I HI A. 



M 



. The bituminous coal, of wbi< 

 i'aeifte coast center, ha* i -!. 

 ereaaed ii> a and ale. Large quait 



ancouvrr U thr mainland 

 ' anadiaii Pacific KaiUat, and from 



..*. Jii|ii. alia. 



Wr-limn-t. r .h-'ri. ' h.i* btHI VOT -' - : : 



herrie*, |>rer, MM evm flf>, 

 ui-d with profit. In Ihe Knurr 





fmnt a a 



r he* 



gidd region, and considerable 

 iicai -.. nol 1.. 

 and other w.l i 



good grating land. 

 (MUM and seat- 



1 pnpulati 



farmers, ranchmen, lumbermen, an<t In it 



.iiatfan valley, which i* | 



uninousooaJand iron ore and plati 



t.u, Yn 

 non, and Ashcroft, along the line of the 



IH become known d 



fr.'in tin- i '"lumlim n\.-r !< ( ( 

 iar\. hunt!- !-'. nintf 



i th- 

 : (o ^'..INN 



I Railway, by a branch line 

 r row head, at the head of the ' pp- r Arrow 

 from n; establish 



itmtnrrs run* to Na's'.-: . \s ' n rail ommunii at ion 

 i* had with NYw Denver, Sandon, and 

 center*, flteamiiri have also i 



. mouth <>f t ; i\iote- 



vhence tin- Canadian Pacific Kailwav runs to 



Nelson, Rowland, n: at NT 



flare was a small camp in IM'4. and in Janunry. 

 "'.17. ha>l VHNi people a i, -I a r-am/,.1 muni. I- 



Kovdand. inrliidr* tin- UM 

 - N.-l-iii a iv thr ^ 



pvrehaac 



ti 

 of l 



,f in 



i 



v an ROfliah i-inii|iany 



- MunmeF of UM new 



itnd coif 



to $8 a dar. of mintn 

 *4. 



the Inrp-r 



par 



i?:: -,o. 



l\ ' 

 region k: 'iio naim- 



rwl fnun tin* en-t I .lnn 



m h mineral 





region, and varimw 

 i and opera! rd. 

 larp arva with vj 

 Qd has no settlements of imjwrtanc*. It 



one ewk-the Wilthimj fmii which 

 in gold baa been takm within a dav 

 of t milea, The I'aiMar 



. 



whole weaurn portion of th 



SSwT^oil 01 r a 



Ike beginning of 1(07 there wet* over tft d 



At Ihr 



S: 

 and copper aboumU at 



hr main land. A ledge of 



!..._ I.L 



r.-ad n..tr,| , > . .rp 

 and a - tHng worked on the Canediin nor: 



drr.fthe province at a place ceiled / 

 figures, prepareq by the 



frnJIttN to the Iwginning of IWI \ 



$8177jM9 ', silver* 



Mingstot. 



f I-.- 



lumbia are very valuable. During the sssinni of 

 the- runs M bri k 



maybeiven packetl wlthmaamf of 

 way to the {iawning ground*. The 

 tier of the canneries where th* 



in the more northern part of the province. There 

 are 00 canneries in the nrovince, each employing 

 about 000 men lie season. Keen cannery 



cosU from $80.000 to $40.000. equipped, so that 

 about $2,000.000 are thus invested. In 1W8 the 

 i to f 104.097: : |71Hj5ft: 



n. I-'- to $1.078,088; in 1890 to $8,407.48*; in 

 1894 to $8.9A4^3K To this should be 

 ' halibut, sturffeoo, herring, eolac 



. of 



..-: : '-: 



nt,Hl to M.781 

 < i own Lanwa,-Crt,wn land* in 

 bia are clansified as either surveyed or 

 and mav be acquired by entry at the 



. any person who is the I 

 of a family, a widow, or a single man over eighteen 

 years of age and a British snbj. 



v n lands on making a declaration uf'thnr 



i ion to become British subjecta, The quantity 



I that may be recorded or pre-empted mast 



not exceed 890 acres northward ami eastward of the 



le or ( 'oeM mountains, or 160 acres in the rrat 



-.;.-,. V ; - ,- ., .. . 



pre-emption claim at a time and prior record or pre- 

 emption of one claim, and all right* under it/are 



i* a valley ft* 



tfl rtM\ an>i Irnt prai- tini 



sources. It contain* much bw game, and ha* 



.tUI. and 



M ; .:, r.il I'! ...In, I lei 

 nr.- the famoti 



Pur; nee Team a nrw nnnetue baa 



. 



an< (her claim. I .and, recorded or pre-en|4rd can 

 not be transferred or oonvevrd till aft. r a Crown 

 grant ha* hern bMir,!. Such* land, until 

 grant i* tnrd. is held by occupation, and t) 

 cu|tioo must be a eofta/a** personal resioeneeof 



c land within th. rt > 

 and muM continur 



longer period than two months 

 r or famil is deemed cee- 

 may be 



ur month* in 



granted not r\creli 



iiirtead Krrnlation,-Farm and bnild- 

 Jin not be takrn f- r debt m> 

 < n. and an* f rr* from erf- 

 to a ralue not grralrr than 

 haltrU am alo free up to $,V\ while eel 

 < on sharr- are abo protected by an 

 prloneat 



