Birds build fireproof
nests im the Cassiar.
And mountain sheep

bed down on McDame

mountain om cosy fibre
mats formed from
weathered rock.

Asbestos attracts a popula-
tion of 1,500 to Cassiar in
northern British Columbia,
but, being a company town,
most facilities are for em-
ployees.

So after your 400-mile
journey north on Highway
37, don’t rely on the townsite
for groceries, " accommoda-
tion or camping. However, if.

have ‘scarted. . ‘your car,
Cassiar has “two. service:
stations to meet your needs...

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_And if you want’ to remind |
yourself of the. sights and
‘sounds of. civilization after
such a long trek through the
wilderness, Cassiar is just
the place. It-is a_ neat,
well-kept town, prettily laid
out in neat rectangles scat- -
tered with trees. Set against
a dramatic backdrop of tall —
triangular mountain peaks, it
is like an Alpine village.

Modern, steep-roofed |
frame bungalows - provide |

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lots or r two-storey ‘and: pana~:
bode. ‘buildings for the
singles. a Oe

You'll also. find. ‘two:-chur-.

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ches, a hospital, an" RCMP:

shots for
Middle East —
Trip 3

Persons contemplating
travel to the Middle East

should consider cholera
immunizations, says Health
Minister Bob McClelland.
The disease is on = an
epidemic scale in
Syria, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia
‘and Kuwait and cases have

been reported in the United

Kingdom, Italy, the Nether-
lands and West Germany
The minister said that the
risk of the disease spreading

in one of the developed

countries is relatively low,
because of generally good
sanitary conditions and safe
water distribution systems. -

McClelland said that the
risk to Canadians travelling
to the Middle East is not so
high as to recommend a ban
on travel. However, he
strongly suggested. immun-

ization as personal. .protect-

ion.

“It is apparent,’ McClell-.
“that condit-
ions are ripe for a massive
spread of cholera in. the
Middle East at this time,
because they are approach-
ing the period during which
there is a mass movement of
Moslems to Mecca, which, .

and continued,

will occur until ‘around -
January 1, 1978,”
Cholera vaccine .can be

obtained from most pharm-
with a?’ physician's

acics,
prescription.

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laundry, liquor store, ©

grocery ‘and ‘dry goods s store.
and a. licensed lounges.

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of mining men expected in.
northern communities, des- : oe : : : foo
pite Cassiar’s appearance as © ee? oe ose ae : S Lhe
a welcome. oasis ‘in the. & ce
wilderness, .. the — Asbestos . :
Corporation provides a. re- : : a
creational . complex that in-| cee se L : ia
cludes an ice hockey arena, |;

swimming pool, curling rink, ~
gym, library, ; games, reading ~
and film rooms.: In“addition,
nature provides outside the .
finest and unexploited fish-
ing in the- abundant lakes,”
streams and rivers. a

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McDame Mountain but you: = ©§— ~ CS To oS
can watch the buckets. of. ee oo - - a ee oe ere
copper concentrates ‘as they asbestos -ifibres extracted, -Tauach your: boat or canoe or | seer 6S RATIV od a
swing down by aerial tram- and then the residue is sent picnic at one. of its 25. woe eee an a me
way to the mill at the edge of to. the. tailings mounds--a _campsites.: This is the only.
town. During the summer. - necessary piece of man-made > -semi-organized campsite. on™
you can arrange. company ugliness that expectedly the whole road into the
tours of both mine and mill... mars ‘the «town’s - natural : Cassiar.
eo es beauty. The asbestos is then ©

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brought prospectors to the. _taken to Vancouver by White - _ me nna eens jy. eee Gene SN aX DOPE BUS! OG.
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- laborious: path from. Wrane NN I aE
_gell, Alaska, by river steam- . ee . . oe a eT
‘er, canoe. and “foot trail.
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The first ore was mined in into a workshop, storage and _
1952 -and the ‘mill began” display area for-:supplying’ Eel Ed hg Gye Ad 6 QGepoaam. < Pika i he ee
operation. a year. later..Rock stones to -rockhounds and: = ee a eee re -_ we me woo Doge a ES : ee
fromthe peak ‘of McDame. selling jade jewellery... ae : —_ a : el
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“foot level;, is first. blasted, a Boe | om  ¥ -~ ha... {~~ xa dl Ue|hlU Ue
. then scooped: by Shovels into een lh XY = pool | See Gi = an

‘primary crushers, then. load- When: you’re ready for a_
return to the wilderness, but

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- for the three-mile journey to with:your thirst for civiliza-_
tion not quite. quenched, .

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- Another. industty in town: .
is Cassiar Lapidary run by.
the Hubble family

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