WRANGELL to TELEGRAPH CREEK 1923

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LANDING

DEASE Gourd Pan
C CREEK

TAHLTAN
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TELEGRAPH
CREEK

Ground Hog,
TACKSONS

by G. Doran

Once underway the comaradie (in
the name of a bottke of rum) would
be opened and passed around. Each

His 46 the stony of a trtp on the
HAZEL & by some early prospectors
as recounted in the Public Archives.
The story has been put in a more man took a surg som the bottle in
readable form 40 that we have a turn. After gulping down a suxg it
visible Anpression of those early
days. your belly Lrke Liquid frre. Vf
‘course, not a trace of this woukd
Show in thetr expressions.

Prospectons, none and hunters
hoaded their baggage and trappings
aboard the HAZEL b, a shakLow
riverboat, which draws only two
feet of water. The twin 250 horse-

gokd, either during the Klondike

would take your breath away ahd Int

The tatk generally centred around

Days on in the 1870's on the McDame

In the evenings one by one the men
would come from their staterooms on
‘the Lounge to squat on the deck on’
Atand 4n a silent cineke. Then the
Singing would begin. I suspect each
one of them was touched with a Longing

 §0O% Some faraway home that he would

not Likeky see again.

Nearkng the end of the journey you
passed the ghost town of Glenora. It
had been nothing more than a trading
post tn the 1870's, then in '98 with

the gokd rush the town grew to more

than 10,000. ALL of whom were on

their way to Dawson City. It has been
said there were onky a handful who
ever made it. The old graveyard tokd
what happened to many of then. By 1923,

a fw of the old buildings had fallen

down but most were standing and in
tact. Today nothing remains of GLenona

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View of Telegraph Creek: from the
left: Callbreath's store, the

Hyland warehouse, Hyland's store,

the Gold Commissioners Office and
the Stikine Hotel.

WRANGELL TO TELEGRAPH
_continued from page 8

akks. Akongstde the finery of the
Andians'mulkticoloured head scarves and
the beaded jackets and moccasins, the
purple, yellow and bkue blouses and -
dresses, the white cotton clothing
Looked drab.

Prospectors and hunting parties
would outfit here; pack trains would
Leave for the intertor. Telegraph
Creek was the jumpina off place fon
the great Cassiar Mining District,
covering an area of mone than seventy
thousand square miles, ;

This ends our journey but was the
beginning of many others.

_Ted: “Yippee! The teacher said we.
would have a test today, rain or

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“Cassian Courier Aug.-Sept. 1977

Letters
TO THE EDITOR

Dear Editon:

We have hit the jackpot at the
Cassian Communtty Club. Gary
Perrtand, his stags and the CCC
Executive board deserve a great
big thanks for a job beting well
done.

It 48 a pkeasure to enter inc
particinat tr the necrzeation
centre and 4t's activities.

The changes that have akrready
been made and tmmediate future
plans that ane in the works ane
ark an added asset to our
conmum Ly.

A sneckal thanrs also to the
CAW Of Young people who worked
akk day during the CCC Sport's
Vay event. A harder working crew
wou wil never find. They were
LOMA ALC.

Let us atl do our share and

. get out and support our CCC

ALAKf.
‘6 Cassiarite

“AAs

a -- Creek, where seven mlLion dollars - shine.” Deak Cassiarite:
pow i { ry
BOWE Gna. Cink ena era et FE Na ocak ek a ABE ROHS EMO intone ‘Bob: “Then why are you so for all your AUTO PARTS and INDUSTRIAL NEEDS . We aqree!
5b moved away from the dock in BO CCT as A store in Telegraph Creek (note happy?”

call 536-7787 Hai Niue) Editor

; edey as each stony was told each man the church bell and cross) ; a ee a Tetety SS oT Gta et at

-had come within a hair's breadth from except a few headstones tn the cometatu'.

Waangerk bound on its 165 mile
journey up the Stikine to Tele-

pick up for Cassiar area daily

~

wealth and 4t wads by some accident
of nature that had cheated them of
their big chance..

graph Creek. The journey would
take three days up and ten hours
return.

For those of you who know the

Stikine, you can visualize the snacks boat had to be Lined. Hak{ a dozen
crew members and volunteers would

jump ashore at the foot of nayoi.ds
and Literally pull the boat up the
haprds .

