THE BRITISH COLUMBIA JAN UARY 1975

RunnerPUBLISH ED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS VOL UM E 12, NUMBER 1

No, IJanuary 1975

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THE ROAD RUNNER

Published Quarterly by the

British Columbia Department of HighwaysVictoria, British Columbia

Ray Baines , Executive EditorArthur J . Schindel, Editor

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Volume 12

Associate Field Editors

W. S. Boughey VictoriaHerb Gutteridge Regional Electrical CrewEric Eastick Centreline Marking, CloverdaleBruce Robertson BurnsideHector McLeod NanaimoMike Butler __ __..CourtenayGeorge Cooper Patrol, North VancouverEllis Meads Dock DistrictLloyd Burgess New WestminsterW. A. McCargar __ __ McBrideWhayne Chappell .. KamloopsKen E. Smith ...... ..... Williams LakeMurray Ramsay __ Salmon ArmM. J. Newlands _ RevelstokeAl Desimone __ VernonR. J. Martin KelownaJ. W. Zaporozan PentictonBrian Niehaus . . .. .. MerrittDave Roberts LillooetDorothy Wilkins .. Grand Fork sA. Dyson Ro sslandS. J. Dixey Nel sonShirley Verigin New DenverFred Ryckman __ __ .. .. Cre stonN. K. Molander CranbrookSam Caravetta __ __ FernieJ. W. Hickmott GoldenW. R. Roe ....__ __ SmithersAllan Devauld Pouce CoupeHomer Good __ Fort St. JohnHarman Delyea __ TerraceShirley Hrechka __ __ Prince GeorgeClyde Smaaslet Prince GeorgeDon Johnson QuesnelBrian Hunter __ VanderhoofJ. R. Peterson __ Burns LakeW. R. Ball Prince Rupert

GRAHAt\l R. LEAMinister

r-----------::/~/~-:~:::~~~,::--·said all a number of occasionstltat the Department of High»ways will encourage public par­ticipation in decision -making,Noll' this process is being Piliinto practice, Public hearingshave already been held in theSproule Cr eek area 10 discussthe effects of a local upgrad­ing project, and in Squamisli10 discuss problems related 10

a potential slide hazard. InFebruary, a series of publicmeetings will he held in the

Nelson-Revelstoke area 10 hear the concerns of localpeople with regard 10 the old wooden bridge at G errard.The major concern here is tltat construction could dam ­age the Gerrard trout-spawning beds.

II will be some lime before we call completely evalu­ale the effecliI'elless of such citizen involvement, hili thereaction so far has been encouraging, G etting Depart­ment people together with concerned citizens call reallyclear lip a lot of misunderstandings Oil hath sides ,

The public hearings so far IWI'e 1101 dealt with majorprojects. But ill each case the matter discussed is of vitalconcern 10 local residents. These are the people weparticularly wallt to hear from. With the help of ourRegional and District staff , meetings have been arrangedand advertised so as to make it as easy as possible for thepublic to attend,

Based Oil these ex perien ces, th e Department will de­vclop a model for conducting public inquiries.

Onrario Couple Likes Us and Our HighwaysLike most Government departments we get our share of com­

plaint s, probably more than most. Sometimes it take s an outsiderto appreciate what we are up against and how we cope with it.The Minister received a letter recently from Mr . and Mrs. C. M.Minifie of Coburg, Ont., who had just completed a motor trip tothe West Coast and back,

This is what they said, in part:" It was a perfectly dclight jul holiday, we cannot accept our

blessings with 0111 passing along, to your Department , our ap preci­ation of the work being done, and that has been done, Oil yourhighways among the mountains 10 make travelling for all pel/pieas safe and comfortable as possible. The beauty of the mountainsis awesome and, for your continlied efforls and [oresiglu ,our thanks . , . it made a wonderjul journey for us :"

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Some members of the A valanche Ta sk Force on the Y ellow­head Highway , 45 miles west of Terra ce, with Department per­sonnel, Visible, left 10 right, are Jeff Freer, Technical Assistant;Steve Evans, Geotechnical and Materials Branch; M erle Sproul,Assistant Regional Highway Engineer, Prince George ; and D . D.Godfrey, Chairman of the Task Force and former Re gional /Ji gh·way Engineer, Region 1,

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Lejt , Bill Malcom, and Mike Lewis, driving truck, as Districtemployees participate ill truck rodeo; story Oil page 4.

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T/Il' Mcllride depot was the over-all winn er , L e]t to right ,hack ro w, Lome Saxon , Susan Kinnon , Dick Hodgson, Ron Sa/lis,R oss Cook, Jack Walker, Larry Mclinrland , Wolf Osterberg;front roll' , T ed Sharpe, Ruth Winterlialt , Jim Wilsh er, RubenBrandt, Joe Sivicki .

SAFE DRIVING TRUCK RODEO - McBRIDET his event took place on October 8, 1974, with emp loyees from the th ree McBride depots, tbe local Co nstruction Branch , and

the Regional Landscape section participating. The rode o included a written tes t for eac h of the even ts, followed by the fine fieldevents illustrated in the accompanyi ng photographs.

Points were allo tted for each event according to the de gree ofdifficulty, total points obtainable being 350 . However, the coursewas sufficiently difficult that no one obtained the maximum. RossCook of the McBride de pot received top marks with 323 po ints.

Prizes were awarded for the first- and second-place finishersin the 4-ton and '!4-ton categories. A trophy was also present edto the depot with the highest average score among its operators.

