Coast GasLink camp has opportunity for Vanderhoof

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“Presumably that fencing will have no use afterwards and we need fencing on this airport for security,” explains Dr. Paul Collard, President of the Society.

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He says the Society is also hoping to secure some of the facilities from the camp to replace the airport’s aging “terminal” with a larger facility as well as temporary accommodations for potential flight school students from far afield. The population of Vanderhoof from the latest Census results is 4,439. Coast GasLink says the camp will be home to 1,100 workers by mid-July.

But for Mayor Thiessen, while the thought of a 20% hike in the community’s population can be daunting, the opportunities are golden.

“We sense that there will be a downturn in the forest industry and certainly see the mining industry taking up some of that slack. But there is a period of about three years before the mining really gets up and going. [The project] will be a huge asset to our community, I think.”

Coastal GasLink anticipates the work will continue at that site well into 2021.