An Economic Development committee at the time applied for and received a $20,000 Provincial Government grant to build the dream signs. Alfie King was quickly hired to draw out the design for construction.

A concern was raised over the structure becoming top heavy so local welder Lynn Scott suggested aluminum. When asked the length of time it took to cut out, assemble and weld the different parts of the sign, Lynn tells me, "It took a hell of a long time. We had it laid out on my shop floor and I had to (finish) it before doing anything else."

The pieces were cut with a jigsaw, then "prettied up" then laid out in their exact position to be welded. Lynn says that today, with new equipment available, the small pieces would be "absolutely simple" to weld, but back then, the word he used was "hard." The sheets of aluminum had to be weighted down across his floor with stacks of 2x4's. The outer rings are connected by the words "Village of Telkwa" and on the sides, it says 1952.

When the aluminum sign didn't show off the tree, bluff, train, 3 bridges, water and mountains well enough, it was decided to put a piece of black painted plywood behind, which worked perfectly. The back of the signs was wood, painted silver with the new slogan "Where The Rivers Meet".