2. No section of the
Peace River territory can
be served by any more
direct route to Prince
George or Vancouver. The
agricultural section of the
Peace River is oblong in
shape. This route leaves
the southwest corner and
proceeds directly west and
south.

3. Since 150 miles of
new highway would con-
nect the highways of
British Columbia with the
highways of Peace River,
this route (the Monkman
Pass route) provides the
most _ easily completed
trans-Canada highway.

4. With the shortening
of the Edmonton - Peace
River Highway by open-
ing of the Whitecourt
cut-off and the connection
of the Monkman Pass
Highway, the route be-
tween Edmonton and
Vancouver would be less
than 1,000 miles.

5. This route offers no
difficult feature in the
matter of construction.
The grades are few and
not steep, and only one
fair-sized river has to be
bridged. The Monkman
Pass is open and wide.
and only 3,555 feet at the
summit.

6. By the completion
of this route the distance
from Fellers Heights to
Vancouver would be 680
miles. From Rio Grande
to Vancouver 675 miles.

At present it is 1,600
miles.
7. It is estimated that

over 800,000 acres of fer-

tile valley and upland
country await the plow
of the agriculturist in

Central British Columbia.
This land is suitable for
production of grains and

grasses, for alsike and
timothy seed; There is
land suitable for mixed

farming, dairying, poultry
raising, fur farming, gar-
dening, cattle or sheep
ranching. In addition the
latest handbook of the
B. C. Forestry Depart-
ment shows that this dis-
trict contains 33 billion
feet of merchantable tim-
ber, making it the largest

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link on a coast-to-coast highway through the Peace River County,
opened up by the Association, 80 miles of which are passable FOr cars
Rio Grande, Alberta, and from Fellers Heights, B.C., joining near Stony
Monkman Pass to connect with the British Columbia gravel highway s
of Prince George. Completion of the Monkman P:ss link will make jt
British Columbia and Vancouver to all points north or south of the p
Vancouver, Prince George, Fort St. John and Whitehorse aeroplane g
tio Grande or Fellers Heights to the Port of Vancouver is less than 7