Back to nature in comfort _
at aranch for all seasons __,.::;.

‘Who does not yearn to return to
the outdoors and experience
adventure, the wilderness, back-
to-nature and the spirit of the
pioneers...without too much
discomfort, of course?

108 Ranch, in the heartland of
the South Cariboo, can fill that
desire for dad and the youngsters
to play at being a “part-time”
cowboy and ride those wide open
spaces, while mom can shoot a

quiet round of golf.

From the warmth of a clear
blue Cariboo summer's day to the
sparkling chill of a day in snow
season, the Ranch Resort provides
a variety of recreational pursuits
with a range that appeals to
everyone; in addition to the
comfort provided by a modern
Motor-Lodge boasting over sixty
well-appointed rooms and
executive suites,

108 Ranch is a self-contained
resort, providing such services as
a nearby post office and general
store, as well as.a full-service
restaurant facility; the 108
Clubhouse, which features a
range of good eating from
gourmet to wholesome ranch-type
cooking.

Easily approachable by all
modern means of transportation,
due to its proximity to the
Cariboo Trail (Highway 97), an
all-weather highway serving the
Cariboo-Chilcotin and the north
country, as weil as- British
Columbia Railway, which

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operates a Budd car service to
interior points and by Pacific
Western Airlines through
Williams Lake and Kamloops.
The Ranch provides a pickup
_Service to both the railway station
in nearby 100 Mile House and the

airports.
Alrstrip available

Airstrip facility at thé 108
Ranch is a 5,200 foot paved DOT
approved runway, capable of
servicing large charter aircraft.
Refueling facilities are. also
available.

Less modern easaaailon is
also available to ranch guests. The
108 Express, a stagecoach replica
of those wagons which once plied
the Cariboo Wagon Road during
the goldrush days, is available for
rides: while another feature isthe .
old time hay-ride back into the
campground area for a barbecue,
western music and a sing-a-long.

Now every ranch in the Cariboo:
countfy must have horses and the
108 is no exception. A string of
fifty head is available to the
guests, and both the capabilities
of the rider and mount can be
matched to each other. Trail and
hay rides are a speciality and these
are tailored to the ability of the
rider.

The resident wrangler will see
that everyone is ‘checked out’’,
and that the amateur cowpokes
get a real Cariboo experience
during their stay. This summer,
overnight rides are being planned

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into the ‘‘high’’ country for the
more adventurous new pioneer. °

For those who are not quite
atuned to the Western bent, an 18
hole PGA ‘championship course
awaits the golfer. Facilities in-
clude a pro shop carrying a full
line of equipment, including
rental ‘clubs and. carts, driving
range and an indoor range
complete. with video tape
camera...where the golf pro can
show you exactly what is wrong
with your style.

If you prefer tennis, the tennis
instructor awaits you with five
counts at your service, including
an automatic ball machine to
sharpen up that rusty return.

The spectacular view of the
“Big Country’? — from both your
room and the Clubhouse — will
only whet your appetitie to ex-
plore this land of aspen and
lodgepole pine ridges, open
pastureland with its characteristic
Russell and Snake fences.

Nature Walk ©

‘If “the.:;desire to explore is

strong, a/‘nature walk’’ along the
“Walker * Valley can‘ be most

is the site of a Ducks Unlimited
project; which resulted in the
formation of a number of
“‘sloughs*’ with control dams plus
a seeding program, which has
provided a feeding and breeding
area for migratory wildfowl.

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This year, Stampede lights a party candle for Alberta's 75th
Birthday. 1980 is “Homecoming” year and the. Calgary
Stampede is packing reunion-style excitement into ten dazzling

days of fun_and thrills.

Wish a wonder and it's yours!
” Huge downtown kickoff parade. Internationat World Cup
Rodeo. World Championship Chuckwagon Races.

Spectacular outdoor

ge shows. Giant whoop ‘n

whirl midway. A citywide e white Hat welcome with
dancing in the streets, flapjack breakfasts,

fireworks and more!

It’s a birthday banquet of adventure

Raaress

and memories. Share in it.
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Riding at 108 Ranch.

Many species can be seen here,
ranging from Canada Geese to the
smaller ducks — such as buf-
flehead, golden eye and a host of
others. On occasions, whistling
swans can be seen on Watson
Lake.

The Cariboo is home to many
bald eagles, hawks of all
description, as well as many other
types of wildlife including the
coyote, whose distinctive howl
may cut through a still moonlit
evening in answer to the plaintive
call of the loon.

Fishing country is nearby — in

the heart of the Cariboo Lake’

district — where you can cast or
troll a different lake each day with
a high rate of success. Rainbow,

brook-trout abound and the
larger lakes can provide a real
sport with twenty or thirty pound
lake trout — known locally as
char. Many lakes also have
kokanee, the small land-locked
salmon, which will give the angler
a tussle. Several lakes claim fresh
water ling cod, which although
not a “sporting” fish can also
provide a different taste for the
table. :

Fly: plane? a “Big Coun-
try” speciality, can also be
arranged with a charter-service
aircraft at the door to whisk you
back into the high country and
those lakes undisturbed by other
forms of human traffic.

Reno & Vegas nearby

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Fremont, who visited the region in
the mid-80's, had pooh-poohed
the town’s prospects. Despite
that, its early main street was
named after him. Things indeed
looked grim — but along came the
Union Pacific, building toward
the western ocean and, in retum
for a promise of making Las
Vegas something more than a
whistle-stop, the promoters were
granted a large parcel of land,
Very promptly, a real estate boom
was sponsored by the promoters
who, in one day alone sold 1200
lots for the princely sum of
$265,000!

Now-a-days, that is less than an
average evening’s ‘take’ in most
casinos on The Strip...casinos
which have made the name of the
city synonymous with ‘fun’? —
or “sin”!

