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<br />~ <br /> <br />WILFRED R, WOODS <br /> <br />and the building would settle. <br /> <br />But everything at Inuvik is first class. Sewage and water are provided in an elaborate "utilidor" <br />system, The water and sewer lines are completely enclosed in a metal pipe, all above ground, through <br />which heating pipes carry steam to prevent freezing in the 50-below winter night. <br /> <br />Sister Chaille, Mother Superior of the school, says the winter cold doesn't interfere with fash- <br />ion, though. Her girls bundle up with fur parkas against the cold...but insist on.mini skirts. <br /> <br />It may sound trite to call anything America's last frontier. But that's really what the Northwest <br />Territories are. Government is working to develop resources and help make living in the territories ac- <br />ceptable, But the real measure of the frontier is in the spirit of the people the country attracts. <br /> <br />FAIRBANKS, ALASKA: We landed at Fairbanks on the longest day of the year. A midnight <br />ballgame was scheduled, but rain interfered with the schedule. Frankly, it gave most of us a chance to <br />get a little more rest. We'd been up at 4 to 5 a. m. and not stopping until late at night, <br /> <br />Alaska gave us a royal welcome. And immediately we found out something of the prospects <br />they hold for their north country, <br /> <br />The Prudhoe Bay oil discoveries of Atlantic Richfield had not yet been announced, but it was <br />no secret that there was intense activity on Alaska's Arctic Slope. <br /> <br />The known reserves up north caused the legislature to set up the "North Commission", a com- <br />mission whose goal is to develop transportation corridors to the north. The first goal is transportation <br />to the Kobuk area, some 800 miles away, where large copper deposits are located, <br /> <br />Alaska .has one-third of the water of the U. S. and 25 million kilowatts of potential power, in- <br />cluding the Rampart Canyon site that has been under study. <br /> <br />ANCHORAGE, ALASKA: We flew to this city over Cook Inlet and its oil derricks perched in <br />that churning tidal basin. <br /> <br />Oil is the big news up here, and it continues to be the growth industry of the state. Since 1957 <br />Alaska has become 8th leading oil producing state. <br /> <br />Tourism is growing, too, with 100,000 visitors this year. <br /> <br />WHITEHORSE, YUKON TERRITORY: Along the Alaskan Coast, at minimum altitude, we <br />cruised to see the awesome mountain scenery. Then it was over Skagway and along the rail-line that <br />leads to Whitehorse, Whitehorse seems close to civilization compared to much of the north--it has a <br />raod! The Alaska Highway comes through Whitehorse, and dusty as it may be during the dry season, <br />it carries heavy tourist travel in summer. <br /> <br />From Whitehorse we followed that highway down to the largest man-made lake in North Am- <br />erica--the Peace River reservoir formed by Bennett Dam. A project of British Columbia Hydro, it fea- <br />tures a powerhouse carved out of bedrock. <br /> <br />No fish problems plague them on this project, for the Peace is a tributary of the Mackenzie <br />and is not a salmon stream. <br /> <br />PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA: Last stop on the tour was Prince George, where <br />Premier W. A, C. Bennett told our party of the province and its resources, <br /> <br />Prince George was known as the fastest growing city in North America for several years, It is <br />now 28,000, with pulp mills, chemical plants, a refinery- - an industrial city far from the crowded <br />urbanized area. <br /> <br />Our tour ended with an aerial view of the Upper Columbia River dams in Canada and the U,S. <br /> <br />-18- <br /> <br />