
George,
a
little
more
than
300
t
l
t
in
Estimated
as
a
$50,000,000
project,
the
link
will
mean
the
third
extension
of
the
B.C.
government-owned
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Railway,
for
years
the
brunt
of
political
attacks,
miles.
The
northern
extension
will
connect
with
the
Northern
Alberta
Railways
at
Dawson
Creek
from
Edmonton.
Completion
of
the
PGE
is
her
S3
dubbed
the
greatest
government
alded
by
Prince
George
as
"a
ioiiy
of
all
times,
and
branded
1
wonderful
boost"
for
its
indus-
a
white
elephant."
trial
economy.
In
support,
it
The
completed
line
will
be
cites
the
result
of
the
rail
ex-
Pioneer
Rancher
Still
Holds
Nags
In
High
Esteem
connected
with
other
Canadian
j
teysion
from
Quesnel,
account
ing
for
6.500
additional
carloads
and
American
railway
systems
after
operating
for
40
years
be
1:M
13
!i
I-
7
V
,.tkL
'
shipped
over
the
CNR
alone
in
1953.
A
PGE
official
recently
announced
that
last
vear's
rail
revenue
was
the
greatest
in
its
hi(itnry.
Revenue
over
the
line
when
completed
is
estimated
by
officials
as
$2,750,000
annusMy.
Lntil
the
southern
link
la
completed,
the
railroad
continues
to
ship
cars
from
tidewater
at
remote
Squamish
by
barge
to
Vancouver.
Biggest
reward
for
the
PGH
is
expected
in
the
outlet
it
will
tween
two
remote
terminals
through
a
sparsely
settled
area.
M
e
a
n
w
h
f
1
e.
construction
crews
afe
underway
linking
the
southern
portion
of
the
north-south
400-mile
railroad
to
Vancouver.
First
extension
to
the
railway-was
completed
in
November
in
1952,
from
Quesnel
to
Prince
George
to
connect
with
the
east-west
transprovincial
Canadian
National
Railways
line.
Premier
W.
A.
C.
Bennett
recently
announced
the
government
would
wipe
out
interest
of
,
v
m
1U
-4.!
FORT
ST.
JOHN
Although
he
may
be
grasping
the
wheel
of
a
late
model
sedan.
Lynch
Callison,
address
Northern
B.C.,
if
likely
to
say
on
reaching
his
destination:
"Let's
head
up
this
draw
and
rein
up."
Pioneer
rancher
and
packer
of
British
Columbia's
Peace
River;
area,
Callison
still
has
high
opinions
of
pat;;
horses,
in
spite
of
modern-day
bulldozers
and
even
helicopters.
And
each
year
he
proves
the
point
by
putting
to
use
his
100-horse
string
packing
supplies
for
mining
and
oil
exploration
units,
or
survey
parties.
ural
gas
reserves.
It
is
distinguished
as
the
largest
shipping
point
of
grain
in
the
British
Commonwealth.
Note
elevators
at
right,
near
railway.
(Photo
by
Bilvic
Studios)
DAWSON
CKKKK
has
brcome
a
bustling
centre
or
more
than
6,(X0
persons
since
its
incorporation
in
1934.
Supply
cent
re
for
the
vast
agricultural
area
of
B.C.'s
Peace
River
country,
Dawson
Creek
is
also
surrounded
by
large
nat-
provide
for
products
of
the
ROUGHNECKS
drUling
for
natural
gas
and
oil
in
BX'.'s
Peace
River
area
are
a
familiar
sight
in
recent
days,
and
activity
is
expected
to
be
stepped
up
to
fever
pitch
once
the
proposed
natural
gas-line
from
Dawson
Creek
to
the
west
coast
is
approved.
The
$110,000,000
project
hangs
in
the
balance
with
the
U.S.
Federal
Power
Commission.
(Photo
by
Belvie
Studios.)
$97,000,000
that
has
been
pyra-
Peace
River
area;
most
exten-
miding
on
the
railway
s
debt
to
isive
farming
country
In
the
the
province
for
40
years.
province,
and
also
Canada'!
At
the
same
time
he
an-1
greatest
natural
gas
reserve.
Much
Open
Land
Still
Available
At
present
he
is
negotiating
for
a
major
contract
to
supply
road
building
crews
this
summer
in
the
Cassiar
district.
