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Photo by R. EH. Leake Courtesy Edmonton Journal

MAJESTIC KINUSEO FALLS

reservoir of timber in the interior of British Columbia.
Linking the vast resources of Central British Columbia
with those of the Peace, the Monkman Pass Highway
will be part of an arterial road through an immense
agricultural, lumbering and mineral empire.

OF NATIONAL APPEAL

1. The real appeal of the Monkmean Pass Highway
should after all be neither local nor provincial but
national. What highway expenditure could be more
justified than on a direct, easily completed trans-
Canada route? It is a route that passes through more
continuously settled and productive territory than any
other feasible route. Its directness, low altitude and
easy gradients make possible the development of one
of the best commercial routes, both from East to West
and from North to South. It connects sections of the
country at present isolated and does not parallel any
existing thoroughfare. To the motorist it would pro-
vide what is all too rare in Canada —a real tourist
circuit—one not duplicated anywhere in Canada,
either in extent or in scenic possibilities.

2. According to the B.N.A. Act, canals and bridges
lying between two provinces are subjects of Dominion
control. If not literally, surely according to the intent
of the Act this is a federal responsibility.