Cariboo’s Resources

CARIBOO’S PRODUCTION TO 1922, $50,000,000.

“And when he hath found me, I shall come forth as GOLD.”’—Job 23-10.

Timber

In the Bonaparte, San Jose and Mahood Drainage basins, merchant-
able timber by species: Douglas Fir, 1,026,720 m.b-f.; Red Cedar,
5,088 m.b.f.; Balsam, 101,760 m.b.f.; Spruce, 274,752 m.b.f.; Yellow
Pine, 160,000 m.b.f.; Lodge Pole Pine, 246,080 m.b.f.; Total, 1,814,-
400 m.b.f. Scattered throughout this district are a few small port-
able mills, but the cut is for local use only.

Still farther north is a better timber region, in the Quesnel River
section of the Fraser River Drainage Basin, merchantable timber by
species: Douglas Fir, 286,800 m.b.f.; Red Cedar, 1,720,800 miepeters
Hemlock, 573,600 m.b.f.; Balsam, 860,400 m.b.f.; Spruce, 2,179,680
m.b.f.; Lodge Pole Pine, 114,720 m.b.f.; Total, 5,736,000 m.b.f.

With the exeception of a few small mills, situated near the settle-
ments, no lumbering operations have been carried on in this region.
The natural outlet for the comparatively heavy stands of timber
around Quesnel Lake and its tributaries is down the Quesnel River
to Quesnel Townsite, on the line of the P.G.E. Railway.

Besides the two mentioned, many other timbered areas, in other
river basins are tapped by side roads that branch off the Cariboo
Road.

Stock

Stock in district served by P.G.E. Railway, 44,000 head.
Shipped from district during 1922, 9,000 head.

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