Farm LANDS AND Natura RESOURCES. 41

ful. Rainfall is generally sufficient to ensure good crops and there are
numerous underground springs on the area. There is plenty of good build-
ing-timber throughout the district. The nearest school and post-office are
at Alexandria, which is about a mile from the centre of the area. Additional
conveniences are being added with increased settlement.

Ten-mile Lake Settlement Area (No. 9) contains approximately 5,090
acres. It is located 10 miles north of Quesnel, the judicial and business
centre of the Cariboo District. The surface is rolling for the most part,
the soil varying from rich clay in the valleys to gravelly soil on the ridges.
Timothy and clover grows rank along the trails and there is an unusual
amount of moisture in the ground, probably due to its proximity to to-Mile
Lake. The section was at one time heavily timbered, but is now for the
most part burnt off, although there are still some good patches of fir and
timber for building purposes. The land is best adapted for mixed farming
and dairying. For the promotion of the latter a creamery has been estab-
lished at Quesnel, to which point cream can be shipped along the Pacific
Great Eastern Railway.

Quesnel-Soda Creek
Settlement Area (No. 14)
comprises some 4,500 acres
of scattered tracts of land
along the east side of the
Fraser River from Quesnel
to Soda vCreek. | Dhese
parcels are for the most part
in the vicinity of established
farms or settlements and
practically all have road
access to the railway-line and Cariboo Road. The most remote tract is
within 8 miles of the railway. This district is one of the oldest farming
sections in the Province and access to new markets has been given it by the
Pacific Great Eastern. In the vicinity of Dragon Lake, south-east of
Quesnel, and about 5 miles distant therefrom, the land in the settlement area
is of good quality and is not affected by lack of moisture or summer frosts.
There are some good dairy ranches around the lake and on the lower
benches of Quesnel River. Farther south in the neighbourhood of Dog
Prairie, Sisters Creek, and on to Kersley Post-office there is excellent land,
and some tracts on both sides of the road have been included in the settle-
ment area. Between Kersley and Castle Rock Ferry to the south some eight
or ten tracts have been taken over. There are several large and prosperous
farms hereabouts which have been cultivated for many years. At McLeese
or Mud Lake two additional lots have been included in the area. :

Quesnel-Prince George Settlement Area (No. 13) is made up of five
separate blocks of land lying north of 10-Mile Lake area and Cottonwood
. River. The most southerly block is near Strathnaver Post-office and com-
prises 2,500 acres of land well suited for settlement. At present this district
is reached by boat from Quesnel or Prince George, but with the completion

YOUNG ORCHARD NEAR QUESNEL.