When
interviewed,
he
was
on
his
way
to
Vancouver
to
discuss
In
B.C.
s
Peace
River
Country
j
Rapid
expansion
of
agriculito
fill
the
demand.
But
the
ous
damage.
Spring
tillage
w.
the
project
It
will
be
his
first
visit
in
20
years.
Horses
are
necessary
in
this
estcoast
Transmission
Company's
pipeline
country.
They
helped
open
up
the
Peace
River
in
the
first
iu.rti
wveiupnmu
in
ire
reace
opportunity
i
there,
they
say,
Biver
area
of
British
Columbia
,
looking
upon
the
Alaska
High-It
hown
in
production
figures,
way
as
their
market
gateway
Which
have
doubled
in
the
last
'to
Alaska
and
the
Yukon.
v
e
years.
j
Meanwhile,
a
new
80
by
50-foot
I
Rut
there
is
still
room
for
In-
sleel
and
aluminum
apiary
teased
settlement
and
develop-'which
houses
3,000
colonies
of
Alcnt
of
the
3,500,000
acres
of
jbees,
erected
recently,
Illustrates
tnge
and
arable
farming
land.
the
success
of
another
branch
of
to
date
only
1,200,000
acres
are
agriculture.
Several
carloads
of
does
not
start
until
early
In
May,
but
by
the
end
of
August
harvesting
is
well
under
way.
SOILS
Soils
fall
Into
two
mam-divi-sions.
Northern
thin
black
and
Northern
grey
-wooded.
The
former,
developed
under
grassland
conditions,
occurs
chiefly
in
the
Fort
St.
John
and
Dawson
place.
They
helped
build
the
Alaska
Highway,
and
we're
not
done
with
'em
yet,"
sayi
Calli
son,
who
doesn't
look
anywhere
occ
upied
of
which
300,000
are
ihigh-grade
honey
were
shipped
Creek
vicinities.
The
choice
last
year.
Uriuer
cultivation.
1
Another
500.000
acres
are
un-
farm
lands
fall
in
this
division,
Most
of
the
farm
and
ranch-
tAi
-tied
in
the
Fort
Nelson
vicin
lands
still
available
fall
Into
the
(MMATH
The
climate
of
the
Peace
River
area
is
continental,
with
an
all-over
average
of
18
Inches
of
precipitation
annually.
.About
grey-wooded
soil
division,
much
project
will
provide
the
line
between
more
than
three
and
one
half
trillion
cubic
feet
of
proven
natural
gas
reserves
in
the
Peace
River
Area
of
British
Columbia
and
Alberta,
and
markets
in
British
Columbia,
Washington
and
Oregon.
WESTCOAST
TRANSMISSION
CO.
Jft
,
300
miles
north
of
the
Peace.
Total
grain
production
figures
for
1953,
supplied
by
A.
M.
John-mn,
district
agriculturist
at
of
it
broken
up
by
thinly
wooded
areas
ralural
meadows
two
inches
a
month
falls
during
and
grassy
plateaux.
tHwxon
LieeK.
are
nignest
in
the
trrnw
nir
m.nn
While
Dawson
Creek
with
its
the
history
of
the
Peace.
annual
snowfall
is
50
Inches.
6,000
population
is
the
major
near
his
57
years.
"Horses
can
pick
a
trail
where
nothing
else
can
go,
and
pack
a
load
at
the
same
time.
They
don't
need
gas
or
oil.
They
can
feed
righfon
the
job."
Callison
was
born
and
raised
on
a
Montana
ranch.
He
was
13
when
he
rode
into
Canada
with
his
father
and
brother.
In
1913
the
trio
trekked
into
the
Peace
River
over
400-mile
Edson
Trail,
began
ranching
and
raising
horses.
An
11-section
ranch,
on
which
Callison
grazes
100
head
of
cattle
and
his
select
cayuses,
is
located
near
Fort
St.
John,
His
remaining
horses
are
grazed
between
here
and
the
Yukon
border.
Brother
Leisch
operates
a
tourist
lodge
near
the
Toad
River
on
the
Alaska
Highway.
He
wrestled
a
female
grizzly
...
r
.Yciagc
ui;
....
..r,aKc
tpniprraiurei
town
of
the
area,
followed
by
39
bushels
to
the
acre
for
a
crop
.
In
the
winter
varies
between
4
Fort
St.