But gambling, considered a sin
“by some, is not the only thing the
city of Las Vegas has to offer.
Where the moral life of its 800
souls who resided there in 1909
was tended by two churches, its

half-million citizens of teday

worship in 150 churches!...more

per capita, claim the locals, than
any other city of the world!

There are several museums in
and around Las Vegas, with
absorbing displays and
demonstrations of archeology,
natural history, minerals, and
zoological findings of the region,
in all of which the area is rich.

A visit is encouraged to nearby
Hoover Dam, one of the world’s
largest; and Lake Mead offers 500
miles of shoreline: perfect for
swimming bathing, pic-
nicking and einai the lake
itself well suited for boating, and
fishing.

And within a 50-mile radius are
other attractions: Bonnie Springs,
an Old West town restored to

Fire State Park, with its hidden
canyons, rock formations, and

towns like SNe. Potosi,
Goodsprings, Sandy Valley.

Howto get there!

Getting to Reno or Las Vegas is easy. By family car, camper or
with trailer unit paved highways lead from all points -in the
Western provinces, Buses, on daily schedules are available for
both individuals, or for touring groups, some packaged with
hotel costs included. Amtrac trains serve both cities, although not
as directly; while, again for individuals or parties, with. packaged
tours available, air transportation is available from major cities
in B.C. and Alberta. Your travel agent can provide several
choices of tours, or details will be sent promptly on request by
Reno Chamber of COmmeree or Las Vegas Convention &

Visitors Authority.

Alberta’s Homecoming 1980
a good time to sight-see_ .

“Alberta's first visitors came’in
1754 in search of beaver pelts and
to Alberta’s

Homecoming during.~ 1980
probably won’t be looking for

across ‘the
historical

the face of the high cliffs.
In 1754, several Blackfoot led

: Anthony Henday, a scout sent by

the Hudson’s Bay Company, up a
hill just north of the present town
of Innisfail. The spot is marked
where Henday became the first
white man to see the spectacular
Canadian Rockies. Since then
countless visitors from ail over
the world have visited the
mountain resorts of Alberta,
including three of Canada’s best
known national parks, Banff,-
Jasper and Waterton Lakes.

The Hudson’s Bay Company
traders. had little difficulty in
persuading the Indigns to sell their
pelts. In 1795 the Company
established a fort on the banks of
the Saskatchewan River, Fort
Edmonton, which quickly became
avital centre for the fur trade.

stands.on the original site of the
fort, but an extensive recon-
struction of the early trading post
and a pioneer town’s main street
are open to visitors in nearby Fort
Edmonton Park. Entering the fort
is like stepping into the daily life
of Canada’s adventurers and

pioneers.

Just outside the town of Rocky
Mountain House (200 km south-
west of Edmonton), stands all
that remains of a string of fur
trading forts established by the
rival fur companies, Hudson’s
Bay and the North West Com-
pany. The site, now one of
Canada’s National Historic
Parks, contains replicas of the
York boats and Red River carts
which were so essential to the
traders of the period. ~

The missionaries, meanwhile,

established in 1866, has been
restored a3 a museum complete
with artifacts of the area and can

be seen at Dunvegan, north of

Grand Prairie on Highway 2.

. At St. Albert, one of the oldest
communities in ‘Alberta, the
original Roman’ Catholic log

too has been converted into a
museum, i
Other early settlers came with
trade on their minds — but they,
were selling whiskey. They
into. the

notorious of these forts — Fort
Whoop-up has been built in
Indian Battle Park on the out-
skirts of the city of Lethbridge.
Visitors are welcome to catch a
glimpse of one of the’ rowdier.
Periods of Canada’s history,

‘The rowdiness soon came to the
attention of the new government
in Ottawa who promptly recruited
members of the North West
Mounted. Police (NWMP) and
despatched them on foot and

horseback over 4,800 km (3000

miles) .to ‘the scene of the
turbances. = -
surprisingly, the

chose the site of Fort Macleod just.
west of Lethbridge, where they
could ee. an eye on

situation. Fort ‘Macleod now
exists in replica and houses: an
excellent museum of the NWMP.
and the pioneer days. -

The completion of the
Canadian Pacific Railroad as far
as Calgary in. 1883, and con-
necting lines to Edmonton and

‘Macleod in the early 1900s,

opened vast new tracts of fertile
land to settlement. ~
Most of Alberta’s carly settlers
came with what little they could
cary, packed into “‘first class’”
‘oad carriages with slatted-
Heiter seats, bare bunks (bedding
was’ an optional extra), and
whatever food they had. brousht:

= but not always fuel.
Twenty dollar fare

* It wasn’t huxury, but the fare
from Montreal to Vancouver was
just $20 and a quarter section of
land (160 acres) could ‘be bought
for the railroad for just $10 From
the government it was free, in
sonar for three years residence
and. clearing). One of those old

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railway cars sits in Calgary's
Heritage Park, just as if the
settlers had just disembarked.

The new life “wasn't © easy.
Homes were often built out of sod
or logs chinked against the in-
cessant prairie winds. Heritage

. Park. also contains: a. re-

construction of a ‘‘soddy’’ which
Proved to be surprisingly coo! in
summer, but warm in winter.

By 1905 there were about one
million residents to celebrate with
parades and banners flying as the
ee Ty joiried the young nation

The province “has come a long
way since then. Oil, wheat and
cattle have combined. with the
strength and energy of the-people
to spell “Boom Times” across the
province,

Alberta has had a- proud past
and .looks forward. to a

fut Present

and
former residents and friends from
all over the world are now

anniversary and you
to join in! Come for the special

events, the festivals,

the

Pageanttry. Come for the fun of it.

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