REPORT ON PART OF THE DISTRICTS OF POUCE
COUPE AND GRANDE PRAIRIE, BRITISH COLUMBIA

In order to Lind suitable lanés for returned
soldiers, as weli as all other intending settlers ané
to insure that ianés not offering a fair chanee for
successful settiement he excluded, survey parties from
the Topegraphiesl Surveys Branch have been, since 1218,
engaged on the investigation ani classification of Bom-
inion iancs in the Peace River Gistriet. The exanina-
tions were so planned as te meet the requirements of
the returned soldier first, and as the restrictious on
setiiement were gradually removed, to make the informa~
tion cbtained availeble for all settlers.

During the season of 1921, this work wes eon=
tinueé in the western portion of the Grande Prairie
@istricst and in the Pesee River Elock.

From tae information furnished by this survey,
reports and maps have been prepared showing not only
the various clagses of agricultural lands but alse the
resources of the districts. The maps show the principal
topogrephicai features, roads and trails, existing settle-
ments, contours, etc., So coloured and arranged as to make
each feature stand out by itself.

fhe information collecteé will in Gue course
be made available to the publie through the lecal Dominion
iané offiees for the districts. Copies of the maps can
elso be obtaineé by application te the Tevegraphical Sur
veys Branch. :

Senersi, Location. ~

fhe eountry dealt with herein Lies in the

southeast portion of an ares known eas the “Peace River
Bloek™ comprising three and one-helf miliion acres in
the northerly part of British Columbia adjaeent to Al—
berta and may be deseribeé as that land bounded on the
north by the fease and Kisketinaw rivers, on the south
by the south boundary of the Peace River Block and exe
tending from the east boundary of range 13 to the east
boundary of range 19. It aise ineludes an area situated
in the western part of the Grande Preirie district viz
townships 69 to 75, range 12, west of the Simth meridian.

OF Breese ~

The area €escribed above which forms part of
the Peace River Block is generally called the Pouce
Coupe district after the well known and fairly extensive
prairie (now a thriving settlement) of that name. The
surface of this area is rolling to hilly and is well watered