John
40
miles
to
the
of
1.650.000
bushels;
barley,
at
nd
7
degrees
and
in
the
turn-i
north,
the
ittii.
.,fii-
i
35.
totalled
2,100,000
and
oats,
o.r
oe.ween
3
ana
bu.
PoUce
Coune.
near
the
Albert.
Jrost-free
days
vary
wlthi
houndarv
1.
hnt
tK
blgsest
producer,
yielded
2,475,-000
bushels.
Dawson
Creek,
as
the
centre
eievanon
or
different
areas
vinciai
government
offices
Pouce
Coupe
still
bears
this
running
from
20
days
to
123
days,
but
the
more
tvoical
are
rf
the
main
grain
producing
distinction
because
it
was
the
LDnTED
rea,
is
the
greatest
initial
grain,"-'
'e
vaneys
ana
7
first
settlement
in
the
area
to
shipping
point
In
the
British
to
JOfi
on
the
plateaux.
be
incorporated,
although
It
has
Empire,
disposing
of
more
than!
Hal'.
although
not
unknown!
grown
little
since
that
year
of
lour
lour
million
million
bushels
bushels
through
through
its
its
i'n
'he
area,
does
not
fall!lm
Pnm.i.iin.
w.
.
......
Calgary
Petroleum
Building
Alberta
severely
enough
to
cause
seri-1500.
tine
elevators.
Recently,
growing
of
forage
fops
for
seed
has
hit
a
peak,
iih
Creeping
Red
Fescue
lead-tg
the
list
in
production
and
(lancial
returns.
:One
farm
last
year,
with
1,500
litres
seeded,
grossed
$250,000.
besides
crop
production,
cattle
Jinching
and
mixed
farming
are
fai
gaining
market
attention,
bi
here,
too,
sayj
the
district
sfiiculturist,
is
much
room
for
expansion.
'STRANGE
CATCH'
LANDED
'
BY
YOUTHFUL
FISHERMAN
COURTENAY,
B.C.
(CPl-Twelve-year-old
Jimmy
Rob,
ertson,
Jr.,
hooked
an
eight-foot
octopus
while
fishing
for
cod
here.
It
was
more
than
he
could
manage,
but
his
father
and
a
friend
helped
to
land
the
creature.
last
fall
while
guiding
a
group
of
big-game
hunters.;
Came
out
of
the
scrape
with
lacerations.
.
Lynch
claims
he
has
made
and
lost
two
major
fortunes
during
his
freighting
career.
A
deeper
tragedy
struck
several
years
ago
when
he
lost
his
two
children
in
a
fire
which
destroyed
his
ranch
buildings.
Today
he
is
raising
a
new
family
and
beams
on
his
four-year-old
son,
and
daughter,
aged
six.
NEW
TELEPHONE
GUEST
EDITORIAL
Future
of
Dawson
Creek
Assured
by
Men
of
Vision
iTotal
return
from
sale
of
hits,
lambs
and
cattle
exported
Jftm
the
district
and
shipped
Jm
Dawson
Creek
was
more
tfcn
$1,000,000
in
1953
not
in-rfc'ting
the
large
number
of
ani-Ms
butchered
for
local
con-(Uiiplion.
And
on
the
heels
of
ttiese
(Continued
from
Page
19)
500-mile
chain
of
Very
High
Frequency
(VHF)
radiotele-
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PETROLEUMS
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Pioneer
of
Canada's
Oil
and
Natural
Gas
Development
This
Company
has
played
a
leading
role
in
the
Discovery
and
Production
of
Natural
Gas
and
Oil
in
British
Columbia
and
Alberta.
By
STAN
CARNELL
of
the
Alaska
Highway
has
been
"
!P(
stretches
.v.
from
,y
Vancouver
"
.
to
Eiitar,
n.
tmn
OHt
Hm
Tnir,i
mainlv
resoonsiKi
.cr.ii
7
(nr
i.
il.
nw
,
Prince
George
via
the
Fraser
ntures
comes
an
offer
from
j
ieska
distributors
to
buy
prime
Dawson
Creek,
main
distribu-1
nomenal
growth
in
the
past
23
tion
centre
of
the
Peace
River
jyears
to
a
thriving
centre
of
an
Canyon
and
the
Cariboo.
a.-e
River
beef
and
pork,
I
(Miry
and
eggs,
and
fresh
'district,
is
situated
380
miles
by
estimated
6,000
people.
i.lk.
