i Wednesday, February $, 1966

TERRACE "“Umineca” HERALD, TERRACE, BRITISH COLUMBIA

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m= Convention Scene

fag 6About 03,565 convention mem- mbers will attend 225 functions in British Columbia this year, m= Canadian and American organi: mezations and associations will meet min various British Columbia cen- Batres during the year, Attendance meat the conventions will range from neO persons to 6,000 persons. me ‘Delegations will. come from On- Stario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Al- perta, New York, New Jersey, hic, Florida and California, The Hon. W. EK. Kiernan, min- mister of recreation ahd conserva- mation says many British Columbia meotganizations will be holding their meevents at home, The conventions feeeevill last fram two to six days. The eeectimated expenditure by delegat: aes to conventions in British Colum- bia for 1965 waa $3,549,250.

Be particularly careful this win- when you drive on bridges and Boverpasses, the B.C, Automobile MAssociation says. They can be acci- ment traps for unwary drivers. While melting snow may have dis- mappeared from most of the road- meway, bridge surfaces exposed to the meecold below may still be slippery.

Magazine Feature Sells The Province

Hotel, Vancouver Island Publicity Bureau, Canadian Pacific, Pacifi: Western Airlines, the Delta Hotels ‘Okanagan Similkameen Touris?’ Association, Canadian Coachways Limited, Sandy Beach Lodge at Penticton, April Point Resort, and Painter's Lodge at

The most significant magazine promotional venture ever imple. mented by the provincial govern: ment was announced this week by the Honorable Kenneth Kiernan, minister of recreation and conser- vation,

Mr. Kiernan was referring to a 16-page advertising centre spread in Sunset Magazine. Sunset is re- cognized as the western states’ leading publication in the field of tourism and travel with a whop- ping 2.5 million readers.

This section, spearheaded by the B.C, Government Travel Bureau and Eritish Columbia Ferries with joint participation by public and

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The promotion deals with North America’s newest travel adventure, the opening of British Columbia Ferries’ ocean highway from Kel- sey Bay at the northern tip of Vancouver Island through the in- side passage to Prince Rupert, linking with marine connections to Alaska,

The new ferry, M.V. “Queen of Prince Rupert,” sails on her over- night inaugural] voyage May 20.

The minister pointed out that a major portion of the province will be directly affected by the expected rush of tourist interest generated by this promotion. He noted that, with the ocean cruise along B.C.’s storied coast as the hew attraction, visitors will be drawn to motor on a circle tour to or from Prince Rupert, over Highway 16 to Prince George and down Highway 97 te Vancouver, branching of enroute to the Okan- agan, Trans-Canada Highway, and the Kootenay areas.

In a letter to Mr. Kiernan from Sunset’s publishing offices in Menlo Park, California, the presi- dent and publisher, L. W. Lane, Jr., called the Pacifie Inside Pas- sage promotion a “highlight in our publishing history.’

Chief among those responsible for the promotion were Richard L. Colby of the B.C, Government Travel Bureau and Ronald P, Wor- ley of the British Columbia Fer- Ties,

B.C. advertisers included the Greater Vancouver Visitors and Convention Bureau, Vancouver Is- Jand Coach Lines, Canadian Na-

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Other supporters of the section were the Alaska Ferry System, Washington State Ferries, White Pass and Yukon Railway, and other travel promoters from the States of Washington and Alaska.

Mr. Kiernan noted that more than 100,000 supplementary cop- ies of the Pacific Inside Passage section are being reproduced for distribution to travel agents, trans- portation sales representatives, and the interested public through- out western United States ensur- ing an additional massive exposure

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