July 17, 1919
The Sentinel reporter spent the weekend at the camp of John T. Towers, who is building a corduroy road from the head of Duncan Canal to the mine of the Duncan Canal Mining company. A crew of men are on the job every day, rain or shine. The most difficult part of the route has been passed and better headway is being made now than at any time since the road building was begun. Several of the men are returned soldiers, and it is interesting to hear them discuss their experiences overseas. These returned soldiers in the Towers’ camp all served in different regiments, but nevertheless it is noticeable that there is a kind of Freemasonry existing between them, and the man with anarchistic tendencies would find this camp an inhospitable place as soon as he attempted to sow the seeds of sedition on Kupreanof Island.
July 14, 1944
Scouting Wrangell’s possible tourist attractions for the post-war period four Wrangell men, headed by Mayor F. G. Hanford, this week investigated and developed some facts about the hot springs, located a short way up the Stikine River. Lee Ellis and other river men knew of its existence but few actual facts as to its possibilities were known. A trail or road from the main Stikine would not be advisable, as several large sloughs would have to be crossed by bridging. Also, Shakes Creek would have to be bridged. High water and ice in the spring would carry bridges away. They came to what was believed to be one of the wonders of Southeastern Alaska. “Five feet from this clear stream, which has a temperature of 40 degrees, we found water boiling out of the rocks at a temperature of 170 degrees. We named these springs the Ellis Hot springs in honor of Lee Ellis, our guide, who discovered these springs in the winter of 1936.”
July 17, 1969
Alaska Lumber and Pulp Co. Inc. of Sitka has requested a Department of the Army permit to construct a log dump, storage area, booming grounds, and borrow area in St. John Harbor at the northwest end of Zarembo Island.
The determination as to whether a permit will be issued will be based on an evaluation of all relevant factors, including the effect of the proposed work on navigation, fish and wildlife, conservation, pollution, and the general public interest. Comments on these factors will be accepted and considered in determining whether it would be in the best public interest to grant the permit.
July 14, 1994
Actions involving Alaska Pulp Corporation provided much of Wrangell City Council at its regular meeting Tuesday night.
APC was authorized to complete crowning of the running track, east of Evergreen Elementary School, utilizing material from Shoemaker Bay parking area and with the city contributing shot rock and crushed rock for back-fill.
APC managers at the meeting recognized that this would cost the city a small amount of money but pointed out that the corporation had already donated about $970,000 to the project and wanted to see it completed as soon as possible. Constructed last summer to provide a disposal area for dredged material from the harbor, it was hoped that it could be used as a place to deposit wood waste material from APC’s mill and other sources.
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