Nicomen Island

NICOMEN ISLAND  () , 70 km east of VANCOUVER on the north side of the FRASER R between MISSION and AGASSIZ, was an early FRASER VALLEY farming district (see AGRICULTURE). James Codville ran a roadhouse during the GOLD RUSH and opened BC's first rural post office, Codville Landing, in 1865. Several French Canadian settlers farmed here in the 1880s, and Sam McDonald started a cattle ranch. This fertile island, 15 km long, provides important...

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