Terrace Regional Historical Society Archive


	1920's: The Skeena Bridge In 1925, the Skeena Bridge was officially opened with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The residents of the Kitsumgallum Valley and Terrace area were now able to drive over the new bridge to visit the settlers in the Lakelse Valley and Remo areas. These farmers and entrepreneurs had been patiently waiting for the Bridge for years. Finally, in 1924, the Provincial Government contracted to have the concrete and steel structure built over the turbulent Skeena River. The Skeena Bridge replaced a bridge and ferry crossing at Ferry Island. A small wooden bridge over the Ferry Island slough had been constructed after a ferryman drowned while crossing the slough in flood. This wooden bridge continued to be used for years after the Skeena Bridge was built to get to Ferry Island. After the opening of the Skeena Bridge, the ferry which had travelled from the east side of Ferry Island to Thornhill Creek, was taken down river to Remo, where it was used for many years. The ferryman, Pete McDonald, moved with the ferry and lived at Remo. Mamie Haugland Kerby