The Oroville weekly gazette. [volume] (Oroville, Wash.) 1905-19??, 1909-06-18
|ONE OF OFOURATTRACT|ONS
Dsoyoos Lake Stretching to
the Northward From the
! Town OF Oroville.
GEM OF 0KANOGAN VALLEY
IN Ideal Summer Resort for Those
Searching for Pleasure, Recre-
d alton and Renewed Health.

We would not venture the assertion
hat there are any number of residents
Oroville who do not know that one
the most charming among the innu-
herable fresh water lakes of this north
in country adjoips the corporate linn
3 of this place, yet it is safe to say
bat only comparatively few of them
billy realize, or have considered, the
ttractive, appealing beauties of that
elightful body of limpid water. Few
Dwns are so fortunate as to possess
hch an attraction within Immediate
zach, and the time will come when
bis gem of the Okanogan valley,
boyoos lake, will be the load stone to
eaw to this place people from afar to
bjoy summers sojourn upon its
HOres. Osoyoos lake may only be an
tpansion of the Okanogan river, but
e expansion is so great that the river
yes its identity for miles in the broad
5eet of water that fills the valley al
bst from mountain range that fringes
kh shores east and west. The lake
bends for a number of miles to the
rth. Only some four miles and a
NJ of it is in Washington, the bal
zee in British Columbia. The water
fpure, clear and of exquisite color,
ID whether placid under the summer
5nshine, roughed by the storm, or
implied by the stars at night, it is al
hys lovely to look upon. For boating,
bathing, or for fishing it cannot be
kcelled. In many places sandy beaches
|ith gradual sloping bottom, are ideal
Athing spots. At other points the
links drop off abruptly into almost
Athomless depths. There are many
aces along the shores where summer
buses could be erected, and where in
bars to come people will seek haven
! rest and recreation during the sum
Ter months. 1t is an asset to the town
hat few have ever realized, and an at
Faction that will attract more and
1Ore as the country settles up and be-
Dmes older.
1 A drive around the lake to Osoyoos
= a pleasant and a pleasing outing, ,and
"trip to that point by boat is still
reater pleasure. Osoyoos, named
tier the lake, is the location of the
ID British Columbia custom house,
|hd is mile or more above the inter-
htional line. At that place "A narrow
|eck of land juts out from the east side,
Daving only narrow channel seper-
1ing the two shores. A wagon bridge
bans this channel. The lake again
5idens out, extending almost to Fair
Jew. At the south end, at the town
4 Oroville, the water is discharged
brough the Okanogan river. Along
be shores of the lake, where the land
favorable, there are several attrac-
I've homes, surrounded by well kept
nd thrifty orchards. Wherever wa
er has been put upon the land there
jegetatiOn grows rank and luxurious,
fuits reaching the very acme. of per
ection. On this side of the line there
J not great deal of land susceptible
3 irrigation, except near Oroville, but
fom a short distance this side of the
)nstom house, and extending far up
hto British Columbia, there are hun
|reds of acres that can, and very soon
rill, be put under water. Among the
|eclaimed tracts of land, on the east
ide of the lake, at the mouth of Nine
bile creek, is one of great interest to
he visitor owing to the glamor OF its
Issociations and the many years it has
)een occupied. 1t is the old Okanogan
)mith place. Pioneer in the truest
ense of the word, because he was one
I the very first white settlers in the
|Duntry, stockma1, miner, politician
b his time Okanogan Smith was one
u the best known men in the state
)ince his death the old place has faller
)nto decay and its former glory depart
ID, but the evidence of Smiths early
Duplication is still present. The spot
y an oasis on the lake shore and a
Popular resort for picnic parties.
Osoyoos lake is one of our show spot;
Mat the people take more interest il
md extract more pleasure from. Al
feady there are several launches ano
many row boats on the lake, but there
)hould be more. There is no recre