Lakehead University - Yearbook (Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada)

 - Class of 1953

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LAKEH9AD TECHNICAL INSTITUTE YEAR BOOK The people of this district have failed to preserve the blessings that nature provided. The fish and wildlife that she gave us are rapidly becoming extinct. The Department of Lands and Forests have done much work to replenish the supply of fish by operating hatcheries in the larger lakes like Lake Sheban- dowan, but there are many accessible streams which do not support any fish life. With the exception of the wolf, game has also declined during the last few years. This loss of wildlife produces a decrease in the number of visiting sportsmen. But the immediate problems of the tourist in northern Ontario are the lack of comfortable lodges, good food and courtesy. Many of the tourist cabins in this district do not have heat and water but the rates charged to occupy such a cabin would be sufficient to obtain a comfortable hotel room in a city. Do the camp operators think they can bleed the tourist without giving something in return? The tourist who can afford a vacation is accus- tomed to having three hot meals a day, but if he is spending a weekend in a typical northern Ontario village, his digestive system must suddenly adapt itself to tasteless sandwiches served in dirty restaurants. Courtesy is a service which costs nothing to give, yet it is the rarest service in northern Ontario. Why should we cater to a tourist who is a stranger whom we may never see again? If we give the tourist the enjoyable vacation facilities which we would like ourselves, he will come back. Who will profit from these services? Bring enough tourists into this district and everyone at the Lakehead will feel the advantages of the trade which comes in their wake. —JOHN BYRKA. — 30 —

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LAKE HEAD TECHNICAL INSTITUTE YEAR BOOK Tourists ♦ ♦ ♦ We, who live in northern Ontario, hear and read eloquent speeches made by members of our Chamber of Commerce, provincial and municipal governments concerning the large tourist traffic en- joyed by this district. When we read in our news- papers that thousands of persons and vehicles crossed the International Boundary at Pigeon River and Fort Frances to spend a vacation in northern Ontario, we realize that the tourist aids in the eco- nomic development of our district. But what does the tourist mean to us? To the retailer the tourist means an increase in sales; to the lodge operator the tourist means a no-vacancy shingle and to the local citizen the tourist means better highways and cleaner streets. We all have a share in the benefits brought by the vacationer. It is obvious that the tourist does not travel hundreds of miles to donate charitably to our welfare. He comes here to buy and if he is satisfied with his purchase, he will come again. The tourist wants to buy the privilege to fish and hunt and to enjoy the quiet leisure of a camp and the taste of good food. Nature gave this district a very generous supply of small inland lakes and wooded countryside alive with fish and game. The expansion and care of these resources was placed in our control. Our civic administrators have done commendable work to- H J s wards encouraging tourist travel in this area. The JS taxpayers ' money is used to organize city tourist - bureaus which provide visitors with road maps and IvliULlrC© helpful information about lodging and game and customs laws. The provincial government is con- Til ©1111 fributing heavily towards tourist travel by building and improving our highways. Some of the district roads are in poor condition, but we must realize that building or resurfacing a highway is a very slow and expensive project. The new asphalt sur- face on Highways 61 and 17 and the rumble of scrapers at Marathon and Atikokan is tangible evidence of consideration for the motorist. Good roads will always make the visitor want to come back, but good roads alone will not bring him back. Let Come 1 — 29 —

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