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Clinton and Tributary District.

Around the historic town of Clinton most of the available land is
surveyed and taken up. There are some fine old farms and some magnifi-
cent crops grown in this vicinity, and the town is the administrative centre
for the Cariboo District.

South of Clinton Valley and on the rolling hill west of Bonaparte
River much good range is found. The Bonaparte drains a deep valley,
with occasional benches across the southerly plateau. The surveys shown
on pre-emptors’ maps practically indicate the total area suitable for settle-
ment: It is essentially a stock-raising district, but surveyors consider that
market-gardening and fruit-raising could be successfully carried on here
in limited areas. Hay, alfalfa, and some oats are grown on some of the
benches where irrigation is available, and wild hay is cut on the plateau.
A road from Clinton runs up the Bonaparte to Bonaparte Forks, where
there is a small settlement and some land under cultivation.

From 7 to 21
miles due north of
Clinton a large area
has been surveyed
in what is known

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traversed by the
roads from Clinton
and 70-Mile to con-
nect with the Chil-
cotin and northern
roads, and aggre-
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A CARIBOO FARM-HOUSE. 000 acres. Some

of this was taken

up by purchase some years ago, but little of it has been brought under
cultivation. It is considered a good section for cattle, and sheep would
undoubtedly do well there. Much open pasture and good meadow land is a
feature. The pine and poplar forest is open and the surface fairly level.

The Fertile Bonaparte Valley Region.

“ Seventy-mile,” or Boyd’s, is a road-house and ranch on Cariboo
Road where the railway crosses. It is the post-office for a stock-raising
centre. A road from 70-Mile travels 23 miles to North Bonaparte Post-
office, a cattle-raising area with a small settlement. This road continues
to Roe Lake, a distance of 38 miles. The Currie Road runs from 70-Mile
and branches to the forks of North and South Bonaparte, where there is
a small stock-raising settlement.

Lying due south of Currie Road towards Bonaparte River is a good-
sized area of land, unmapped and only partially explored. Official reports
indicate that some good poplar land lies along the slopes of the river,