108 MILE RANCH
Is
a small community, 12 kilometers north of 100 Mile House on Highway #97.
Mostly
a residential community for residents who work in 100 Mile House, 108 Mile
Ranch is named after its location from Lillooet along the Old
Cariboo Wagon Road
Although
its history dates back to the 1860s, 108 Mile Ranch’s modern origins came to
fruition in 1969 when the Block Brothers, especially Henry Block (the person
who founded the tax preparation company H&R Block) bought well over 40
square miles of working ranchland from the Monical Family for the idea of
developing a model growing community which included building a golf course, resort,
airport, and community hall.
Since
the mid-1980s, and in spite of being unincorporated through out its existence, 108
Mile Ranch is one of the Cariboo Region’s fastest-growing communities with a
population rate of about 25%.
The
older part of the community is home to the 108 Mile Historical Site where there
are a number of buildings that date back to the early-1900s including a barn,
store, ice house, post office and a log-home church which was actually built in
2007.
108 Mile Ranch’s population: 2,488
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