Region 2 official s acted as judges. Th ey wer e: Ed Rozand cr,Trev Eva ns, D an Harve, Stan Palapaski, and Elle Cummings.F irst- to fourth-place winners in the 4-ton ca tegory were ROSSCOOK. JOHN DUERKSEN, WAYNE SCHN ELL, and JA CKWALKER . and in the '!4-ton, RON GOODELL, TJ C WIL­LIAMS. KIETH SANSON . and G . STILL.

Mcbride District Highway Manager D . P. Doyle belie ves tha tthe rodeo was successful in emphas izing truck-driving skills andthe dangers of co mplacency. The Distr ict hope s to make therod eo an annual event.

Th e Serpentine proved to be more difficult than it looks, firsttliro ugl: [ront ward s and then hack through,

Back lip, arou nd th e barrel, and bet ween th e barriers, whi chha ve a ma ximum of 12 inches clearan ce 011 either side of th etruck ,

Right 111m, pI/II I/P 10 with ill 12 inches of the stop line, andexecu te a right 111 m around th e barrels. Left to right, G . Sau­rctt e, D . H odgin, and Stan Palapa ski,

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The oij set alley . T he second set o f barrels are offset 10 feetfrom th e first set with a clearance bet ween barrels of one truckwidth plus 2 fee l,

The Saanich District First-aid Tea m placed THIRD in theLower Island Zone Senior Firs t-aid Co mpetition held last May inVictoria, and SECOND in the Senior Novice Event in th e Van ­couver Island Mini' Safe ly Association Competition in N anaimolast l unc. L eft 10 right, Bill Friesen , manager; Bob Shiplack ;Paul Wade; Marjorie Pelton , coa ch; Keith Barfield; Joe Ardin,captain; H ector G erow, and Dave M cLellan, Th e coach, Mrs .Pelion , is the holder of an industrial first-aid ticket. During com­peti tion s th e team practises thre e hours twice a week.

DEPARTMENT TRAFFIC PATROLThe Depurjmcnt of lIighwa)'s Traffic Puu-o] wa s fOl'mell

in 1958 and co n s is ts of three N.C.O.'s and 33 Patrolmen.During the summer months this str-engrh is increased b)' 26temporary Patrolmen who work at the busy ferry terminuls.The patrol is r esponsible for traffic control at fiv e major fenyterminals-First Narrows Bridge , Seco n d Na r r o ws Brid~e,

Oak Street Bridg e , Geor~e Masse y Tunnl'l, Port Mann Bridge,and all the upproaches to these f acilities . Patrolmen areswo r n in as reserve constables in the Vuueouve r C ity Police,

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Le ft to right, hack ro ll', Patrolm en Iohn E, Campbell, LloydW . A . Ki rk land , Douglas A . Mil/go, George D . Cooper, DOl/aielJ. Tay lor, Alfred E, Simpson, Robert S. Vannerus, William R.E llio tt, David M . H oward ; Corporal Peter J. Greenwood; [rontrow, Corporal Harry B. Cunningliam; Patrolmen Gordon Me-

W est Vancou" er Police, and the Hl:MI', giving them a wideuu th o r tt y,

In the past 12 morrrhs the pall'ol r ecm-dcd 445,919 miles,dealt with 13 ,816 sla ll ed vehicles, Invesrigated 1,087 acci­denis, prosecuted 2,880 drivers, issued 1,127 warnings, andal' l'.' s l.,,1 31 impulred drivers. Ad d it io n a lly, they had to dealwith and investigate 31 s u ici d es and attempts, numerous as­saults, drug and fireurms off'enr-es, s to le n vr-htr-les, escapedI)risone,'s. and muny other ofT.'nces•

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Killo p, W illiam N . Laluk, Jam es S. Moodie, Douglas H . Me l.c an,Victor M . Taylor, Keith M. T. Carmichael, James A . I ohnston ,Donald J. Hyslop; Serge ant W illiam F. Carru thers; Motor-cyclePatrolmen Gordon R . Be ll, lef t, and Tcrancc P. Sammon, Mi ssingfro m photograph, Patro lmen Eric B. R OlI'e and John H . Lively,

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Pat rolm en, Depar­ture Bay Terminal, i .

left to right , Cyril P,E. Manning, NormanP, Harrison , and Her­bert Hacking areshown on the left, andon the right the Patrol­m en who work a tSwartz Bay, left toright , Otto C. H. Wig­gins, John Anderson,and W. Hetman,

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PROMOTIONS

H. R . BAYDEN has been appointedEngineering Aide 3, Nanaimo. H e wasformerly Engineering Aide 2 at Cowi­chan.

W. D. DAWSON has been appointedEngineering Aide 3, Kamloops. H e wasformerly Engineering Aide 2 at Kelowna .

J. M. INKIN has been appointed En­gineering Assistant, Prince George. Hewas formerly Engineering Aide 3 atPrince George.

D. J . MOR RISON has been ap pointedEngineering Assistant, Cranbrook . Hewas formerly Engineering Aide 3 at Nel­son.

appointedHe was

at North

T . 1. WILTON has been appointedMechanic 3, Rossland. He was formerlyMechanic 2 at Nanaimo.

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D. 1. YOUNG has beenEngineering Aide 3, Nelson.formerly Engineering Aide 2Vancouver.

W . A . BULLEN has been appuintedBridgeman 2, New Westminster. He wasformerly Bridgeman I at Union Bay.

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A. RATTRAY has been appointedRoad Foreman 2, Fort St. John. He wasformerly Machine Operator 6.

D . H. PHILLIPS has been appointedBridgeman 2, New Westminster. He wasformerly Bridgeman I at Comox.

