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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

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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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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

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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 .”’

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‘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

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gestures and phrases sprinkled -

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