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Entrance to the 35 degrees (95 degrees F)
pool is through a cave in which you can
soak in 43 degrees C (110 degrees F) water
before plunging into the pool. The steam
bath at cave exit is most refreshing before
a cool shower. Open all year, the springs
are situated near other tourist attractions
like the Ghost Town of Sandon, a Glass
House constructed of tens of thousands of
glass bottles and a sternwheeler museum,
the S.S. Moyie.
The Terrace -Kitimat Highway. Bc. leads
to the Terrace Hot Springs which feed four
pools. open year-round. These crystal clear
waters contain no sulphur or iron and are a
comfortable 30 degrees to 40 degrees C or
(85 degrees to 104 degrees F).
The Yukon Territory is proud of its
year-round Takhini Hot Springs, 27.2 km
(17 miles) north of Whitehorse. The
Takhini Centre's pool is a constant 47
degrees C (117 degrees F). Resort and
wilderness meet in this virgin setting
producing a most picturesque image.
The hot spring spas truly provide their
visitors an opportunity to wash their
troubles away.
For details on costs and specific dates for
the various spas. write to the provincial
tourism departments involved: Depart-
ment of Travel Industry. 1019 Wharf
Street. Victoria. British Columbia, V8W
2Z2; Travel Alberta. 10255-104 Street.
Edmonton. Alberta, T5J IBI; Yukon
Department of Tourism and Information.
P.O. Box 2703. Whitehorse, Yukon
Territory, Y I A 2C6.
A CITY ON THE MOVE
BY PHIL O'REILLY
Remember when you were a kid and the
Saturday afternoon ritual was a trip to the
movies? You'd pay your two bits and spend
the entire afternoon munching popcorn
through two cowboy thrillers, three
cartoons and an on-going serial featuring a
bespectacled weakling who kept leaping
into phone booths or disappearing behind
buildings only to emerge seconds later in
full garb ready to battle evil.
And do you recall the plots of some of
those cowboy flicks? Usually they dealt
with a ghost town that used to be a boom
towns. a boom town still in its heyday, or a
boom town fast becoming a ghost town.
Can't you still see the hero of the
exercise astride his favorite steed, hat
pulled tightly down over his eyes slowly
riding into town amidst swirling sand and
blowing tumbleweed, only to find the only
things still working were the squeaky doors
of the local saloon?
You night ask yourself about now:
"v:hat has this got to do with anything?"
Well. it's a round -about -way of writing
about one of Canada's western boom
towns, a town enjoying its second boom or
maybe even the third depending on how
you interpret history.
This is a town that has never looked
back. certainly has never conic close to
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