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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.