Highway 20’s narrow road to Bella Coola needs paving, groups say – The StarPhoenix

05.02.2016

Melvin Gurr, the last surviving member of the defiant crew that built the so-called Freedom Road from Bella Coola to Anahim Lake 63 years ago, snorts at the suggestion the steepest and most treacherous part should finally be paved.

“I don’t see how that would make any difference,” said the 84-year-old Gurr. “It’s fine just like it is.”

His wife Elaine, however, now does the driving and she has other thoughts.

“I’ve been in Bella Coola for over 50 years and I still don’t like driving The Hill,” she said.

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