fodder. When this land is cleared and cultivated }
and the clay subjected to disintegrating influences —
of sun and frost there is little doubt that it will —
grow good vegetables. Most of the land has a small
stand of poplar, spruce, and balsam, and at the —
mouth of Dore River is a considerable stand of |
spruce and balsam. Across from Dore River, about —
14% miles up the Fraser, are Sunbeam Falls, and | F
across from McBride are Sundance Falls. Though

both haye considerable head, they are small in flow
and are liable to freeze in winter, and are of more
scenic than commercial value. =

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McBripe AND VICINITY.

McBride, 146 miles from Prince George, is a
divisional point, with population of about 500, 244 |
miles south-east of Dore River, built on the valley-
flats about three-quarters of a mile south-west of —
the Fraser. The railway-station’ is a large one,
and there are over 8 miles of track in the yards, —
also roundhouses, machine-shops, freight-sheds, and |
other requisites of a railway divisional point. The
station and yards are electrically lighted. The town
is well equipped with good stores, two hotels, school,
post-office, theatre, and church. Offices of Sub-
Mining Recorder and Provincial Police are located
here, also a resident physician. Water is stored -
by a dam in a small creek about the town and
flumed and piped to a large water-tower from
which it is distributed. The town is the centre
of a promising mixed-farming district. There is
good hunting in the vicinity—moose, caribou,
black and grizzly bear, and during winter there
is some fur-trading, trappers coming in from both
sides of the river.

The valley hereabout, at altifude of 2,360 feet, is —
4 or 5 miles wide on the average, widest on the
south, with benches mostly about 50 feet above the
river. Soil varies from sandy loam to clay loam
and clay on clay subsoil, and chocolate loam in
places near the foot-hills on the north side. Beaver-
Swamps exist in places. North of and adjacent to
Horseshoe Lake is considerable area of swamp and
muskeg, some of which could be drained, but part
is liable to flood when water backs up from the —
Fraser at high water. Horseshoe Lake is a resort
for boating and bathing, used by residents of Me-
Bride. The bench south of the lake is 30 to 40
feet above it; though not swampy, it has quite a
little surface water held up by the heayy elay,
which could be drained, Towards Dore River are
small gravelly ridges. There is little heavy timber. ¢
Most of the land could be cleared for $20 to $50