Peace River, who will gladly advise the condition of the highway
at any time, and supply such information as is required by prospective
tourists.

The trip will make an ideal one for either tourists or settlers.
The route lies through a farming district of one hundred miles from
Edmonton. For the next hundred and fifty miles it follows through
a country of small timber, lakes and rivers and comes to the southern
shore of Lesser Slave lake, which in itself is one of the beauty spots
of the north. This lake, which is ninety miles long and about twenty-
four miles wide, affords an ideal opportunity for camping, boating,
bathing and fishing. Miles of white sand beach are available for
summer camping, and already several sites have been selected by
summer campers of the district who will make this their holiday
centre. The drive from the western end of the lake to the town of
Peace River will take from three and a half to five hours, the com-
pleted highway affording a route over which the driver has plenty of
opportunity to test the speed limit of his car should he be so inelined.

The work of marking the highway with the standard markings
of the national highway routes is now under way, so that the tourist
need have no cause for delays on this account.

THE TOWN OF PEACE RIVER

The Town of Peace River is the only incorporated town munici-
pality in the North Peace River district, and is the principal centre of
the district, being the headquarters for many branches of government
work in the northern end of the province.

Here is to be found the Dominion Lands office, to which settlers
must make personal application for filing homesteads. It should be
borne in mind that eniry for homestead land in the Peace River dis-
trict can only be made at this office (or at its sub-offices located at
Donnelly, High Prairie and Fort Vermilion, all within the district).

Offices of the clerk of the court, and acting clerk of the supreme
court for the Peace River judicial district are located here, as are also
northern headquarters of the Alberta Provincial Police force and sub-
headquarters for the more historic force of the Royal Canadian
Mounted Police.

All navigation companies operating boats on the Peace river
make this town their chief centre, their boats being put up here for
the winter seasons, and their warehouses being established here.

The town is also the wholesale centre for the district, having
several wholesale houses, the lines including hardware, groceries,
meats, oil and flour.

The town has several churches, and is headquarters of the
diocese of Athabasca of the Anglican Church. Exeellent school ac-
commodation is provided by the several publie schools and high
school, where pupils may prepare for university training.

The public health is well cared for, there being several physicians
and public nurses, and in addition the Peace River hospital, an eight-

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