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which takes in stretches of level land along Canyon and Meadow Creeks,
as well as the rolling country above the valleys. These have black loam
soil, with clay loam on the uplands and gravelly soil on the ridges and
hill;slopes. The Quesnel—Prince George Road will cut through this area.
At White’s Landing on the Fraser and 5 miles from Strathnaver the late
Duke of Sutherland established a farm some years ago and a fair amount
of land was brought under cultivation. Northward are rolling benches
lightly timbered, rising to rolling timbered uplands and sloping again to
more broken country east of the surveyed area.

Woodpecker Island Land Settlement Area.

At Woodpecker Island is a general store which serves some twenty or
more families. Some blocks of flat and bench land are held by the Land
Settlement Board in this vicinity, the soil being very similar to that near
Strathnaver.

Stone Creek Pre-emptions.

Around Stone Creek the Land Settlement Board has another small
block covering river-flats and upland and rolling country. A number of
settlers are located on the easterly limits of this tract on surveyed pre-
emptions. These lands form part of Area No. 13, established in r921 and
comprising some 16,000 acres.

FIELD OF OATS, CARIBOO DISTRICT.

5, consisting of 18,773 acres, is located on the
east side of the Fraser at Prince George and extends southward, all tracts
within it being within 2 miles of a road to Prince George. Additional roads
are being constructed as settlement warrants. Some 6,394 acres of this
land is available for settlement at the present time.

Settlement Area No. 5