Sometines , ioneee going through

PALOGHesS the tiAZEL B was making. The
Sttkine races continually all the
way g/om 4t$ mountain sources and
never Lukks until 4t reaches the
salt water. ;

(The SRigk nequined by a riverboat
captain on the Stikine 4s hard to
bekteve as you must avodd the

swift that it was piled higher in
midstream than along the sides.

In some stretches of the river the

canyon walls, the river would be 40

Finally the end of this journey 44
neached at Telegraph Creek, The avival
of the first boat was always a festival,

Everyone would come out to meet the boat.

The few white women would be dressed in
white cotton and the men in khakt over-

continued on page 9.

~

By: Robert W. Bonner

‘and environmental data on most of the
The current brief field surveys of.

this category.

mineralization along the Stikine,

BC. Hydro ae

in Atlin Constituency

As part of our long range planning
studies we are gathering engineering

major river systems in the province.
Liard, Stikine and Iskut rivers are in

Our engineers wstied the Cotton-
wood River site recently in response
to Cassiar Asbestos' request to
develop hydroelectric power for their.
use. We are reviewing the economics
of this potential development to see
if power generation could be practical

Hydro is aware of the considerable

OTTAWA — The percentage of Canadians who .

smoke cigarettes regularly continues to decrease
according to figures released recently by Health and
Welfare Minister Marc Lalonde.

For the total population 15 years of age and over,
37.3 per cent reported they were regular (that is,
daily) cigarette smokers in 1975 compared to 38.3 per
cent in 1974. For those 20 years and over, the figures

were 38.7 and 39.6 per cent for 1975 and 1974_

respectively.

Most of this decrease can be attributed to declines
in the percentage of males who smoke cigarettes
regularly. For males 15 years of age and over, 43.3
per cent reported regular cigarette smoking in 1975
compared to 45.3 per cent in 1974. Over the 11-year
period from 1965 through 1975, the data indicate an
11 per cent decrease in the percentage of regular male
cigarette smokers.

No change occurred in the percentage of regular

female cigarette smokers 15 years of age and over
between 1974 and 1975. In 1974, 31.5 per cent of
females were regular smokers while in 1975, 31.4 per

The levelling off in the per cent of regular female
cigarette smokers aged 15 to 19 which appeared in
1973 continues. In 1970, 1972, 1973 and 1974 the
relevant percentages were 24.9, 28.4, 28.6 and 27.8
while in 1975, 27.4 per cent of this group smoked
regularly. For males aged 15 to 19 years, the declining
trend in the percentage of regular cigarette smokers
which occurred following 1970 is reinforced by the
1975 data. In 1975, the percentage of regular smokers
in this group was 29.5 per cent compared with 35.7

“per cent and 32.3 per cent in 1970 ‘and 1974 respect-

ively.

Regional comparisons reveal that Quebec con-
tinues to have the highest percentage of both male
and female regular cigarette smokers, 15 years of age
and over. For males, the 1975 regional figures were
50.4 for Quebec, followed in order by the Atlantic
Region (44.5), Ontario (40.6), the Prairies (39.5) and
British Columbia (39.2). The figures for females were
34.6 for Quebec, followed by the Atlantic Region
(30.3)-and British Columbia (30.3), Ontario (30.1)
and the Prairies (29.9).

cent reported regular smoking.
Liard and Iskut. From time to time

the mineral development companies
inquire when these areas might be
supplied from the Provinical grid.
Unfortunately the distances and the
amounts of power required have so far
made it impractical -to extend power
: economically from existing facilities
order phone to those regions.

* M ke naitivk Continuing fuel oil price
pe Ons Ore Bonnie: Gleenwaye ig escalation causes both Hydro and
au 5 at WS ~1501g, other users of self generated

a
electricity to review the economics a
e

technique to overcome this surpt

He'd Let the current 3 : oe s ; a
A view of the Telegraph Creek
as seen from the steamboat.

cunnent.

ewurent.

I eI LD sRreemNeENNEES Sa EU GR ANNGRARU ODED RRREURRRIERNS ~
‘a OPEN AT KENNEDY ST. AND CONNELL DRIVE

LADIES FASHIONS

| catch the bow of the boat and as
dt swung he'd use full power of the

engines to work diagonakly toward

on

tie rock wall. At the Last instant

, he'd swing towand the opposite
|

ag walk gaining a few geet at-each s
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