i

Hundreds of hours were
spent on a 12 foot working
model of a ski lift complete
with mountain and skiers,
which was paraded and dis-
played continously for over
a month. Soon, everyone
know that a crazy bunch of

* skiers had formed the new
Red Mountain Ski Club and
thought they were going to
build a huge ski lift; pro-
viding the public knew what
alift was and why it would be
a benefit to the communitiy,

Then, when the publicity
had done its work, a small
group went forth to sell de-
bentures of $10, $25 and $100
at three per cent interest,
And they were sold...
almost $30,000 worth of them
and nearly all of them were
sold to skiers and public:
minded people.

Even before it was at all

sure the’ money could be
raised, work was begun. The
site was surveyed; a land
lease was arranged; roads
were planned; a tote road to
the summit was scouted and
the lift was designed and de-
tailed. As the financial ob-
jective was reached, the pro-
gram moved into high gear.
Scarce material was lo-
eated and bought, if it could
not be scrounged. Old build-
ings were wrecked and the
lumber was salvaged.
power deal was made and
water rights obtained, A mile
of road was built and acres of
heavy timber was cleared for
the run, The first tower was
puilt in late August and the
lift was operating in Decem-

ber.

‘The work done in that time
was tremendous. A small
crew of men was hired but a

4

very large part of the work
was done by volunteers and
the mechanical work ‘was
done in the C.M. & 8 shops at
the plant in Trail.

The year 1947 will never
be forgotten, In seven
months, a wild dream was
converted into an accomp-
lished fact. The club spent
some $28,000 obtained. from
sales of debentures and ac-
quired an additional $18,000
debt,

Membership steadily in-
creased until in 1969, the in-
stallation of a Poma lift was
completed.

Once again, membership
increased to the point where
the executive had to come up
with ideas for expansion. By
this time, the area to the
west of Red Mountain had
been surveyed thoroughly

Providing assistance

The Federal Business De-

velopment Bank is located in
Cranbrook at 30-11th Ave. S.,
‘across from the police sta-
tion.
* From its inception in 1944
until 1975, the bank, a3 a
medium-term mortgage
Jender, confined its activities
‘to providing assistance to
small business to establish or
expand their operation with
particular emphasis being
made to service smaller com-
munities as opposed to the
major metropolitan centres.
! Under the provisions of the
Federal Business Develop-
iment Bank Act, FBDB, which
‘succeeded the Industrial De-
‘velopment Bank in 1975, can
consider an application for
‘financing where these - gen-
‘eral requirements are met:

That the financing is re-
‘quired for a business in
Canada.

: FBDB lends to almost
‘every type of business in-
cluding manufacturing, com-
‘mercial and wholesale busi-
‘nesses, retail trade, secon-
dary industry, tourist, rec-

reational and services, con--

struction trade, professionst
services, transportation, and
other businesses as well.

The business need not be
an existing one — FBDB has
helped finance the establish-
ment of many new enter-
prises.

FBDB gives particular con-
sideration to the financial
needs of small businesses.
Approximately one half of
their loans are for less than

$100,000. ‘The. bank also”

makes larger loans,

Most FBDB loans are used
to purchase land and build-
ings to alter or enlarge
existing buildings, to con-
struct new buildings or to
purchase machinery and
equipment.

In October, 1975, the bank
marked their significant ex-
pansion in the scope of its
services provided to the
business community at large.

At that time, the bank,
which is & Federal Crown
Corporation, established its
management services divi-
sion to promote the strength-
ening and development of
small business in Canada by
providing management coun-
selling, management training
and information services, all
aimed at improving manage-
ment practices,

These services are avail-
able to al! small businesses
and not just borrowers of the
bank, It is to be noted that in
all these areas the bank
continues to stress its role as
providing assistance supple-
mental with existing financial
and management services
provided by the private sec-
tor. .

A management counselling
service known as Counselling
Assistance to Small Enter-
prise (CASE) is available to
provide the businessperson
with advice on such diverse
areas as marketing, product
display, inventory control,
bookkeeping and analysis of
financial needs.

