MARGUERITE TO ALEXANDRIA
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RAVERSING the main highway from Soda Creek north, and at a dis-
C tance of about 15 miles, you arrive at Marguerite (formerly called
Macalister) a comparatively level section of country and following
fairly close to the bank of the Fraser. Here, as you descend “Marguerite
Pitch” (up to a few years ago the steepest pitch on the Cariboo Road) and
at the foot of which may yet be seen the grave of a reckless freighter, who,
in the early days foolishly attempted to “run the hill” with his ten horse
outfit. A short distance beyond here and as you draw near to Castle Rock
Ferry, keep a sharp lookout for one of the Association signs—stop your
car and read it—for at this point on a fir tree is a tin bucket, which, after
being rendered useless, in 1865, was placed over a small tree by a hardy old
prospector named Jim Cummings, on his way into the gold diggings. A few
miles north of this point is where Alexander Mackenzie crossed the Fraser.
Mackenzie was the first white man to cross the Rockies to the Pacific.

The road then passes through many fine farms, chief among which is the
“Australian Ranch,” one of the finest in B.C. It was in this vicinity that
“Cariboo”? Cameron made his camp, and today one may still see the remains
of same a short distance from the present road. After a mild climb from
here, the road emerges on a plateau stretching for a distance of 11 miles to
Dog Prairie, where two deep ravines are crossed, known as Sisters Creeks.
To the stranger these should be approached with caution, as they are crossed
on low level bridges at the bottom. (The Government contemplate erecting
high-level bridges at these points.) About 10 miles from here the beautiful

townsite of Quesnel comes into view.

A NEW STORE AT A NEW POINT—
WITH A NEW STOCK

“Marguerite”

CATERING TO A GROWING COMMUNITY

WALTER B. SMITH

PROPRIETOR.

GASOLINE OIL PRODUCE

TWENTY