. As deputy fi fire chief Jf Ralph
- Meldrum explained: . = You: ; said:

couldn’t. see your ‘hand--in .

front of your face ‘in: there”
to...wear .
breathing apparatus: and ‘au

and we had
° sorts of things.””

“Fire. officers. found: one

“ young: woman in.a shocked
daze siting on the front of her _

ear parked outside.

“The woman, Pegsy | Me-
7 Millan, was suffering from _
‘the effects of the smoke and
' was given oxygen by firemen .
before. being. taken to Lions

Gate: ‘Hospiral..:

route. on a blank map. that |
reflects the seeming empty
vastness. of - the country. —

‘Settlements ‘are no. more

| than. service Stations -- Pink
Sikanni . Chief, :

Mountain, |
Trutch. All arouind you the
forest is unbroken except for

_ Mountains are a smudge on
the far western horizon.

By Fort Nelson, which

stretches between Mile: 299 _
and 302,. you will probably’ .
stop for restocking and rest.
That could. be an op-_
'. portunity to rent a ‘bush .
plane for a short flip above.

the muskeg.

If you are in Fort Nelson :

in mid-August, and if you
really want to see the back
country
share a charter plane to

Scoop Lake. west of the —
‘Kechika River. Frank Cooke .
and his family will house you

in unpeeled spruce log
cabins, fly or ride you to the

fish and game, or just walk ©

you around their ranch in
the wilderness. By taking a
jet boat ride up the Muskwa,
Prophet or ‘Tuchodi rivers
you may see moose, bear
and caribou.

INTO THE ROCKIES

By Mile 375 the road turns
west into the Rockies and
the best scenery begins. At
Mile 392 walk easily into the
alpine along the ‘microwave

road at Summit Lake in)

Stone Mountain Provincial
Park. Drive down the

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CRYING, COUGHING

Smoke and. flames were.

billowing out of the building

while the fire was at its worst.
and the fire department. :
called B.C. Hydro to shut off

. the supply to the: building -
because of clectricity wires °

outside arcing;

“It was thought that resi-
dents of three of the —
‘apartments would: probably
be’ able to ‘return later’ the

: Churchill - Mines. Road ‘at - lush undergrowth that makes
ita rain. © forest island

_ Mile 401 to the. ‘Wokpash Le
= surrounded d by by boreal forest.

Creek with its. ‘Canyon’ of.
Teetering — ‘Rocks whose |
- unusual - ‘formations -Fival .
mone famous ‘ones: father | a
~ sow p by the Racing: —
_River at Mile 418: Ask at the oe the Smith River Falls at Mile
Toad River Lodge ‘at Mile’
_ 422 for local trails to fishing
rushing rivers and reed- » spots, the hot’ springs, the

fringed lakes. The Rocky — licks where wildlife can ‘be | :

on ony:

Mile 456 “begins a ‘spec- 2
tacular ‘seven-mile drive |
“along Muncho Lake beneath

the towering. northern
Rockies. With depths ‘of 300
feet at places immmediately

_ For wildlife watchers: the
highlight of the trip will be
the gravel wash. at Mile 472
where . mountain sheep

descend. to the. ‘edge ‘of the
-road and lick. the salt used to

help melt ice in winter. If

you mis seeing them here

then walk west to the Trout
River where both sheep and
caribou graze on the

pockmarked rock of the

mineral licks. -

BULLDOZERS MET

As you travel over the
Coal River section between
Mile 496 and 530, you can

clean up quickly in the. §
nearby hot springs at Liard

From the first hot:
springs pool, a second trail ©
leads on through the trees a
quarter-mile to a second —

River. |

more secluded pool with a

Master sha ge

~ 2

541: andthe” _Whirlpool

_ Grivers met...
‘border between ‘B. (ok and”
“Yukon at the 60th parallel.
But the road seems reluctant
‘to leave B.C. as for the next -

“the |

‘same day after the power had

ee been reconnected.
Deputy chief Meldrum a
“She was out. there, | :
crying and. ‘Shaking. and_
: coughing and hacking © and ms
we gave. her oxygen. a

- But damage to the ground

floor. ‘apartment . where the .
‘fire: began ‘was considerable.
and the ‘suite. would not. be -

liveable before major ‘work i is
carried out.

‘Fire inspector Lieutenant -

_-Perry Manns later comment-
--ed he thought the fire had.
‘probably | ‘been caused. by ~

smoking | in the | ‘bedroom
area... oy .

_ ARSON SUSPECTED .

. But. in two. other, fires .
which | occurred” ‘Shortly be-,

- Other. popular: ‘Hops are

Canyon at Mile 538. Contact

Creek at Mile 588: marks the |
historic - meeting in .1942..
and.

whre “northbound
southbound — bulldozer
‘Here is. the.

39 miles iit winds back and

forth ‘nine. times: across the |

border.

your: final B.C. settlement —

an ‘historic . Hudson's. ‘Bay
‘Company. trading post and
the site of an Indian village, |

well worth a stay. before

continuing. north to Alaska .
or before returning south by -—
another wilderness route, — / “
on Stewart-Cassiar Highway

“Lower Post at { Mile 620 i is. _

fore,. making it an a unusually 4
__ busy. morning for city. fire-
~ men, arson was thought to be: : :
-. mented on. the department’s: .
timing in tackling:the:blaze: —
“A few more. minutes and.

involved.

Occupants of a large old
rooming house at 518 Lons-.
dale were evacuated when a>
. _ pile of shingles left under the: —

house burst into flames.

Even - as ‘firemen were
tackling that fire they got a

call that. another fire had -

been started in a car just

- around the corner at 120 East
4th. |

“arietinum einen bre ene nb a Ne ee
esemich ny ae omareenentinn eeenaarme enema uftguin nne teat nn tinten

- “One more goodr ~
the e only place offering saving and comune —

“Damage to the ‘house was -
chiefly from. smoke: but

Tee

ed. because ‘the location of
by: .

‘deputy” chief. Meldrum com--

we'd have > had a ‘real
problem.” 7

The car.which caught fire.
was a 1966 Chevrolet and the.

burning was to the rear: seat.

Fire inspector Mann com:
mented later on the two fires: ©
**They may well be connect- .

that shei is now at

of the ‘busy: morning, i
- ‘just like New York.

is happy toz announce

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