The counselling ts provided
by successful retired bus?
ness people who have in-
dicated their willingness to
pass on their skills and ex-
pertise to business people in
the community, The only cost
for this service to the busi-
ness person is $7 per hour for
the time the counsellor
spends at the business

The bank covers the coun-
sellor’s fees and the-full cost
of the counsellor’s travelling
time, expenses, accommoda-
tion and meals, The coun-
sellor is selected on the basis
of past experience with your
specific business problems,
Judging by the comments of
many business people who
have used this service, it is
making a very significant and

effective contribution-to the,

improvement of business
practises in the community.
Management training is

provided by four different |

ways:

« Seminars conducted by
bank officers.

e@ Through writing and
publishing owner/manager
courses.

@ Through joint seminars
with various trades or busi-
ness associations,

e By publishing a series of
“Minding Your Own Busi-
ness” pamphlets.

A full list of courses or

areas of assistance can be ob- °

tained by telephoning Fred
Uwazny, management ser-
vices officer, 426-7241 of the
focal office of the Federal
Business Development Bank,

and it was decided to ap-
proach the members for per-"
mission to go ahead with the
Granite Mountain chairlift.

A publicity campaign was
again started in the fall of
1964 followed by a debenture
sale throughout the winter.
By the spring -of 1964,
$175,000 had been raised
through ski club members
and public-spirited citizens.
‘The contract for construction
of s double Mueller Chairlift
was’ awarded to Interior
Contracting of Penticton.

The Granite ‘Mountain
Chairlift “was
opened in, November 1965,
providing a vast new. area of
mountain slopes for the ski
enthusiast,

After the Granite expan-
ston, attention shifted back to
Red, with the addition of the
T-bar in 1970 and the Red
Chair re-built in 1972, The old
single chair was replaced
with a new Mueller double,
Once again volunteers were
used to erect a lift, The base
for the top terminal was
formed and poured by a crew
badgered and hounded by
one director who will always
be remembered for his ten-
acity and detérmination.

In 1975, 8 new and very
important run was added to
Granite. The Squaw Basin
Trail proved to be popular
with everyone, especially be-
ginners.

In the spring of 1976 a
general meeting with over
400 members in attendance
authorized the executive to

* goahead with construction of

the Paradise Triple Chair and
a small mountain top lodge.
Funds were borrowed for
both projects and lift con-
struction proceeded in the
summer and fall of 1976. The
lift was not fully operational
until February 1877, but it
didn't matter because there

‘wasn't any snow until that
tim

officially -

The Rossland Red Moun-
tain Development Soclety
has asked an agency of the
federal and provincial gov-
ernments (TIDSA) for $2
million to assist in the next
expansion.

: Facilities and equipment
included would be a new base
lodge, mountain-top lodge,
new highway entrance and
parking lot, Paradise Lift
capacity increase from 1,200
to 1,600 skisrs per hour,
additional runs, slope im-
provement, and a new snow

‘eat. The earliest that this
. could be completed would be

the fall of 1982.

By 1982 tho planning
should be well underway for
the next major lift expansion.
Preliminary design recom:

Rossland Ski Club well established

mendations are to replace the
existing Granite chair (650
skiers per hour) with a triple
chair at the base (1,800 skiers
per hour) and a double chair
(1,200 skiers. per hour) from
tower 6 to the top.

The above recommenda-

tlons were part of the Ski ,

Area Master Plan, commis:
stoned and received in‘1980.
‘The plan shows an additional
four lifts in the Squaw Basin,
Grey Mountain: Area, The
potential of the Red Moun-
tain Ski Ares is almost limit-
less, All that is required is
akior demand and foresight
by the club.

Early history contained in
the above article was stolen
(with thanks) from a 1969
history by Carl E, Price and
Bob Greene...

Pulp demand

1

Expects increase

MONTREAL (CP) —
World demand for pulp and
paper will Increase by about
70 million tonnes during the
1980s, giving Canada a
- chance to play a bigger role
in production, says the presi-
dent of the Canadian Pulp
and Paper Association.

