hates at Quesnel and is projected to Peace
District.

Prince George has an interesting
setting. It was a fort of the North-west Pur Com-
pany in 1807, established by Simon Fraser as ba
for his exploration down Fraser River to its outlet,
It was at a point some 30-odd miles east of Prince ~
George that Alexander Mackenzie, in 1793, when”
making his historical overland journey to the —
Pacific at Bella Coola, came upon. the Fraser,
after having journeyed by canoe from Lake Atha-_
baska by way of Peace, Parsnip, and McGregor | |
Rivers. Giscome, little less than 24 miles east,
is site of a portage used for over a century
fur-traders and others canoeing from Peace to.
Fraser and vice versa, this route being found |
easier than that used by Mackenzie in 1793, the —
connecting-link between the waterways, being |
Crooked River, tributary to the waterways lead
ing to the Peace. Giscombe is named after the ~
cook of a fur-trader who used the portage. “Ae

Prince George is at the centre of about, 1,000
miles of navigable waterways radiating in various
directions. There are nineteen sawmills in the ~
valley in vicinity of the railway between Prinee ©
George: and McBride, with capacity from 15,000.
to 150,000 feet. The valley of the South Fork of
the Fraser is computed to have 10,420,800,000
board-feet of timber, and Willow and Bowron
basins 7,761,600,000 board-feet. Cedar, spruce, and
Hngelmann spruce-alpine fir types are most preva- ~
lent in the Upper Fraser Valley, with patches of —
Douglas fir in warm spots in the eastern part,
and in the Willow and Bowron basins the Engel-—
mann spruce-alpine fir type covers nearly the entire
region below the 4,000-foot contour. Near Gis- —
come Portage developments haye been made on @
mining claim with good galena indications, A
number of mica claims are held in vicinity of Tete —
Jaune Cache. There are many water-powers in the
district. Willow River has power possibilities of
5,000 horse-power and 800 horse-power; Bowron
River’ S canyons and rapids offer five powers of “e

2,000 to 2,500 horse-power each. A fall on Me- ‘4 i
Gregor River of 80 feet 35 miles up offers 3,000 —
horse- power. Numerous tributaries from the
Rockies offer powers and Fort George Canyon
offers a site where power could be developed. |

Fraser River throughout its course to Prince
George winds from side to side of the valley, with
current from 2 to 7 miles, usually 3 miles an hour.
It was navigated during high water when the rail-
way was built from Prince George to Tete Jaune. |
Descending the valley, flat land commences about Se

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