12 CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY

Canadian Pacific Railway Company’s Empress Hotel, Victoria, B. C. The finest hostelry on
the Pacific Coast.

about 30,000 acres of land adjoining Nelson well adapted for fruit-growing
and that only 20 per cent of same is yet under cultivation. The climate is
temperate, the winter short and the large body of water adjacent offers
easy transportation, a Canadian Pacific Railway Steamer making two
trips per day on the Arm. Nelson possesses its own gas and water-works,
utilizing Bonnington Falls, nine miles away, to provide electric light and
power. It also possesses sugar factories, confectionery works, jam factories,
newspaper offices, wholesale depots, ship-building yards, marble works
and coal storage plants, and offers cheap power to other manufactures
for which this Southern country has ample room. The Canadian Pacific
Railway Company have erected an up-to-date hotel at Balfour, 20 miles
from Nelson, at the junction of Kootenay Lake and the West Arm, for
the comfort and equipment of sportsmen and tourists. From this point,
fishing, boating, and mountain climbing in the summer and sports in winter
can be enjoyed. In addition to having a large number of lots for sale in
the city of Nelson, the Canadian Pacific Railway Company also have
some small acreage lots of a very desirable nature. These lots adjoin the
City on the North and overlook it.

OTHER TOWNS IN WEST KOOTENAY.

Passing west from Nelson up the still fertile and picturesque valley
of the Kootenay river the traveller goes by the famous Bonnington Falls,
which have been successfully harnessed to produce electricity that is
widely distributed through the mining country to the west. Here are
to be seen from the train the magnificent works of the West Kootenay
Power and Light Co., Ltd., and the power house of the City of Nelson.
Ranches are visible from the car windows on either side. At Slocan