Construction was underway. With one more section to build, a car pulled up and a man got out, asking for who was in charge. He asked Bill what he was going to use on the roof to cover the boards, to which Bill replied that next year they would hopefully put aluminum on it, but they would have to cut more lumber to sell first.

Impressed by this bush project, never having seen anything done like it before, the man identified himself as being from Alcan and said the aluminum roofing would be delivered next week, compliments of his company.

It was a labour of hard work and ingenuity. Steel rods from the old Sibola Mine were cut and Myles threaded them at both ends. Scrounging around the area where the new Southside ferry had been built, Bill found washers and nuts that fit the threads perfectly and these were used to join the poles together and for crossbars.

An existing log cabin on the property was dragged over and used for dressing rooms. A woodstove was donated, as were the boards to frame in the ice. Hugh Shelford had a gas-powered water pump that he hooked up to the lake with a hose to install the ice. Ice scrapers were made out of metal and boards.

The men got their skates out and started the team, the Nadinas. Most of them were not very good hockey players, hardly any of them could skate well enough. But it was good enough to take on the Burns Lake team and other teams would follow. Being the team with the only covered arena made them quite the celebrities. A youth hockey team named the Nadina Braves started, which included players like Bill's son Steve Harrison.