VIRGIL J. SWAN­SON, Engineering As­sistant with the Designand Survey Branch inRegion 1, has wonthrough competitionthe posit io n of Tech­nician 1 in Design and

Survey, Prince George. Virgil began withthe Department on Vancouver Island in1966, and moved to Nurth Vancouverin 1967. He is married with two sons.His hobbies are gardening and spectatorsports.

KEN CORRIGANrecently won throughcompetition position ofTimekeeper, Clerk 3,in the Prince GeorgeDistrict office. Kenhas been with the De­partment since Decem­ber 1973 and is married.

B. E. LAKE has been appointed En­gineering Aide 3, Kamloops. He wasformerly Engineering Aide 2 at Prince­ton.

J. A. RU M PE L has been appointedEngineering Aide 3, Kamloops. He wasformerly Engineering Aide 2 at Kam­loops.

D. W . LENTZ has been appointedEngineering Aide 3, Kamloops. He wasformerly Engineering Aide at Rutland .

R. L. nCE has been appointed Ma-chine Operator 5, Burnaby. He wasformerly Engineering Aide 2 at Hope.

R. F. MARTIN has been appointedMachine Operator 3, Geotechnical andMaterials Testing Branch. He was form­erly Engineering Aide 2 at Nelson.

R. J. SCHONBERGER has been ap­po inted Machine Operator 3, Geotechni­ca l and Materials Testing Branch. Hewas formerly Labourer at Hope.

ERROL C. RED­MAN, formerly En­gineering Assistantwith the ConstructionBranch in Kelowna,has won through com­petition the position ofEngineering Assistant

with the Design and Surveys Branch, Re­gional office, Kamloops. Errol startedwith the Department in June 1964 andhas worked throughout Region 2. H eis married and has two children. Hismain interests are sports, including bad­minton, basketball, bicycling, and soft­ball.

D. R. NORDSTROM has been ap­pointed Engineering Aide 3, Kamloops.He was formerly Engineering Aide 2 atMcBride.

D. T. UCH IDA has been appointedEngineering Aide 3, Nelson. He wasformer ly Engineering Aide 2 at Nelson.

D. H . JEFFREY has been appointedEngineering Assistant, Nelson. He wasformerly Engineering Aide 3 at Nelson .

W. 1. STEPANIUK has been appointedRoad Foreman I, Mayne Island . Hewas formerly Machine Operator 6 at Salt­spring Island.

WILLIAM PEL­ECH, Machine Oper-ator 6, Prince RupertDistrict, has been ap­pointed Road Fore­man 2, Salvus Camp,Terrace District. Billstarted with the De­partment in November 1968. He is mar­ried and has a daughter. His hobbiesare ski-ing, fishing, camping, and photog­raphy.

H. W . BOHMER,Foreman I, LillooetDistrict, for the pastthree years won theposition of Foreman 3at Burns Lake. Mr.Bohmer, who has beenwith the Department

of Highways since 1957, has six children.

G. L. FREDERICKSEN has been ap­pointed Engineering Assistant, Nelson.He was formerly Engineering Aide 3 atNelson.

J. A. MARUNCHAK has been ap­pointed Engineering Assistant, Cran­brook. He was formerly EngineeringAide 3 at Cranbrook.

G. J. MARUNCHAK has been ap­pointed Engineering Aide 3, Cranbrook.He was formerly Engineering Aide 2 atGolden.

JOHN LOVETT, Truck-driver, PrinceGeorge District, recently won throughcompetition the position of Road Fore­man 1 at Clinton.

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A. R. ALLEN has been appointedEngineering Aide 3, Prince George. Hewas formerly Engineering Aide 2 atQuesnel.

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W. 1. PI1L has been appointed Engi­neering Aide 3, Terrace. He was form­erly Engineering Aide 2 at Terrace.

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L. G. ROE has been appointed Engi­neering Aide 3. Terrace. He was form­erly Engineering Aide 2 at Terrace.

G. A. P. FOISY has been appointedEngineering Aide 3, Prince George. Hewas formerly Engineering Aide 2. PrinceGeorge.

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D. A. KIRK has been appointed Engi­neering Aide 3, Prince George. He wasformerly Engineering Aide 2 at PrinceGeorge.

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M. T. THOMPSON has been appointedEngineering Aide 3, Prince George. Hewas formerly Engineering Aide 2 atNakusp.

R. L. LEWIS has been appointed En­gineering Aide 3, Victoria. He wasformerly Engineering Aide 2 at ;,\IcBride.

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N. D. O'NEIL has been appointed En­gineering Aide 3, Victoria, He wasformerly Engineering Aide 2 at Falkland .

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R. G. WINKLER has been appointedEngineering Aide 3, Victoria. He wasformerly Engineering Aide 2 at PortMcNeill.

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E. A. GREEN has been appointedEngineering Aide 3, Quesnel. He wasformerly Engineering Aide 2 at Quesnel.

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A. B. BALOGH has been appointedEngineering Assistant. Victoria. He wasformerly Engineering Aide 3 at Victoria.

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T. S. T. WONG has been appointedEngineering Aide 3, Burnaby. He wasformerly Engineering Aide 2 at Burnaby.

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K. W. LUKOWSKY has been ap­pointed Engineering Aide 3. Victoria.He was formerly Engineering Aide 2 atVictoria.

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R. PEARSON has been appointed En­gineering Assistant, Squarnish . He wasformerly Engineering Aide 3 at NorthVancouver.

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L. RUTLEDGE has been appointedRoad Foreman 3, Honeymoon Creek .He was formerl y Road Foreman 2 atDease Lake .

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J. R. CRIDER has been appointedEngineering Assistant, Victoria. He wasformerly Engineering Aide 2 at Victoria.

