Golden Raven Marketing Plan Takes Flight

Wednesday, April 30, 2008 06:22 PM

Prince George, B.C. – The Regional District of Fraser Fort George has officially launched the “Golden Raven” tourism marketing package.

It starts with a passport. Each attraction visited could win the passport holder $1,500 in gold! There are also special prizes at the facilities.

The Golden Raven experience calls on visitors to “follow in the footsteps of Simon Fraser and Alexander Mackenzie”.

It promotes several sites:

The Valemount Museum, Valley Museum and Archives in McBride, The Whistle Stop Gallery in McBride’s train station, Exploration Place in Price George, the Two Rivers Art Gallery in Prince George, the Prince George Railway and Forestry Museum, Huble Homestead and the Mackenzie and District Museum.

The Golden Raven project is a multi-year regional marketing partnership with funding provided through the Community Tourism Foundation Program of Tourism B.C, the UBCM Tourism Program, the City of Prince George, and the Regional District of Fraser Fort George. The budget for the first year is $110,000.

“We are pleased about the partnerships that have been forged in creating this program” says Regional District Chair Art Kaehn, “We look forward to some discussion around the opportunities to expand the Golden Raven project and bring other area cultural facilities into the program in the years to come."

In addition to the passport and information brochures, there is also a Golden Raven website: www.goldenraven.ca

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Posted on Wednesday, April 30, 2008 06:22 PM in News by 250 News

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Comments

Posted by: Harbinger on April 30 2008 7:20 PM

Tell anyone we have a Golden Raven here in Prince George and they will probably ask you how is the dim sum there?

Posted by: YamaDooPolCat on May 1 2008 7:55 AM

I like that stuffed black bear and fish display at the airport. However, one of my relatives up from Vancouver was shocked that we are so politically incorrect and insensitive! In Vancouver that kind of display would attract a protest group, so expect that mount to be gone soon.

We also have to recognize that PG has charater that fasinates VanVic people. What we call downtown bums are part of that feature. Tourists want to see the natives that come to live in the traditional way in downtown PG. When people listen to CBC they certainly expect to see starving natives up north, so a tour down George Street should sell well.

Posted by: metalman on May 1 2008 8:02 AM

Yeah, we should release that poor black (oops, I mean coloured) bear and the unfortunate fishie back to the wild, it is so insensitive to have them there, just flaunting our red nekkidness. Why, a tourist might faint upon sighting the brutality of it all. YDPC you are so
UN-pc, I love it. Tell it like it is.
metalman.

Posted by: Harbinger on May 1 2008 11:03 AM

Maybe the RCMP can seize that un-white stuffed bear from the airport and place it just along any road and maybe raise revenue by fining people who take shots at the bear. Really big fines to justify their waiting for a perp. Could work.

Posted by: Death to Socialism on May 1 2008 11:46 AM

Good thing "ammoron" is on vacation or you guys would be denounced as racist, neo-con thugs.
btw - the correct term for the bear is "non-white"