went, how extensive it was,

ago, -w
* with a compass, I realized
that the needle pointing due
- north across the Street cut

. that

wherei it ended.

Then, one day not long
while fiddling around

paar

r along ‘the

from my , frantyard,.1.faund.
it continued - north,

. taxpayers are now required

_ $400,000 to

jvincial ‘government

ete: (over

@. Victoria. has not in-
creased the provincial

homeowner. grant to keep

_ pace with cost escalation.

(as against a °13, per: cent
; “contribution last year) ..—
and. in addition, West Van

+ Mele hity

e The. wage , settlement
with municipal employees
following the recent strike
has added 20 per cent. to

a ote
Bs

wey Fe .

got out ‘an ‘atlas and.

northeastern B.C., and into
the Northwest Territories.

‘Along! the. way,.it passed :

across the’ Barents Sea and
slice through N ya

just to the west. of Prince . on to the’

George, east of Finlay Forks: -
in:the Peace Valley, skirting

Fort Laird and Wrigley in_

the NWT, before cutting
across a corner of Great
Bear Lake.

From there, it was clear
sailing over the Amundsen
Gulf, across Banks Island, to
the North Pole — without
having passed through a
single community. Just
forest and mountain and
plains and tundra.

To the south and east and
west of my place there are
plenty of other homes. But
that patch of wild, un-

‘developed forest across the

steet is a doorway opening:
on to an wilderness stret-
ching unbroken all the way
to the Arctic.
' Andbeyond.
On the other side of the
Arctic Circle, 122 degrees of
longitude changes to 58
degrees.

Following the imaginary.

line “downward”, we pass
through the archipelago
called _ Franz Josef, Land,-

municipal costs in the first
year and is a main cause of
the 16 per cent hike in the
municipality's own share of
the overall tax bill.

A similar picture is
painted by North Van
District and City officials.

In the District, taxes for

municipal services will rise.

by about 18 per cent (the
first increase in four years)
and school taxes by about 28
per cent.

Municipal taxes in the City
will be up by about 26 per

cent and school taxes by
about 23 per cent.

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The. first town:
by the line moving due north
from my. front yard:
called’ Bayanovka, in the
Ural Mountains,” on,
western ‘edge ¢ ob the SiVerian
Lowlands,” northwest 0
‘Moscow.

So my nearest’ “neighbours
across the. street” -are
citizens of Bayanovka,—
Russia. :

Now, of course, the fact
that you can live on the
northern edge of Greater
Vancouver:.and have
the conti lent as

LETTER |

 tinuation of your front. ard

out along a couple of

threads of train track.

© big surprise.. No. ;
lesson. It's just. that “now

- when I look out throu

front window, I am filled
with awe. That's all. a

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