22 Pactric GREAT EASTERN Ratuway BEtt.

WHERE A MAN CAN SECURE GOOD LAND ALONG THE
PACIFIC GREAT EASTERN RAILWAY.

An extensive system of surveys and reliable field-notes supplemented
by the evidence of experienced pioneer settlers, has shown conclusively that
there is a very generous area of choice arable land. in many of the districts
contiguous to the Pacific Great Eastern Railway from Squamish to Prince
George. This is particularly true of the territory lying east of the right-
of-way between Clinton and Quesnel, and from Quesnel northward through
the newer portion of the Upper Cariboo to Prince George.

At many points where settlers have been located for years, and where
thriving communities are steadily building up, there is universal tribute to
the fertility of the soil, the congenial climatic conditions, and the natural
beauty and healthfulness of the country as a whole.

Of a total of 2,047,500 acres of surveyed land, there is estimated to be
about 1,147,000 acres available for present settlement. In addition to
vacant and unreserved Crown lands open for pre-emption, lease, and pur-
chase in the most favourable districts adjacent to the railway, and which
are specially dwelt on in this booklet, there are also six special land settle-
ment areas controlled by the British Columbia Land Settlement Board in
the Pacific Great Eastern Railway Belt between Williams Lake and Prince
George. These special areas are given further attention later on.

Of those lands within comparatively easy reach of the railway-line
which are available for pre-emption and purchase, undoubtedly one of the
most interesting and promising sections, and one which would seem to
present the most congenial general conditions for the new settler, will be
found in the territory lying east of the Cariboo Road from Quesnel Lake
south to the Bonaparte River. Precipitation in this region is greater than
in the lands nearer the Fraser and the soil is richer and more productive.
Most of the present settlers here are engaged in mixed farming and dairying,
and with the coming of the railway there has developed an active community
spirit, increased population, and new markets for their products.

DEVELOPMENT IN THE SHERIDAN AND BRIDGE LAKE
BASIN.

This popular district is within convenient distance of the Pacific Great
Eastern Railway and is linked up by roads from 100-Mile and also from
70-Mile via North Bonaparte to Roe Lake. It is in the heart of a beautiful
lake plateau relieved here and there by fir-crowned ridges, which assist
materially in watering the country and affording choice dairy-cattle range,
as rich grasses are a feature everywhere amongst the open timber.

Wide Variety of Crops.

This section is essentially a mixed-farming, dairying, and small-stock
ranching country, and practically everywhere within its limits luxuriant