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COLONY FARM: 592 acres of prime farm land on the edge of a world class city with a metropolitan population of about 2 million.

2 Approximately 16 miles or 40 minutes to downtown Vancouver. * Approximately 20 miles from Vancouver International Airport. * Direct access to Freeway

(Hiwy.401) and major agricultural service centres.

The vendor, the British Columbia Buildings Corporation, is accepting offers on this unique acreage.

COLONY FARM: a unique opportunity to carry on the tradition of one of the truly great bistorical farms in British Columbia.

*& Colony Farm has a long and proud history as one of the most diversified farms in British Columbia.

4 The lands were purchased by the provincial government in 1904 (0 establish a farm that could produce food for the nearby mental health institution and also provide a work-rehabilitation program for patients.

x For 72 vears, Colony Farm supplied regional institutions with a wide range of high quality meat, dairy, fruit and vegetable products. The rich, alluvial soils produced excellent forage fora Holstein dairy herd, Clydesdale work horses and Horned Dorset sheep. Purebred Yorkshire swine supplernented the Farm's livestock operations, During the height of its operation, Colony Farm also included vegetable and dairy processing facilities.

+ Asan active participant in the agricultural community, Colony Farm provided

a training ground for young farmners and earned numerous awards at regional agricult..cal fairs and exhibitions.

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Colony Farm gained an early reputation for innovative livestock management. It was the

first farm in B.C. to practice artificial insermination and became world-renowned as a

master breeder of award-winning Holstein cattle.