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WATERFRONT PROPERTIES
MLS N221868 ONE OF HORSE LAKES FINEST Waterfront homes. This 13 year old one owner custom built home is over 6500 sq. ft. Consisting of 2 Master Bdrms on top floor. An additional 2 Bdrms on top floor. 7 Balconies all facing the lake. An over sized kitchen,formal dining room,and living room,a stunning library finished in oak and 3rd bathroom on main. A fully finished basement with room for 4 more bdrms. Also a fully enclosed hot tub room. Plus a 300 sq ft guest cabin. Call for your private viewing. L-6287 $795,000 Horse Lake RC/BH
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MLS N220094 A CARIBOO DREAM!! 167 acres of total privacy & peace & quiet on a pristine fishing lake (approx. 4500 feet of waterfront). Included are 2 Islands! Beautiful set up includes almost new 3 bedroom log home with in-floor radiant heat on both floors, real nice guest cabin (27x28), several log storage sheds. Post & beam wkshop (36x26) with in-floor radiant heat + 2 60amp breaker boxes. Sawmill with steel container + storage building. Log chicken coop. Productive garden with raised log beds. Large sundeck overlooking the lake. Lots of different uses possible: Farm, Ranch, Resort (when rezoned), or just enjoy it the way it is. Could be subdivided! This is a beautiful property with a unique setup and only 20 min. to 100 Mile House. L-6221 $1,200,000 100 Mile House FR
MLS N231397 FAMILY HOMESTEAD! 170 acres on 2 titles on the shores of Canim Lake. Two heritage homes, large shop, and numerous outbuildings. Almost 200 ft of beautiful level lakefront, artesian well, irrigated hayfields and large timbered area. Possibility of purchasing 50 % with one home 80 acs and approx 1000 ft water frontage. Call L/B for details and viewing. L-6660 $1,350,000. Canim Lake WW
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The History of 100 Mile House
MLS N231275 132 ACRES FARM LAND plus a new custom built 2629 sq ft home on this sunny waterfront property on Horse Lake. This level deluxe home has 4 bedrooms – the top level bedrooms all have ensuites. 1 bdrm and full bath on the main floor. Granite counter top and Maple cabinets in the kitchen and bathrooms. Triple glaze windows and crown moldings throughout the home. Triple detached garage for the toys. Enjoy swimming, fishing or just walking the acreage on your own 2600 foot long natural bay. This property as a small yearly income for selling hay. L-6667 $3,800,000. Horse Lake BH
A TIMELINE
We are very grateful to Mr. Gary Babcock , retired Ainsworth Forester, for providing information about 100 Mile House & area history.
1859: The discovery of gold on the Horsefly River by Peter Dunlevey starts the Cariboo Gold Rush. The junction of Bridge Creek and Little Bridge Creek is a favourite resting place and watering hole for fur traders traveling the Fort Alexandria, Fort George, Fort St. John and Fort Kamloops circuit. The original stopping house is known as Bridge Creek House.
1918: The
1863: The
who work on the 15,000 acre ranch. The lumber for the lodge comes from the small sawmill Syd Stephenson had erected a mile or two away on Bridge Creek.
Cariboo Wagon Road from Yale north to Soda Creek is completed. William J. Roper pre-empts 320 acres a few miles north of Bridge Creek, and builds a log roadhouse (108 Hotel) north of the road.
1864: Coaches, mule trains and freight wagons move passen-
gers and supplies along the 480-km route, a 52-hour voyage. Bridge Creek House, 100 miles from the jumping off place on the route to fortune (Lillooet), is renamed 100 Mile House. These coaches travel up and down the Cariboo for 50 years until 1915, the end of the stagecoach era.
1872: Thomas
Miller and David Pratt purchase the 100 Mile house and then sell it to Hamilton in 1880.
1887: Indian
Reserve Commissioner O’Reilly creates Canim Lake Indian Reserve lands, 47 miles northeast of 100 Mile House
PGE (Pacific Great Eastern) begins building their railroad from North Vancouver to Squamish, and onward through to Prince George, connecting the Cariboo to the coast. The highest point on the line was Lone Butte where today one of the only two remaining water towers in the province exists.
