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The Boundary, and in fact all Southern British Columbia, offers
exceptional opportunities to industrious, steady men of small means.
Mechanics, labourers and miners are in demand at good wages, while
the practical farmer can make no mistake in securing land and devoting
himself to its cultivation.

KETTLE RIVER VALLEY.

It may be said without any disparagement of other districts that in
the Kettle River Valley orcharding is carried on as a fine art. The con-
formation of the Kettle Valley, with its large area of level bottom land,
lends itself to a display of orcharding ina remarkable way. Mile after
mile may be driven by the visitor passing orchards in all stages of growth
from the seedling to the mature age.

Large areas of land are still open for settlement. The Kettle River
(main) valley is 18 miles long by two and one half miles wide, and oc-
casionally improved farms are for sale and eagerly sought after, a notable

Scientific fruit culture in British Columbia is pleasant and lucrative.

instance of this being the very well known Covert Ranch—a good example
of irrigation by gravitation—planted with young trees. This was sub-
divided into five and ten acre farms, and found ready sale —another proof
of capital finding profitable investment in fruit hands. The North Fork
contains large areas of level land with a moderate amount of timber valua-
able from its proximity to the neighbouring lumber mills and mines.

OTHER TOWNS OF THE BOUNDARY.

Grand Forks. Continuing westward from Slocan Junction the
Canadian Pacific Railway follows the west shore of the Lower Arrow Lake,
gradually rising to about 1,000 feet above water level, giving a fine view