18 CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY

Nakusp, from its situation where the lake widens into a bay of con-
siderable width, is admirably located as the distributing point for a vast
district. Here the Canadian Pacific Railway have a shipyard where the
steamers, plying these lakes are built and repaired. This town, without
doubt, possesses openings for the mechanic and skilled worker in various
handicrafts, and is capable of developing a considerable volume of business.
Nakusp has reached the stage that a capable workman with his small
capital, making a modest start, would grow with the place and secure a
permanent position almost imperceptibly.

Considerable capital has already been attracted here and is being
used in the development of lands bordering the lake.

Arrowhead, as its name might suggest, is the landing point at the
head of the Arrow Lakes. Between Arrowhead and Nakusp are Halycon
and St. Leon, noted for their mineral springs and picturesque surroundings.
Occupying a narrow strip of land between the lake and an almost per-
pendicular cliff, the face of a high mountain, Arrowhead has condensed
within its narrow limits all the elements which contribute to a thriving
lake port; three well found hotels to suit all classes, well stocked stores,
neat residences and two very large lumber mills belonging to the Big Bend
and Arrow Lake Lumber Co. respectively.

paeleus Bay is a near-by settlement making rapid strides in develop-
ment.

_ The Trout Lake Country, with Gerrard, Trout Lake City, and Lardo
as its centres of business, finds its northern outlet for its lumber, minerals,
and ranch products by way of Arrowhead to the Canadian Pacific Railway
main line,

. From Arrowhead the Canadian Pacific Railway, traversing a well
timbered district of twenty-seven miles, and passing Wigwam and Green-
side, connects up with the main line at :

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Revelstoke.

This thriving city has a population of four thousand, is a divisional
point on the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, with workshops
in which a large ‘staff of men are employed. It is electrically lighted,
possesses newspapers, large stores, banks, hotels and all the business and
social conveniences to be found in any part of the Dominion, including a
local Alpine Club. It is also surrounded by large areas of valuable timber,
the cutting of which employs a great number of men in logging camps and
lumber mills, and a good revenue is derived from the trade thus created.
The Agricultural and fruit farming possibilities of the surrounding country
are now being recognized and the land is being rapidly settled.

The city has a four thousand horse power electric plant and offers
facilities for the establishment of manufactories on very advantageous
terms. Timber limits can also be obtained and access to prairie markets are
so easy that the facilities to be secured and the natural resources yet un-
developed should be of considerable value in the employment of capital.

YALE DISTRICT.

To the west of the Kootenays is the splendid Yale District, rich in
minerals and timber and possessing the largest area of agricultural land
in Southern British Columbia. It includes the rich valleys already men-
tioned, and those of the Okanagan, Nicola, and North and South Thompson,
and has been appropriately named ‘‘The Garden of British Columbia.”