Howard Hart also told the
association's annual meeting
that recent high earnings
have provided companies
with resourcea for growth
and modernization,

Upgrading is under way. in
more than 96 pulp and paper
communities across Canada,
and the industry is gearing
up tomeet the competition in
world markets.

Although’ demand for pulp
and paper is declininjg in

We’re Spending Millions on
Modernization and Expansion

1G,
The preliminary design of ~

the lodge was completed in
the summer of 1976 and con-
struction was supposed to
start in 1977, but the disaster
year of 1976-77 resulted in an
operating loss of §.25 million.
‘This just happened to be the
amount. the club. had bor-
rowed for the lodge, so con-
sequently — no lodge was
built.

In 1979, the club- joined
with the City of Rossland ina
joint effort to help the area
realize its tourist potential. It
became apparent that the

best way to strengthen the |

club's financial position was
to fill the empty mid-week
chairs.

Federal Business Development Bank
assists husinesses
in British Columbia —

with financing:
In 1980, FBDB authorized $205,712,000 in

Columbia and currently 10,000 businesses
$538,700,000 in loans from FBD!

ah is

:

with CASE counselling

The FBDB management counselling service known as CASE

loans to 4,200 businesses in British

in the Province have a total of

B for purposes such as:

(Counselling Assis-

tance to Small Enterprises) assists small businesses to improve their methods of

doing business.

with training:
To help improve management skills in small business, the bank conducts
management training seminars,

with information on government programs
fer business:

New Mine Ventilation.
System — Kimberley

Fume Roast ~
Plant — Trall

Sulphur Gas

North America there is an
increased demand in Pacific
Rim countries, Hart said,
which is “perhaps still only
the tip of an iceberg of new
demand.”

Despite high earnings,
Hart said the industry is vul-
nerable in three areaa.

A major concern is that too
large a portion of recent
earnings flows from the low
level of the Canadian dollar.

The second is that “in
nearly every province we are
now very close to the limit of
wood fibre supply based on
present levels of forest man-
agement.” Hart called an
provincial governments and

industry to greatly intensify *

forest management to grow
more wood.

Sullivan Mine Mechanization

New Ventilation for the
Blast Furnace Ares — Trall Smelter

Continuous Drossing Plant

— Trall Smelter

Refinery Gas Scrubber — Trail

Smelter Feed bien — Tra

Water Trahiment®!

= Kimberley

Modernization Planning Studies

New Sewer Outfalls — Trail

New Electrolytic and
Melting Plant <= Trall

rnize Sulphide

Mi
Leaching Plant — Trail

Plant — Trail

Zinc Electrolyte
Purge Plant — Trall

At the Bank's branch offices, operators of businesses can obtain information
about any assistance program available from the federal government ond
others and are directed to the representative of the appropriate assistance
program.

Perhaps FBDB can help your business.

Ask for our folder — or write us at:
FEDERAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BANK
30+ 11th AVENUE SOUTH
CRANBROOK, B.C, VIC2PT'

Federal Business Development Bank --

Since we started spending

money on our modernization -

and ‘expansion - program,
we've spent or approved for
spending a total of. about
$417 million on projects at

Trall and Kimberley. eS
We plan to spend millions -

more.

POE SP

At Cominco — we're putting

our money where our future
Ss.

Pioneer looks
at city’s past

The foliowing article on
early-day Castlegar was writ-

’ ten by Mrs, Lillian Killough, a

pioneer citizen whose many
good works will always be

remembered. Mrs. Killough,. °

passed. away in January of
1968. te

«8 6
* By LILLIAN KILLOUGH

My first glimpse ‘of
Castlegar was on a sunny,
breezy morning near the end
of April, 1913,

We had come in one the
west-bound train the: night
before — my husband, my’
family and myself — all the
way from the foiling prairies
of Saskatchewan. 1 could
hardly wait until morning to
see the “town” near which
we were to make our hame.