1932: The Lodge is built by Martin Cecil to house the cowboys
1937: The original five buildings of the 100 Mile House Ranch
1904: Captain
Geoffrey Lancelot Watson builds the “Watson Manor” at Watson Lake, and turns his attention to ranching. He is a breeder of purebred Clydesdale horses and Highland Cattle.
1908: McNeil House is built at 105 Mile House. This house was moved to the 108 Heritage Site in 1979.
1908: The large log Clydesdale Barn - the largest log barn in
1969: Block
Brothers (H&R Block) purchase the 108 Mile Ranch and develop it into a resort community. Today, the 108 Mile Ranch is one of the largest subdivisions in the South Cariboo with a population of over 2,600.
1970: Stan Halcro Memorial Arena is built. Ainsworth Lumber Co. builds its first electrical sawmill at Chasm.
1944: The
1980: 100 Mile Free Press newspaper office burns down, most
Jens brothers begin a small sawmill out at Canim Lake. Abundant stands of timber throughout the South Cariboo draw dozens of port-able sawmill owners in the late 40’s and 50’s.
1949: In
order to establish dwellings in the 100 Mile House area, the Jens brothers enter into a leasing agreement with Lord Martin Cecil. The lease agreement proves to be the first of many from the 15,000 acre estate, which included all of what is now the District of 100 Mile House.
of what was the original Cariboo Wagon Road. Communities such as Forest Grove, Lone Butte and Lac la Hache are bigger than 100 Mile House at this time. Mile House gets its first RCMP officer, Constable Ron Duncan. Also, the first airplane lands on a grass strip that was the future site of the 100 Mile Airport.
1953: Cariboo Electricity Generation Plant is built and oper-
ated by Ross Marks and Dave Oshanek. It is taken over BC Hydro in 1956.
1955: First Volunteer Fire Department starts, with Chief Ross Marks.
Canada - is built by Gilbert Monroe of Ashcroft, for Captain Watson.
1957-58: The 100 Mile Elementary School is built and opens.
1912: The Marquess of Exeter buys the 15,000 acre 100 Mile
House
1957: First
comes to 100 Mile House. CKBX (The Wolf) Radio goes on the air. records and newspaper archives are lost.
1981: The first Cariboo Marathon X-Country Ski Race is held. 1987: Ainsworth
Lumber Co. buys out Evans Forest Products plants in Lillooet, Savona, and Donald, British Columbia.
1989: Ainsworth Exeter site.
Lumber Co. builds a Strand Board Plant at
1997: 100
Mile House Fire Chief Bob Paterson died while responding to an accident on the 108 Mile Hill. He is the only fire chief in BC history to have ever died in the line of duty. Firefighters from all over BC come with their fire trucks to participate in a procession in his honour.
2002:West division.
Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. buys Ainsworth’s Chasm
2003: The new South Cariboo Recreation Centre is built. 2004: West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. buys the Weldwood Division Sawmill at Exeter Site.
doctor, Rod Nixon, opens a practice in 100 Mile
House spread. C.G. Cowan of Kamloops manages the property for the Marquess until 1930 when the Marquess’ 21 year old son, Lord Martin Cecil, moves to Canada to assume control.
1965: The town of 100 Mile House incorporates when the lease
1912: The Great Eastern Railway reaches the Cariboo.
1966: The present Red Coach Inn is built.
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and Overwaitea opens.
1971: Safeway
1901: Stevenson Brothers sell lumber to road crews working on 1952: 100 improvements to the Cariboo Road.
1967: Canada’s Centennial year. Centennial Park is dedicated,
catch fire and the roadhouse, with its sixteen bedrooms, burns to the ground. The Lodge which is still in use today becomes the new stopping house.
1899: Sydney Stephenson sets up a saw mill on Bridge Creek in 1951: Construction and paving of Highway 97 begins, over most 100 Mile House to process the abundance of timber available in the areas as a result of land clearing for agriculture. It is located beside a waterfall, and powered by a water-driven turbine.
1966: The 100 Mile House Hospital opens.
property is offered for sale to the tenants of the estate.
The Spirit of the West Find out how people in earlier days traveled and go for a horse drawn wagon ride or explore this magnificent and diverse region on horseback.