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W. N. HUHN has been appointedEngineering Aide 3, Burnaby. He wasformerly Engineering Aide 2 at Burnaby.

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E. E. HICKS has been app ointed RoadForeman 2, Arlin. He was formerlyRoad Foreman 1 at Falkland .

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pointed Engineering Assistant, Geotech­nical and Materials Testing Branch, Karn­loops. He was formerly EngineeringAide 2 at Kamloops.

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D. W. FRASER has been appointedEngineering Assistant, Prince George.He was formerly Engineering Aide 3at Kamloops.

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E. G. PUDEK has been appointedEngineering Aide 3, Burnaby. He wasformerly Engineering Aide 2 at Burnaby.

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E. A. REYNOLDS has been appointedEngineering Aide 3, Prince George. Hewas formerly Engineering Aide 2 atPrince George.

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L. STREETER has been appointedBridge Foreman 2, Victoria. He wasformerly Graderman at Revelstoke.

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M. LIPPA has been appointed Bridge-man 2, Victoria. He was formerlyBridgeman 1 at Osoyoos.

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W. F. WY AIT has been appointedBridgeman 2, Victoria. He was formerlyBridge Labourer at Malakwa.

G. E. DOWNING has been appointedBridge Foreman 2, Nanaimo. He wasformerly Bridge Foreman 1 at Vander­hoof.

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A. F. FRENCH has been appointedEngineering Aide 3, Kamloops, He wasformerly Engineering Aide 2 at Karn­loops.

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R. A. JOHNSON has been appointedEngineering Assistant, Nelson. He wasformerly Auger Drill Foreman at Nelson.

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P. J. SCHECK has been appointedEngineering Assistant, Prince George.He was formerly Engineering Aide 2 atPrince George.

W. E. WATSON has been appointedRoad Foreman 3, Rock Creek. He wasformerly Road Foreman 2 at Wells .

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T. C. BAYNTON has been appointedEngineering Aide 3, Victoria. He wasformerly Engineering Aide 2 at Van­couver.

R. J. STI CH has been appointedBridgeman 2, Victoria. He was formerl yBridge Labourer at Oliver.

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HARVEY EI,fERSON has been ap­pointed Bridgeman 2, Victori a. He wasformerly Bridge Labourer at Abbotsford .

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PEEK INTO THE PAST

Work on Okana gan Hi ghway sout h o f V ernon around1940. Second World War probably ende d hand-labourconst ruc tion by gang s of men, or most oth er kinds of con­struction fo r that m atter.

Readers Respond - Identify Members of Yale District Staff, 1939In the last issue we ran a picture of the Yale Dist ric t staff

1939, but no na mes were avai lable. We have since learned thatthe photo appea red in the April 1940 ed ition of British Colum­bia Public Works, a Department publication which was put outfor a couple of years around that tim e. The pho to, togetherwith one of C. H . Dunsmore, which we also carried in theOctober R R, appeared in an article entitled "Yale Distr ict" byS. D. H. Pope, Assistant District En gineer. Personnel are, leftto right, back row, R. J. Curnow, A. J. Passmore, J. A. Miller,Dr. J. 1. Gillis (M .L.A.), Fred Lowe, Paul Herwynen; secondrow, Frank Kilbride, C. R. Kirby, Art McIntosh, and C. H.Dunsmore ; front row, Ray Stephenson, Herbert Leaning, J . B. L.McDonald, and Henry Campbell.

A new employee of the Departm ent in 100 Mile House tookthe October RR home; her fath er, Richard Cross, recognized his

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uncle, Herbert Leaning, in the photograph. Mr. Leaning workedfor the Department for many years; in his later years he wasSuperintendent of the Hope to Spences Bridge section. He diedin 1955 and was buried in Lytton.

Just prior to going to press the RR also received letters fromH . L. Campbell (right front in the photo) , T. L. Taverna, recentsuperannuant; and Miss M. D. Pope, daughter of S. D . H. Pope,who was Assistant District Engineer at Merritt and who took thepicture, all identifying the people in the picture.

The picture was supplied by WHAYNE CHAPPELL, thenin the Merritt office, now District Office Manager in the Kam­loops District. We cannot help wondering how many morephotographs like this one are stored in some seldom-used file,waiting for an alert field editor to dig them out for use inthe RR.

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From til l' Public Works Journal, April 1940 , co mes this pic­ture of a supply train resting at Cas cade all its way 10 Ca m pMeKinney ill 1896 , Ca mp M eKinney, a go ld-m ining centre , isjus t north of Rock Creek, between the Kettle and the OkanaganR ivers. Til e supplies had 10 be bro ught fro m Spokane 10 Bosberg

0 11 the Co lumbia RiI 'l'I", where they wae [erried across, thcu lipthe Kettle R iver 10 various points along that river ill Bri tish Cu ­lum bia. NOll' the cost of meals Oil the m iddle leit side of th «pilotog1'll ph- 25 cell Is!

Old Cat erpillar bulldozer working all th e Okanagan Highwayill a cut at Okanagan Falls. Photo is dat ed November 30 , 1940.

Licence-plate all th e machin e has "PW" prefix for Public WorksDepartment,

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10-7 CLUB PROMOTIONS

B. WAGG has been appointed Bridge-man 2, Victoria. He was formerlyBridge Labourer at Vernon.

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R. G. LAW has been appointed Bridge­man 3, Victoria . He was former lyBridgeman 2 at Osoyoos.

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D . L. JAMISON has been appointedBridgeman 3, Victoria. He was form­erly Bridgeman 1 at Sicamous.

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G. S. JOHNSON has been appointedMechanic Foreman 1, Port Clements. Hewas formerly Mechanic 4 at Revelstoke.

