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CASSIAR STEWART
HIGHWAY OPEN?

THROUGH TRIP FROM
KITIMAT TO CASSIAR

No official notice is
given on the opening of the
Cassiar Stewart Road however
on our picture is Harold
Dennill (left) and John
Holmes of Kitimat, B.C. These

two gentlemen simply outfitt-
ed their Chevy Blazer with
spare gas tanks, also design-
ed as bumpers, then filled

up and drove in to Cassiar
September 19th.

Mr. Dennil and Mr. Holmes
left Kitimat on Sat. the
16th, leasurely hunted en-
route and travelled the new
highway from Terrace through
to the Stewart Cassiar Road
on to Cassiar, a distance of
485 miles.

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They advised that the
road is in fair condition
throughout, with the except-
ion of a few rough areas
where construction is still
in progress. For the infor-
mation of anyone planning to
drive this road through to

Terrace and on, Mr. Dennill
advises that good tires and
spares, as well as extra
gasoline is a must.. The

. longest distance between gas
pumps on this route is be-
tween Kitwanga - near the
Skeena River and Eddontenajon
a distance of 275 miles.

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A ae: _ SAFETY PAYS WELL...... Our new Mortuary
7. located on Malozemoff Avenue. Resurrection
of Casstar's Old Ftre Hail!

Casstar Stewart Road at
Dease Lake near Sawmill
Potnt where the Hudson Bay
Company established a post
tn 1836,