Thad observed the CPR
station, the section house and
a frame store from the hotel

* window and I was quite in-

sistent on seeing the rest of
the town immediately. after
breakfast. :

“Alas for my high hopes, 1
was told ‘This is the town!’”
Yes this, the hotel and. the
little frame house north of the
tallroad that had recently
been erected by the late T.L.
Bloomer. i

The only store which
combined store, post ‘office
and dwelling “belonged | to
W.J. Farmer, He carried a
limited supply of: groceries,
hardware and men's clothing.
Except for the essentials, you
had to go of send to Nelson
and Trail for your shopping.

house, the property owned by
Mrs. Kuryluk near Castleaird
Plaza, was a railway siding:
called Stewartsville where the
logs were loaded on to flat
oan ready to be taken to the
“mill.
There was no traffic
bridge over the railway. and

no ferry at this time. Ifanyone |

wished to drive to’ Nelson
from Castlegar he would have
to go south to Kinnaird, cross.
the Columbia on the wooden
ferry at Waterloo, drive all

‘the way back through the -

valley on what Is now called
the airport road. »

Then he would cross on
the suspension bridge at Bril-
fiant, to the Pass Creek road

sand Goose Creek road
through Crescent Valley down
to South Stocan and then take
the main road to Nelson.

. If you wished to go to,
East Robson you went down
to the water’s edge and called
for a boat. Mr. Lummel, the
freight agent at West Robson,
had a boat for this purpose
and one of his sons would row
you across the river, >,

To go to .Brilliant or
Thrums you crossed the foot
walk on the CPR bridge. It
was a great help to Castlegar
when in:1917 or thereabouts,
the traffic bridge was bullt.
The first ferry was installed
soon after. :

The first ferryman was
genial Jimmie Davidson who
stayed with the job until his
retirement in 1951.

The social life here was

Some will perhaps’.re- naturally somewhat limited, -

member. the kindly . station
agent of that day, J.T. Laurie,
and his brother-in-law, Harry
Gage’\who'had the ‘hotel. 1
must. not. forget to: mention
Mr. DeFoe, “‘section boss’

father of some of ‘our well- *

known citizens of today.
‘These men, with their
wives and families and a few

others, made up the petson- *

nel of Castlegar in 1913.
Across the river was the

sawmill. owned by William

Waldie.. It was operated by

Bl 8
his sons until 1952 when Cel-. 2

gar.took aver.

gging was fried on:

_ farming was being developed.
ad at that time was’

little more than a wagon trail
and most people preferred the
train as a means of-trans-
portation.

We settled on a: fruit ©

farm about two miles south of
Castlegar. As soon as we
were properly established we
arranged for the children to
attend school there.

‘At that time there were
only 15 children in regular at-
tendance at the fittle frame
school house — a far ery from
the splendid schools and large
enrolment of today.

Referring to the logging
operations previously men-
tioned, we seemed -to be in

. the centre of it. The hillsides.”

were scored by skidding paths

and there was a roll way for -

the fogs quite near our house.
{. Almost opposite our

Adds to complex

.CanCe

but improved as more people

came in and Farmer's hall, as

the spacious room above the
., Store was called, became a
sort of civic centre where’ al!
important meetings and social
events took place.

Farmer's hall was used ©

until the building of the first
community :hall -by volunteer
labor. - This: was’ afterwards
burned down and replaced by
the Coronation hall. This has
since come down and Castle-
ar Co-op Gatage and City

years:
the land’ comprising the
which was Held bya

“: ‘eompany, was made available ‘.

tothe public about .1434° or
*35. After this the to'

to grow. * ,
Other factors in the
most phenomenal growth that

came jater was the installing .

ofa good and adequate water
supply-and the improyement
of roads ‘which induced. so:
many, of the ‘CM&S smelter
workers to make their homes
in Castlegar. :

My husband, Joseph
Harper. Killough, always had
-gteat faith in this area: and
said “the time will come
when you will see. houses
from Castlegar to Trail.’’

The Castlegar of the past
has always been noted for its
friendliness to those who have
visited us or came to settle
here. Let us'see that as we
grow and progress this friend-
ly attitude will always be re-
tained. .

| ranks.

