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Altitudes

Typical of ‘the fertile areas of Central British Columbia along the route of the
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway:

Skeenaghiven nes sales nae derra ceter. Mot, Bak. See Mee 240
azelio nee eee een eae 985
BulkleyaValleyan eee ee eee Monicetownee pee eens 1,353
Smithersseer eevee ee 1,641
Banrettr iat eee ae es 1,875
(Oliticleter ian Ou va es eno ee 1,977
Nechako River............... ra seig valerate nun 2,208
Wanderhoofost 2 one 2,097
StuanteRivercsrenan see 2,087
Prince George.............. 1,870
Willow River.......-...... 1,921
IMIPARE IRs pncdaanogonseun eo Metesaunee eee 2,400

The Land of Sunshine, Warm Days and Cool Nights

The great length of the days in midsummer,—from eighteen to twenty hours,—
and frequent, sufficient rains with abundant sunshine in the growing months, mean
safe, quick and early maturing of crops of excellent quality throughout Central British
Columbia along the Grand Trunk Pacific route.

There is at least as much arable land along the route of the Grand Trunk Pacific
in British Columbia as in all the remainder of the Province combined.

The Central Interior of British Columbia served by the Grand Trunk Pacific is
not all valley land, but chiefly a wide plateau between the hills; the elevation in two
hundred miles does not vary 400 feet.

In the growing season ample but not too much rainfall is assured over the Central
Interior of British Columbia along the route of the Grand Trunk Pacific, there being
no intervening range of mountains, as farther south, to stop the moisture-laden breezes
of the Pacific. In consequence the native grasses attain a thick growth of from five
to six feet, making this terirtory the finest mixed farming and dairying country in
America.

Vanderhoof—Nechako Valley.
Central British Columbia is a land where good farmers can make good money and
good homes.