Lakehead University - Yearbook (Thunder Bay, Ontario Canada)

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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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LAKEHEAD TECHNICAL INSTITUTE YEAR BOOK L.T.I. STAFF HAROLD S. BRA UN B.A. Principal (RIGHT) WILLIAM S. ARMSTRONG M.A. (LEFT) JOHN W. HAGGERTY B.ScF. (RIGHT)