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C. M. STEIN, auxiliary employee, wasappointed Labourer in the Alaska High­way area.

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J . A. DAGASSO, auxiliary employee,was appointed Labourer in the Ro lla area .

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M. 1. R EG NER, auxiliary employee,was appointed Labourer In the Rolla area.

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E . A. BOTTLE, Labourer, was ap­pointed Machine Operator in the PouceCoupe area.

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R . W. WALDIE, Labourer, was ap­pointed Machine Operator in the Rollaarea.

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WALTER HARRIS, Grader Operator,Prince George District, recently wonthrough competition the position of RoadForeman 1 at Nazko, Quesnel District.

NOLAN AN DE RSON, Van de rhoofDistrict, recently won through co mpeti ­tion the Road Foreman 2 positio n at For tSt. James replacing Roy D yer. N olanhad been a Road Foreman 2 at Atlinfor three years prior to his transfer. Heis married and has two daughters.

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ED PETERSON, Foreman 1 at Cl in­ton for the past four years, has obtainedthe position of Foreman 2 at Creston .A presentation was made to Ed and hiswife by fellow-workers at Clinton.

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A. R. McLEOD has been appointed En ­gineering Assistant, Geotechnical andMaterials Testing Branch, Kamloops. Hewas formerly Engineering Aide 3, Kam­loops.

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B. HEAVEN has been appointed En­gineering A ide 3, Geotechnical and Ma­terials Testing Branch, Kamloops. Hewas formerly Engi neering Aide 2, Kam­loops.

ARTHUR H O L Z ­WORT H recently re­tired after working forth e Department inPrince George since1949. Art is marriedwith three childrenand eight grandchil­

dren. He enjoys hunting, fishing, andgardening and plans to do a lot of the sein his retirement.

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FRED THOMAS­SON, Machine Oper­ator 4 at Squarnish,North Vancouver Dis­trict, for the past 10years, retired last Oc­tober. Before goingto Squarnish, Fred hadworked as a Powderman for five yearsat Lillooet. He will continue living inSquamish. His hobbies are fishing, gar­dening, and travelling. Fred is marriedwith two daughters and five grandchil-dren . t.r t.r t.r

JACK WATSON,Mechanic 3 with Saan­ich District, retired in

. •November after 17years' service. Hisfriends and fellow­workers wish him wellin his plans to start hisown business.

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HUGH S. CARNIE,Road Main tenanceForeman 3 at Hous­ton in the Burns LakeDistrict, retired re­cently after 18 yearswith the Department.His fellow employeesmade a presentation to him to mark hisretirement. Hughie's hobbies are build­ing birdhouses and landscaping.

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ERNIE MALMO,Bridge Foreman, has

• recently retired earlyfrom the Nanaimobridge crew. Erniewas a very capableemployee in all phasesof construction work.

His many friends in the Department wishhim well in his retirement.

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LA WRENCE 1. TURNEY, MachineOperator, Cranbrook District, retired lastOctober after 18 years' service with theDepartment. At a dinner in his honourhe received a presentation from his fel­low-workers. Larry is married withthree children and 11 grandchildren.His hobbies are fishing and hunting.

JOHN (SHEP)SHEPHERD, Bridge­man, Nanaimo Districtretired recently afterserving 25 years withthe Department.Shep's many friends inthe Department wish

him a happy retirement.

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MRS. MARY KAMENKA, Stenogra­pher with the Lillooet District for 20years, retired recently. A retirementceremony was held with J. P. O'Toole,Di strict Highways Manager, making thepresentation.

A retirement partywas held recently atRock Creek, GrandForks District, forFRED SCHORN whohas been with the De­partment for over 32years. He originallyserved as Foreman in the Bridesville area,later assuming charge of a larger areawhen Bridesville and Rock Creek werecombined.

MISS V. "RON­NIE" NEARY, Head­quarters Accounts, re­tired in Septemberafter 38 years' con­tinuous service withthe Department. Ron­nie started work with

the then Department of Public Works in1936 as a Stenographer in the Engineer­ing Branch. In 1939 she went to theAccounts Branch, Appropriations office,and through the years to the position ofSupervisor.

Ronnie supervised all phases of De­partment appropriations ledger work, in­cluding the setting-up of ledgers from theannual estimates and capital commit­ments, the recording by mechanicalmeans of detailed expenditures, the is­suing and posting of work orders, prep­aration of financial reports , maintaininga semi-monthly Comptroller-General rec­ord, and the preparation of financialstatements for Departmental officials andthe annual report.

Her long service went from a budgetof $ 14 , 6 6 5 , 4 4 1 for Public Works in1936/37 to the combined Highways andPublic Works budgets of $229,040,40 Iin 1974/75.

Ronnie was honoured at a luncheonbanquet attended by 80 of her co -work­ers, Departmental officials and friends,where she was presented with a long­service plaque and parting gift.

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ABOUT PEOPLE

Photographed after they docked atTh etis Island, Nanaimo District, is theMV Kulleet crew, left to right, DanHumphreys, Relief Engineer; "Pace"Webber, Senior Captain; Norman Hen­derson, Deck Hand; and Alex Plummer,Mate . The Kulleet runs between ThetisIsland, Kuper Island, and Chemainus 011

Vancouver Island.

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ANNETTE STAP­LEY recently returnedto the Regional Pav­ing Laboratory inPrince George aftertravelling extensivelythrough southern Eur­ope. Annette is mar­

ried and enjoys housekeeping, canoeing,and ski-ing.

MARGARET LAR­SON, Clerk 3, PrinceGeorge District office,has been with High­ways for one year.Prior to that sheworked for the De­partment of PublicWorks for several months.

