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of a lovely stretch of the lake; the track bearing southwards still at this
altitude runs through a heavily timbered valley and gradually descends
to a plain near Christina Lake, and finally to the broad acres in the valley
of the Kettle River, of which Grand Forks is the principal town and customs
port. The town is thoroughly up to date, possessing all the modern require-
ments, including hospitals and a newspaper.

Greenwood. 117 miles west of Nelson, is one.of the most important
commercial and mining centres. The British Columbia Copper Com-
pany’s smelter situated at Anaconda, a short distance from Greenwood,
has a capacity of over 2,000 tons per diem. The Mother Lode Mine, the
main source of supply, employs seven hundred men.

Phoenix, five miles east of Greenwood, at an altitude of 4,625 feet, is
the highest incorporated town in Canada. It attains special importance

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by its proximity to the Granby Mines, Knob Hill Group and others with
immense bodies of ore. These mines have produced ore valued at $10,000,-
000 and the quantity is daily increasing.

Eholt, a divisional point on the Columbia and Western branch of the
Canadian Pacific Railway, is ten miles from Phoenix and contains, besides
the Canadian Pacific Railway work shops and roundhouse, some minor
industries.

Midway, nine miles southwest of Greenwood, is the present western
terminus of the Columbia and Western Railway, a branch of the Canadian
Pacific Railway.