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Julie Van Dregt:

“I enjoyed the terrific,
spontaneous parties going
on all the time-- particulary
one with a 30 foot bonfire
on the beach with half the

town there with their guitars,

fiddles--and ready to sing
at the drop of a hat.”

Six young Terrace persons
who can’t speak much French
have found they can ‘have a
ball’ with French Canadians.

They danced on the white
sand of Atlantic island beaches,
feasted on Jobsters, were
serenaded by French Canadian
falk sangs and were generally
overwhelmeed by French
Canadian hospitatily.They felt
like part of the family even
though = they understood
preciaus few words of French.

Justback from a 15 day cross-
Canada tour that took them to
the Magdalen Istands--70 miles
eastof Prince Edward Island-
-three boys and three girls fram
Terrace were among a group of
21 grade 10 and 11 high school
students from northwestern
B.C. on tour.

It was all part of the Young
Voyageurs travel program tor
youth which started in 1964 and
saw 5,000 students across
Canada participating this
summer.Co-ordinated and paid
for by the federal government
in co-operation wih provincial
governments the program
allows selected students--
considered capable of mixing
and living with people in other
parts of Canada--to broaden and
deepen their Insights Into the
country in which they five.

The principal of E.T. Kenney
Primary School, Richard Olson,
and his wife, were leaders of the
21 group members organized by
the Stewart-Cassiar School
Board and which included
students from the Queen
Charalette Islands. Prince

Mr. and Mrs. Olson

Rupert. Smithers, Kitimat, South

Hazelton.Houston and Telkwa.

"We were highly impressed

’ with this group.’’” said the

Olsans.’"They were always in

high spirits, co-operative and

responsive to everything that

went on during the 10,000 mile
trip.’’

The trip started an July 3 and
the group reached its furthest p-
oint of travel In the Magdalen
Islands on July 7.They were
back in Terrace on July 17,

Although such places as Vi-
ctorla, Vancouver, Edmonton,
Ottawa and Montreal were
visited the Magdalen islands
were the high point of the

‘GRANDE ENTREE. ies DE La MADELELNE

Julie Van Droght, Charles Claus and Dawn Rooney

tour.Much time was spent in
travetling--mostly by air.

Arriving by plane at night at
Cap-Aux Meules, a town of
about 2,000, on the central main
island of the 12-island Magdalen
group--they were met by a
crowd of about one fhundred.

“They were all talking
French,"said Julie Van Dreght,
15, af Munthe Ave., Terrace,
“and although we couldn‘t
understand a word we found we
could dispose of our dictionaires
most of the time and
communicate by sign language
and gestures. Those with billets
for us were joined by family
relatives and friends to make us

really warmly welcome.-it was.

quite fantastic really.’

Once installed in comfortable
big farm-style homes the group
explored the miles and miles of
white sand beaches, huge
churches capable — of halding
1,500 peaple at a sitting--and
designed in both traditional and
modern styles and the little
towns.

Although many French.
Canadians tourists arrive by fe-

rry--capable of handling only 35,

cars at a time--they saw few
Americans and found islands
were not heavily
commercialized for tourism.
A memorable night stands
aut.A 30 foot bonfire built on the
beach and just about everybody
in fawn joined the group with
music and singing of af! kinds.

"As well as modern music,
they knew hundreds of folk
songs-they were singing and
laughing mast of the time,”
observed Dawn Roowny, 15, of
Straume Ave.,Terrace.

Charles Claus:

always comes as something of a
shock to mast peopie
accustomed to orthodox! driving
hablits..

On the whole, they found life
in the islands moved at a slow,

‘I was impressed by the
large, happy famlies and their
sense of closeness.They were

always pausing

in the street

and saying--"There’s my unele,
there’s my cousin, there’s my
grandfather, there’s my aunt.’
Everybody seemed to be
related in some way.”

Chartes Claus, 15, of South
Eby Street, Terrace, re-
members aride in a lobstersboat
and the happiness of the island
house he lived in.He was also
impressed by the speed of car
drivers in Montreal...which

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immense’ pleasure in their
families and friends. Wages are
not high there a tour of two fish
canning plants found men
getting $12 a day for eight hours
work--but nobody seemd to

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Other titeresting spects ‘of
the tour Included a visit toa
“crepe” restaurant in Montreal.
where Breton style “pancakes”
of about 100 varities provised a
fabulous menu.(And In the
Magdalens,lobsters were $1.25
a pound).