(road
northwest
of
Edmonton
U-
armers
and
ranchers,
study-
and
265
miles
northeast
of
lng
the
vast
but
scattered
mar-jPrince
George.
Its
location
as
ktts
of
the
far
north,
believe
'terminal
of
the
Northern
Al-Kfealer
productiov
is
necessary
berta
Railroad
and
as
beginning
The
town
is
served
with
natural
gas
for
heating
and
Industrial
use,
modern
water
and
sewer
systems,
paved
roads,
an
ample
supply
of
electrical
power
at
reasonable
cost,
public
swim
This
has
made
it
possible
to
increase
facilities
between
the
two
points,
and
by
linking
up
the
radiotelephone
system
with
landiines
between
Prince
George
and
P
r
I
n
c
e
Rupert,
leased
by
B.C.
Telephone
Co.
from
the
C.N.R.,
an
additional
circuit
has
been
provided
between
Vancouver
and
Prince
Rupert.
Among
exchanges
in
the
cen
ming
pool,
excellent
school
facil
ities,
and
many
recreational
outlets
for
leisure
hours.
All
of
these
things
didn't
'just
happen.
The
town
has
been
tral
and
northern
parts
of
B.C.
fortunate
in
having,
since
its
acquired
by
the
B.C.
Telephone
Incorporation
as
a
village,
meniCo'
re
Terrace,
Hazelton,
Van-of
vision
not
only
in
its
village
derhoof,
Smithers,
Burns
Lake,
commissioners
and
Chamber
nf
Qunel
nd
Wells,
and
the
THE
DAWSON
CREEK
CHAMBER
OF
COMMERCE
INVITES
INQUIRIES
ABOl'T
DAWSON
CREEK
Destined
to
Be
the
Largest
Commercial
Centre
in
the
Northwest
700
PETROLEUM
BUILDING
CALGARY,
ALBERTA
Commerce,
but
in
other
organizations
which
have
been
inaugu
company
is
now
planning
for
the
Installation
of
additional
long
distance
circuits
between
a
number
of
these
points.
Oil
Men
Probing
j
Alaska's
Regions
Nearly
every
major
oii
com
rated
as
time
went
on.
The
greatest
remaining
source
of
agricultural
lands
in
Canada,
the
Peace
River
area
of
B.C.
has
already
given
Dawson
Creek
the
distinction
of
being
the
"largest
grain-shipping
point
in
the
Brit-ilsh
Commonwealth."
But
our
:
future
growth
is
largely
de-j
pendent
on
the
provision
of
a
new
transportation
outlet,
j
It
is
the
extension
of
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Railway
to
the
Peace
River
area.
No
other
!
single
project
can
do
so
much
The
Commonwealth's
Largest
Primary
Grain
Shipping
Point
pany
in
the
United
States
will
be
exploring
petroleum
possibilities
in
Alaska
this
summer,
according
to
a
consulting
Foundation
and
Soil
Consultants
Complete
Field
&
Laboratory
Facilities
OIL
LUMBER
TRANSPORTATION
NATURAL
GAS
LIVESTOCK
FURS
for
the
farmers
of
this
area,
in
providing
a
rail
outlet
to
B.C.'s
central
interior
and
two
ocean
ports
Prince
Rupert
and
Van
couver.
Ted
C.
Mathews,
who
returned
to
Fairbanks
recently
after
a
series
of
conferences
with
top
officials
in
the
petroleum
industry,
said
he
found
"tremendous
interest
in
Alaska
existing
among
top
geologists
working
for
major
oil
companies."
Mathews,
who
now
works
for
the
Fairbanks
Oil
&
Gas
Co.,
formerly
was
consulting
engineer
for
the
Navy's
Petroleum
No.
4
exploration
project
at
Point
Barrow.
Other
project
of
paramount
importance
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the
proposed
construction
of
a
natural
gas
pipe
Serving
B.C.'s
line
to
the
coast
and
western
United
States.
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a
matter
of
Northern
Coast
Communities
weeks
we
hope
the
necessary
approval
will
be
given
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natural
gas,
which
is
already
proven
to
exist
here
in
large
quantities.
Approval
of
the
line
will,
of
course,
spark
a
stepped-up
program
of
well-drilling.
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three
refineries
are
projected
for
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Creek.
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