Empire Valley Ranch

EMPIRE VALLEY RANCH is one of the oldest and once one of the largest ranches in BC. Located on the west side of the FRASER R south of the GANG RANCH, it began on a small scale in the 1880s and expanded in the 1920s under the ownership of Henry Koster Sr. Koster consolidated the Empire Valley land with the Canoe Creek Ranch on the east side of the river as the BC Cattle Co Ltd. At that time the ranch ran 3,000 head of cattle on 202.5 sq km. The properties were divided in 1953. Empire Valley...

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