- with the best»

CanCel’s © two- operating.

“divisions in Castlegar. were

part of an exciting period of
growth during 1980 that saw

_the company expand in many

directions.

During the year, CanCel
added four new sawmill com-
plexes to its operations, and
close to 1,500 new employees.

Early. in 1980, the Price-
Skeena. sawmill in Terrace
was purchased by the com-
pany to complement its ex-
isting sawmill operations and
secure a long-term supply of
wood chips for. .CanCel's
Prince Rupert pulp complex.

In the fall of 1980, CanCel
acquired another sa in
South Hazelton, formerly
known as Rim Forest Prod-

ucts,

Ina plan to amalgamate all
its’ forest: products subsidi.
aries, B.C. Resources an-
nounced late in the year that
the ‘operations of Kootenay
Forest Products in Nelson’
and Plateau Mills. near-Van-
derhoof would be formally
joined with those of Canadian
Cellulose at the beginning of

The new Canadian Cellu-
lose that was created-as a
result of these additions is
- different in many ways from
the way the company. was
structured one year ago. At
the end of 1979, CanCel had
9,000 employeés, and was
composed of seven operating
divisions. By the beginning of
this year, the. number of
divisions increased to’ 11,
more than doubling the num:
ber of sawmill operations.

Lumber capacity, or the
maximum amount of lumber
that can be manufactured in
the company’s mills in-
creased from about $10 mil-

Von board feet at the end of ¢

1979 to close to 680 by 1981;

The increase of more than
100 per cent ranks CanCel
‘with the top lumber pro-

-ducers in B.C., and among . %

the leaders in North Amer-
ita, as wel
In fact, CanCel is likely
now the fifth largest lumber
producer in B.C., and the
th largest in all of North
America, ais

‘Castlegar has Inherited a@name that ‘commemorates a race of men who, as much
as any other, opened up this continent and bullt a better iife ‘for themselves as a
result. With determination and hard work, they accomplished in the New World

what circurnstances prevented them from

pours Trail and Nelson have experienc
tremendous growth. Now the compo-
nents have moved. into -place’to allow
Castlegar that same growth, It promises
to'surge ahead of any activity now found
in the West Kootenay area of B.C?
Castlegar. ts ‘situated. against. the

#- Monashee mountain range atan altitude. _
520 metres above sea level and atthe

confluence of the Kootenay and Colum-

bia Rivers at the southem end of the -

Arrow Lakes... ~ he i
_~ 1n1974,two small communities, rivals
for government funding and duplicating

services, amalgamated to form the new.

' town of Castlegar which stretches over
12 miles In length and_half-a-mile in
width. The merger tock in Kinnaird, now
known ‘as the’ garden community be-
cause of large’ lots and backyard gai
dens. ‘Kinnaird, a ploneer community.

which at one time welcomed the old river |

boats that plied the Columbia, now
makes up one commercial centre. o|

town while ‘the: other town centre of.’

Castlegar sits at the opposite end-of a
4 two-mile stretch: : en
_ Two years. ago Castlegar, population
J 6800, was linked to the southem ‘Trans
Canada Highway: and’ lies. 380 ‘miles

3) each way from Vancouver and Calgary.

The link-up has been a major bullding
2 point for the town. 4 :

“Because of that central location; we *-
are looking for a lot of ticking firms to
tocate here,” city planner Andy. Swet- .°

tishoff says... : . Ha
The city’is hoping to upgrade its

secondary industry to counteract its

dependency now on local forest industry

f} and mining.. Ly
& “Therefore we. are, developing an.

eighty-acre Industrial. park In th
end (Kinnaird),’-Swettishoff says.

The site Is expected to be complete by
the end of 1981. With CP Rail: service .

complementing the trucking.route, the
industrial site is. d to be a prime
warehousing and light industry location.
# Castlegar residents are. also banking
on the new highway linking to lead to,
Increased tourism as travellers find they

can. drive from Alberta .through’ the

scenic Kootenays and on to the Okana-
gan before hitting Vancouver.

