Fire Destroys Historic Bowling Alley, an Important Community Space, in Terrace, B.C.

Fire destroys historic bowling alley, an important community space, in Terrace, B.C.

The alley, which dates back to the 1950s, sat on city-owned land and was spared demolition by a grassroots campaign in 2020. The mayor of Terrace says its loss is "devastating."

Fire destroys bowling alley in Terrace

Decades of Terrace sporting history is going up in flames this morning as fire consumes the Terrace Bowling Lanes located on Lazelle Ave. right beside the Terrace Fire Department. Firefighters from both the Terrace department and the Thornhill Volunteer Fire Department were called to the scene at approximately 4 a.m. to find flames already shooting through the roof structure which is a modified Quonset hut dating back to the early 1950s. Damage …