Asked which place they liked
the best, Claus picked Victoria;
Dawn-- Ottawa; Julle--the
Magdalen Islands; Mr. Olson--
Edmonten and Mrs. Olson--the
Vancouver area.

Montreal was a bit of a
disappointment for the group--
they found it teo dirty, polluted,
congested and noisy. But they
did enjoy -a malor league
baseball game--seing~ the
Expos play-- and toured
churches, museums, CBC
studios, concerts and the
government  bulldings.

Ottawa ss by contrast
they found very clean, neat and
orderly and the tour of the
Houses of . parliment
impressive.

But always they came back to
the Magdalen Islands in their
conversations.

“Ht was difficult tor ‘the

islanders to grasp the idea of
mountains--even though we
showed them colored siides.”’
said Mr. Olson.” They had very
limited notions of the rest of
Canada but the y showed plenty
of curlosity aboutus and wanted
to know more about mov.itain
goats and moose and
bear.They. themselves. center
their ilves around lobster
fishing and their large families

“They do a fair bit of

farming and keep a cow or two
but we saw few gardens. Their
big, farm-style houses were
scattered like leaves--many
close to the sea.In the spring
they hunted seals.’

And jhe group also saw the
cross marking the slie where
Cartier first janded In 1534,

The complete group trom
nothwest 8.C. was as follows:
Brock Elliot , Terrace; Rudy
Embury, Terrace; Chartes
ClausTerrace;julie Van Dregt,
Terrace; Dawr Rooney, Te-
rrace: Joanne Tnomson,
Terrrace; Barbara Ormbrak,
Queen Charolette Islands
Dariene O'Shea, Prince
Rupert; Elaine Skiapsky,
Prince Rupert; Wanda Trim,
Prince Rupert; Linda
Blackburn,Smithers; Marlene

with: salty’ nautical “terms

The archipelago of the -

Megdalen Islands.{Hes de las.
Madelaine) is located In the Gulf
of St, Lawrence about 180 miles
from Gaspa, 70 milestronvrince
Edward tsland and 55 miles.
from Cape Breton. It Is made up
‘of. some 12 islands, seven of
which are |

From the distance
coastline does not appear to be
very frregular, but this -im-
pression changes ‘when one
draws near and discovers a
whole world of curious quirks of

Dawn Rooney:

_ inhabited. °.

" Acadian” origin... js

Jacques Cartier, aiscoverer
of Canada, reached ° the.
Magdelan Islands on June 25
1534.He spent several days |
‘exploring them and’ was
enthusiaistic' in his deserption
ofthemina report tothe king of |
France. :

The. total: area ‘of fhe ;
archipelago is about 55,000 aE
acres.The population's largely |i
713,000 }

Inhabitants: Including about
1,000 persons of ‘Scottish

descent. .

“Tt was a fabulous: trip ‘but
Montreal depressed me with

its smog and noise--although

we found plenty to do there. Pe
I really loved Ottawa though
--it was so clean .”’

~~ “~ wn ei

‘nature, where rocks form
pillars, overhanging ledges,
large crevices, chasms and
other odd forms that catch
theeye. In general, this indented
coastline has been carved in.a
soft grayish-red rock, but the
sea has played a part in adding’
more color to the sandstone,
gypsum and other valcanic
rocks of the island. Everywhere
else sand dunes ire ubiquitous.
"This undulating countryside
is criss-crossed in every
direction by roads and paths
dotted with a variety of
ouiidings. The houses present a
picturesque spectacle, built as
they are without regard to
directlon and giving the
impression of leaves scatttered
by the wind.

The madelinots are very
active. They make their living
mostly from fishing for Jobster,

Hoover, Kitimat; Karen’ Watt, ..

Kitimat; Joan. Olosp. South
Hazelton; Don Cembella,
- Prince Rupert; Jim Rempel,
Prince = Rupert; Daniel
Nordqulst, Houston; Gerard
Prins, Telkwa;Ulrich Daas
Kitimat; Mark Zielinski,
Kitimat; Scott Mcinnes. South
Hazelton--and Mir. and Mrs.
Olson, Terrace,

_To the visitor, the layout of

the towns and villages seems
almost without direction, but it
follows rules which the
Madelintos explain with grand

gestures and phrases sprinkled -

. little,

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