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EARLE K. LLOYD,the recently appointedPersonnel Officer inRegion 3, is from Cal­gary where he workedfor the Alberta Pro­vincial Government asPersonnel Officer in

the Public Service Co mmission. Priorto that he worked for the Federal Gov­ernment for eight years as PersonnelOfficer in the Departments of Agricul­ture, National Parks, and the FederalPublic Service Commission. He is agraduate of Brigham Young Universitywith a B.Sc. Earle is married with twochildren and enjoys ski-ing, golf, andtennis.

Pat ZoerbSurveyor

Ev RattrayCook

Ted LeavittStockman

The Good Hope Lake Maintenance Establish­ment is one of the farthest north in the Prov­ince . Dut to the isolated location, the estab­lishment has its own diesel power plant, its ownwater system, bunk houses, trailers for marriedemployees, and a recreational centre. Shownhere are some of the employees located at thisnorthern post.

The establishment was started in 1955 tomaintain the Cassiar Highway from Cassiar tothe junction of the Alaska Highway, near Wat­son, in the Yukon Territory. The camp islocated 60 miles south of the British Columbia­Yukon border and 20 miles north of Cassiar.

Since the camp was established, the road hasbeen extended to Dease Lake. The road betweenDease Lake and Stewart was opened in the fallof 1972. During this time the Good Hope Lakecamp has been the marshalling yard and distri­bution point for the entire area.

JOCK RATTRAY is the Senior Road Fore­man in the area and has been in charge of thecamp since its inception. His wife, EVELYN,runs an excellent kitchen, feeding, in addition toDepartment personnel, an assortment of peoplefrom truckers to tourists who have wanderedfrom the beaten path.

These fine photographs came to the RR cour­tesy of G. A. WARRINGTON, Region 4 Me­chanical Superintendent, who took them on oneof his regular trips to the area.

Lance HooperMechanic

John WronskiMechanic

Jim ParkerMechanic Foreman

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CRAIG THOMP­SON has been ap­pointed Eng i n ee ri n gAide 3-4 with the Pav­ing Branch, Headquar­ters, effective April I ,1974. He was formerlyEngineering Aide 2.

Craig started with the Department atKelowna in the spring of 1971, and hasworked on numerous projects throughoutRegion 2. When not working Craig canbe seen flying around the country, beingthe proud owner of a pilot's licence. Heis married and his interests are flying,sports, and horses.

WILLIAM RILK­OFF, Region 4 PavingBranch, started withthe Department Pav ­ing Branch in PrinceRupert in 1971 aftergraduating from BCITin civil and structuralengineering technology. He is marriedwith a son. Bill enjoys outdoor activities,especially fishing and camping. Hishobby is repairing and working on auto­mobile engines.

DWIGHT D . NIC­KEL, Region 4 Pav­ing Branch, hasworked for the De­partment of Highways,Paving Branch, since1970 as a permanentemployee and since1973 as a student after returning to theUniversity of Manitoba to complete aB.A. degree in music. Dwight is marriedand his hobbies include fishing and mu­sic, especially singing with his guitar.

Alfred BallMachine Operator

Road crew, left to right, Stuart Zoerb, Ken Saul, Glen Loepky,and Terry Jensen.

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NEW SPEED LIMIT SIGNS

The Road Runner published an article about the Sign Shop just 10 years ago in the January 1965 issue. But we felt that recog­nition should be given to the important "behind-the-scenes" role played by the Sign Shop crew in the recent Province-wide introductionof reduced speed limits.

Once the decision was made to lower speed limits, the bigquestion was, "How soon can the Department be ready to put thechanges into effect?"

Sign Shop Supervisor Arnie Davies calculated that the actualwork of manufacturing the printed overlays could be completedin about three weeks . Despite some initi al delay in getting ma ­terials, Arnie and his nine-man crew kept pretty well to schedule.Something over 17,000 adhesive-backed overlays were shippedout to District offices, to be installed by regular maintenancecrews . Although in some Interior areas cold weather sloweddown the work, the bulk of the new signs were in place withineight weeks.

It is too soon to assess the effect of the reduced speed limits,but public reaction has been very positive. Mail on the subjectran seven to three in favour of the lower speeds.

While the new signs were being made, the Sign Shop becamea popular subject for newspaper photographers . With the intro­duction of some metric distance signs this April , and the completechangeover to metric speed limits scheduled for 1977, the SignShop crew may decide to hire a press agent. Left, Douglas Bowell, Labourer, and Warren Stillman, Assistant

Sign Painter, remove a freshly finished project sign,

Plastic overlays were used for the initial speed limit change,but a steady supply of metal 55-m.p.h. signs is needed for replace­ment. Ken Barbel, Assistant Sign Painter, gets on with the jobwhen he can take time out from posing for photographs.

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Bill Beischer, Shop Foreman, does the lay-out for an 8 by 4-footguide sign.

Sign Shop Supervisor Arnie Davies displays part of the de­tailed index system which enables him to keep track of signs allover the Province,

SAFETY AWARDS

EXTRACURRICULARACTIVITIES

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CECILIA PUGA, Stenographer in thePrin ce George Regional office, left De­cember 7 for a trip to Australi a. Ceciliawon a competition for Secretar y of theYear sponsored in Prince George by C PAir and received as her prize two first­class tickets for her trip . She was awaysix weeks.

T. N . (BUD) VYE, Mechanic ill theKamloops District garage , raises Gr eatPyrenees do gs as a hobby. Bud is acti vein the Kamloops and D istrict K enn elClub where he was chairman for th ethree-da y do g cham pionship show held illKamloops all the Labour Day week -end,On e of th e activi ties at th e show was th epresent ing of a ribball for the best Can a­dian-bred do g by th e Hon ourable DavidStupich, Minister of Agriculture. Shownwith Bud are Chief , l Bsmontlis-old, andV'yette, 2-years-old.