* “varlety of-other stores.” cus TEES Pe
. His Hi Arrow Arms Hotel will undergo“
-/an expansion moving it from a regional. »
hotel to one that will cater ta tourists and

accomplishing in the old.”

"—Castlegar News, September 23, 1971...

the west: and east 'sid

as residential expansion of its narrow’ *"

corid :

Thrée riulti-million shopping centres. .

‘are’also being proposed with two in the
: final approval stages. The centres in-
clude ‘First City Investment, Ltd's pro-
posal to build a 73,500 sq. ft facility; First
Commercial Properties’ plan to bulld’a
92,000 sq. ft. mall, and Bofa Enterprises

project which consists ‘of a malland

hotel expansion valued at $8 million.
 Bofa Enterprises Is run by local hotel
owner Pau! Boe! who plans to add to his

hotel a shopping centre that willencom-.

pass 115,000 sq. ft The Inside mall area
will consist of 93,000 sq. ft. with'tinder-
ground ‘parking. The ‘complex will in-
Clude-& food market, a junior depart-.
“ment ‘store, bank, drug store, and a

‘conventions from throughout: B.C."A
“total of 62 roorns will be added-upping

4
the room count to'112° (An interesting °.

sidelight—there will be a room specially
designed for, handicapped travellers). aS
-° The hotel facelift will see a swimming

pool installed, convention facilities for

nearly 600 people, 'a roof-top ‘garden,

The town has the distinction. of-re--

cording some of the hottest tempera- -

tures In Canada as the thermometer has
@ boiled ‘over the 100 degree Farenhelt
@ mark. The hot weather makes the lakes

# city the only cool place to be. The 150
miles of inter-locking lakes, the Arrow

Hf Lakes and Slocan Lake, gives the boater, ~
4 fisherman, camper, and recreationalist
gf —as well asthe shutter-bug—lotstosee.

and recreational area surrounding the ° ~.

= Castlegar? 5

racquetball and squash co!
convention centre and a pro shop... |." ’:
As well as commercial and residential
rowth in the offing,’ town ‘Is -re-

> Hydro's proposal is to. cohstruct 0400
megawatt dam reusing waters from'the
Mica, Ducat, Keenleyside and ‘Libby

were constructed on the

:, collect a profile on the town’s reso!

and business ‘that’ can: be used: to
promote the area to new merchants and
outside interests.’ ©: >. sbi by

‘There are an estimated 400 business
licences held in the city with 50 going to

a out-of-town business such as contrac;

tor. Commercial stores are estimated at

- 75 and promotion ts done through the

Downtown Businessmen’s Association.

: premit

d points in between.
Sponsored by the: local Lion's Club,
the event Is being boasted as the largest

trade ‘show between the Canadian’ and” |

“ Pacific National Exhibitions.
Stan’ Partridge, a long-time realtor in’:

the Castlegar area, sees one area where ’ &
* growth is welcomed and soon. Housing

‘zoned land... The ‘ majorityhas

homes on it and because housing ts ate
buying the ‘
too nsive to te:

“We expect that in‘the next year, if the -..

: twoshopping centres go ahead there will ;
* be 32 new stores‘in one ‘and-16:in the

other plus others. There will be quitea -
change between this yearandnext year’
‘While.the ‘chamber is starting from
scratch, it does have one event that has
become an attraction. A major Iridustry,
trade, and commerce falr is held In the
city annually and: attracts 15,000. to“:

~ 20,000 ‘from as far as Calgary: and

gat sites, are ¥
tical for living on the
“it's a good’ Investment ‘for people..
People .who bought RVs six. years ago

can sell them today for what they paid for '§
at Oo

them,” Molnar says.’

“| ‘Touitat attractions in Castlegar

Looking for tourist attractions in
are. £ ‘
y the authentic: Doukhobor®

ia . vegetarian diet but the preparation
Inchides baking inan old-fashioned

» Castlegar is also the home ofthe
‘well-known Selkirk College, one of

the few colleges in Canada offering
an aviation course, : a

was'a roaring success,’

homes ‘would’ be'g
\d 'replac: