EXHIBIT 3.1



            FILED                                  ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
     IN THE OFFICE OF THE
  SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE                                   Of
       STATE OF NEVADA
        OCT. 29, 1999                          TRIPLE 8 DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
        No. C26990-99                                A Nevada Corporation
  Dean Heller, Secretary of
            State


KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:


                  That  I,  the  Undersigned,  for  the  purpose  of  forming  a
corporation  under  the Laws of the State of  Nevada,  relating  to the  General
Corporation Law.


I DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT:


FIRST:   The name of the corporation shall be:


                  TRIPLE 8 DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION


SECOND:  The address of The Nevada Agency and Trust Company,  resident agent and
Agent for Service of Process of this corporation, is to be located at Suite 880,
Bank of America Plaza, 50 West Liberty Street, Reno, Nevada 89501.


THIRD:  This  Corporation  is  authorized  to carry on any  lawful  business  or
enterprise. This corporation may conduct all or any part of its business and may
hold,  purchase,  mortgage,  lease and convey  real  and/or  personal  property,
anywhere in the world.


FOURTH:  The authorized capital stock of this corporation is ONE HUNDRED MILLION
(100,000,000)  common  shares with a par value of $0.0001 per share.  The common
shares of this  corporation are non  assessable.  The board of directors has the
authority to prescribe, by resolution, the classes, series, number of each class
and series, voting powers, designations,  preferences, limitations, restrictions
and relative rights of each class and series of stock.


FIFTH: The members of the governing board of this corporation shall be styled as
directors  over the age of eighteen (18) and their number shall be not less than
one nor more than



ten. The  initial  director of  the corporation shall  be one, and  the name and
address of the initial director is:


         Gerald R. Tuskey
         Suite 1000
         409 Granville Street
         Vancouver, B.C.
         V6C 1T2

SIXTH:   The name and address of the incorporator is as follows:


         Gerald R. Tuskey
         Suite 1000
         409 Granville Street
         Vancouver, B.C.
         V6C 1T2

SEVENTH: The period of existence of this corporation shall be perpetual.


EIGHTH:  No director,  officer or  shareholder  of this  corporation  shall have
personal liability for damages for breach of any fiduciary duty as a director or
officer to the corporation, its shareholders or any other person except for:


         (a)      acts or omissions which involve intentional misconduct, fraud
                  or a knowing violation of law;


                  or


         (b)      the payment of dividends in violation of NRS78.300


I, THE UNDERSIGNED,  FOR THE PURPOSE OF FORMING A CORPORATION  UNDER THE LAWS OF
THE STATE OF NEVADA, DO MAKE, FILE AND RECORD THIS CERTIFICATE, AND CERTIFY THAT
THE FACTS STATED ARE TRUE AND I HAVE  ACCORDINGLY SET MY HAND AND SEAL THIS DAY:
OCTOBER 18, 1999.


                                               /s/ Gerald R. Tuskey
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                                               Gerald R. Tuskey, Incorporator

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