TRANSFERS

NECOSLIE BRIDGEBURN S

In the ear ly morning hours of October22, 1974, the bridge over the NecoslieRiver near Fort St. James was set on fire.The structure was closed to vehicular traf­fic and the Vanderhoof bridge crew wascalled out to determine extent of da mage.

Officials from Prince George Regionand Vic Vickers, Bridge Eng ineer fromVictoria, were on the scene shortly there­after. By October 24 the bridge was de­clared safe to vehicles up to 3 tons.

October 25, men and equipment wereon the job building approaches for aBailey brid ge. The Prince George bridgecrew joined forces with the Vanderhoofcrew and work ed from the opp osite shore.By Nov ember 2 the Bailey was in placeand open to traffic. It is expected thatthe burned struc ture will be repl acedsometim e in the near futu re.

A. R. (A RT) WAT­SON , Road Ma inte­nance Foreman, wasre c e n t Iy tran sferredfrom Burn s Lake D is­tr ict to Birch Island ,K a m loop s District.Ar t started with theDep artment on April 1962 at Trout Lakeand went to Burns Lake in 1970. He ismarried and has five child ren. His hob­bies are fishing and hunting. Burns LakeDistrict Highw ay Ma nager L. M. Wag armade a prese nta tion to Art on behalf ofhis fello w employees.

REGION 1 CONFERENCEThe sett ing and facilities of the Harri­

son Hotel provided an ideal atmospherefor the 56 officials who attended the con­ference, 27 of whom were accompaniedby their wives.

The theme of the conference, "TheNew Department of Highways," was thecommon basis of the addresses, beginningwith the introductory remarks and wel­come by P. 1. Carr, the Regional High­way Engineer, and including addresses bythe Honourable Graham Lea, Minister ofHighways; Howard Sturrock, DeputyMinister of Highways. Oth er talks weregiven by Jack Lisman, Highway SafetyEngineer, emphasizing his initial ideas onhighway safety; Jim Lawrence, RegionalPersonnel Officer, on the role of person­nel administration and the manager ;Garth Shearing, Communications Engi ­neer , on the new communications sys­tem being introduced in Region I, andAl Limacher, Senior Personnel Officer ,spoke about some of the ramifications ofthe Union Agreement. John Fr yer , Ge n­eral Secretary of the BCGEU, spoke onthe same subject from the union view­point. Earl Lund, Maint enance Manage­ment Engineer, outlined the MaintenanceManagement programme.

Slide presentations were given by TomMiard, Senior Associate Deputy, on Eu ro ­pean roads, Don Johnston and BerniePenn er on the Upper Leve ls construct ionproject.

Other guest s included R. G . Harvey,Associate Deputy Mini ster ; Ray White,Region 2 High way Engineer; P. B. Mac­Carthy, Senior Maintenance Engineer ;Don Lang , Reg ion 4 Cons truction Engi­neer; Wayne Harding, Administrative As­sista nt; Tom Johnson, Services Engineer.

A ward of Distinction present ed tom embers of the Glade Ferry, N elsonHi ghway District. Left 10 right, BrianK elly, R egional Safety Officer; Ni ckDenisoff, Head Fe r ry m an ; and P. P.Makonin , Ferryman .

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Doug Vall-Tine . Road Maintenance For eman, Port Hardy . Courtenay District , dis­plays finel y tap ered snow-plough mounting pins. Each pill is slotted and th ey are held illplace by a strip of inner tub e with two D rings on it . N ote the two pins already in place.Doug tapered th e pins ill the shop; the operators hav e [ound them quite an improvementduring installation of th e plough.

Bronze Safety Award to the Aleza Lak eroad crew, Princ e George District. SilverSafety Award to the Prince Geo rge Dis­trict survey crew. Bronze Safet y Awardto the Vanderhoof bridge crew .

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ON THE JOB

Ponce Coupe District crew replacing aile of the large boxculverts originally put ill during the Second World War all theAlaska Hi~h way. This IO-foot-diameter I 74-foot-loll~ multiplateis at the bottom of a 35-foot fill.

Pouce Coupe District bridge crew building a permanent bridgeat Hays Crossing of the Tupper River. They have completeddriving the J Z-inch tubular-steel piling and poured the concretecaps and abutments. They are now awaiting the concrete boxstringers for the deck.

RAY GOULD, M'a c h i n e Operator,Nanaimo, is very pleased with the excel­lent results obtained from a Ilew ripperattachment on the cut blade. The at­tachment was designed and built in theNanaimo Mechanical shop.

Frank Brawl'S, Sign Maintenance Mall, Saan­ich District, is seen above putting the finishingtouches on the. totem pole located in [ront ofVictoria's Legislative Buildings, This task heperforms yearly and many tourists go home withpictures of Frank ill action.

Howard Clark, Road F'o r e m a n I ,Vanderhoof District, is shown above ob­taining dust-control material. The oil­distributor was a welcome sight to coun­try dwellers who found the dry summercreated l'ery dusty conditions.

This grader ill the First Narrows yard shows the roll-overprotection which is being installed on all graders and loadersthroughout the Province. The revolving amber light is hinged toallow entry into shops where there is insufficient clearance.

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Kamloops District bridge crew recently assembled a Baileybridge for a temporary detour all the Trails-Canada Highway atthe Valley view Overpass. Left to right , R. O'Brien, Labourer; T.Chiarotti, Bridgeman; and D. Jones, Bridge Foreman .

