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ASHCROFT— (Continued)

trict Hospital, Provincial Government Liquor Store, elec-
tric light and water plants. Headquarters of several
auto transportation companies, operating throughout the
Cariboo and Lillooet districts. There are two Churches,
one public school, a half mile race track, tennis courts,
Curling and skating rink, offices of the Canadian Pacific
Canadian National and Yukon Telegraph Companies, loc-
al telephone exchange.

Resources—Stock raising, farming, and mining. Par-
ticularly famed for the quality of its potatoes and beans.
For many years the main cattle shipping point of the
Cariboo and Lillooet districts. Altitude 1004 feet. Pop-
ulation 500. Has a weekly newspaper “The Ashcroft
Journal’ which circulates throughout the Cariboo and
Lillooet districts.

The main Cariboo trunk wagon road, commences and
runs through to Prince George a distance of 320 miles
north of Ashcroft, with branch roads off the main road
leading into the Chilcoten, Barkerville, Lillooet, Cedar
Creek, Bonaparte and all the other parts of the Cariboo
country.

The main road is a first class dirt and gravel road
and is open to vehicular traffic practically all the year
around,

MARK DUMOND

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