The radio room in Kamloops is thecentre for radio operations for the Prov­ince duri ng holidays, week-ends, and afteroffice hours, as well as normal workinghou rs. J. H. (JOHN) GILLIS, radioand teletype operator, is shown at theradio console after a busy early morning.Behind him are the telex machines and amap of the Province.

Clouds of dense smoke roll skyward asa Department oil-distributor truck andtank burn on Kenny Dam Road nearVanderhoof. It was a hot day in Sep­tember and the hot MC2 oil is thought tohave been ignited by a spark off the wir­ing or muffler. Both units were com­pletely destroyed,

Left to right, Vince Greco, Mike Lee,Ralph Decamillo, and Temporary Fore­man Louie Greco of the Saanich Districtpatching crew, pause for a photo whileworking on the Quadra Street Interchange.

The Saanich District bridge crew in­stalling a 90-foot horizontally polarizedlog-periodic antenna for the Departmentof Transport and Communications. Theantenna was designed and constructed bythe Highway Communications Divisionfor high-frequency radio communicationwith Government aircraft, primarliy formedical dispatch purposes. It providescommunication with aircraft in flightanywhere in the Province. The radiosite is remotely controlled from the dis­patch office at the Patricia Bay Airport.Barely visible at the top of the antennais Jim Richards, temporary Bridge Fore­man in the Saanich District.

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New shop at Nazko, Quesnel District,built by the Quesnel bridge crew.

WEDDINGDELIA WEHLE and STEPHEN

(STEVE) REYNOLDS were married inVictoria on September 25. Steve isTransportation Projects Engineer withthe Planning Branch, Delia, a RegisteredNurse at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital.Both have a keen interest in the outdoors.

SNOW-PLOUGHWARNING

DEVICEAPPROVED

Increasing traffic density and indepen­dent ideas on snow-plough and (or) sand­ing warning devices have created prob­lems for the Department in warning themotoring public of these 0 per a t ion s.Headquarters, therefore, undertook astudy of several warning device arrange­ments and the legalities involved, andhave now produced a standardized ap­proved warning device system to be usedduring snow-plough sanding operations.

All trucks equipped with underblade forsnow-ploughing will have two red flagsmounted on the outer extremities of thefront bumper, designating the over-allwidth of the truck and the underblade.

Two 9-inch amber lights will bemounted at the rear on the top outsidecorners of all road sand spreaders. Theselights are designed to minimize the build ­up of snow on the lens and make themmore readily visible. The lights willflash alternately approximately 90 timesper minute and will be used at all timeswhile road sanding is in progress. Thislight system has been authorized by theMotor-vehicle Branch for the exclusiveuse of the B.C. Department of Highways.

It is the hope of the Department thatwhen the public is made aware of theseprovisions for their safety, that motoristswill use caution when approaching orovertaking a snow-plough or sander.

Front-mounted twin red flags.

Rear-mounted amber lights.

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DEPARTMENT FERRY RESCUES FIVE DURING STORM

The Department's ferry , MV Nimpkish, recently rescued five people from a storm-lashed island near Alert Bay after theirtrimaran sailboat was driven aground in a gale gusting to 60 m.p.h.

The ferry and crew were secured at Alert Bay dock unable to make their run to Port McNeill because of high winds when theyanswered a radio call, November II about 11.30 a.rn., and pro-ceeded to Haddington Island, about 4 miles from Alert Bay anddue south of Sointula on Malcolm Island. There they found thesailboat hard aground on the north side of the island with fivepersons aboard, two of them signalling in distress. The Nimpkisliput a lifeboat over the side manned by two deckhands, GordonSandvidge and W. R. ter Brugge. They went ashore and pickedup the five survivors and brought them back to the ferry wherethey were taken to Alert Bay. While the men were ashore theywere able to assist in securing the damaged sailboat as well as ...,...guiding the survivors to the lifeboat. ~!IIIi••IiI.IiIil••

Skipper of the Nim pkish was Capt. Frank T. Brown, the Engi- :'neer was A. Wright, and the Mate, K. Watt. The whole operationlasted from 11.30 a.m. until 3 p.m., when the Nimpkish arrivedback at Alert Bay with the survivors aboard. The sailing trimaranwas DilWII Treader, owned by Rene Baril. His passengers wereCraig Murray, Glen Wilson, Ann Milligan, and Sue Kruger.

. Left, Capt. Frank T. Brown, and Deckhand Gordon Sanvidge,ill the wheelhouse of the MV Nimpkish.

Area served by the MV Nimpkish; 1I0te Haddington Island, south of Sointula,scene of the rescue.

The first ferry service between AlertBay and Kelsey Bay began in 1959because the Union Steamship Com­pany had withdrawn its passengerservice. This new subsidized servicelasted until early 1961. Later thatyear Coast Ferries placed their IslandPrincess in service beginning with ser­vice four days a week; this was gradu­ally increased to seven days a weekin 1966.

The need for more direct service toPort McNeill and the amalgamationof several school districts with a newsenior-secondary school at Port Me­Neill prompted the Department to im­prove the service by purchasing theUchuck, which was renamed SointulaQueen and served as a "school bus,"later finding increasing use by othersas well.

Further improvement of roads onVancouver Island and the need for anautomobile ferry connection to theseroads for the residents of Cormorantand Malcolm ' Islands brought aboutthe building of the MV Nimpkish,which went into service July 1973.This 16-car, ISO-passenger vesselcrossed Johnstone Strait between AlertBay on Cormorant Island, Sointula onMalcolm Island, and Port Alice onVancouver Island seven times in a 16­hour day.

The MV Nimpkish.

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