One Handred Mile House is a in Canada located in the Caribou Regional District on the south Caribou Plateau in British Columbia .
| District municipality | |
| One Handred Mile House | |
|---|---|
| 100 Mile House | |
| A country |  Canada |
| Provinces | British columbia |
| The mayor | Mitch Campsall |
| History and Geography | |
| Based | 1862 |
| District municipality with | 1965 |
| Square | 53.29 km² |
| Center height | 927 m |
| Population | |
| Population | 1 886 people ( 2011 ) |
| Density | 35.4 people / km² |
| 100milehouse.ca (English) | |
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History
Originally, the city bore the name Bridge Creek House in honor of the Bridge Creek flowing through it. The city was founded as a settlement, consisting of a small number of houses owned by Thomas Miller and serving as a transit point for travelers on the way from Kamloops to during the gold rush . The city got its current name during the Caribou gold rush, when in 1862 a roadside hotel was erected at a distance of 100 miles (160 kilometers) from .
In 1930, Lord Martin Cecil, 7th Marquis of Exeter , came to One Handred Mile House to manage the estates of his father, William Cecil, 5th Marquis of Exeter. The population of One Handred-Mile House, which at that time consisted only of a hotel, postal and telegraph offices and a power station, was 12 people. The hotel building burned out in 1937 [1] .
Economics
The main industries in the village are logging and animal husbandry . The construction of wooden houses and tourism are also important .
One Handred Mile House serves the number of people ten times its population. Lac La Hash , Forest Grove , Lone Butt , Horse Lake , Bridge Lake , Seventy Mile House , Canim Lake and One Handred Aite Mile Ranch served as service centers [2] .
Geography
Localities located nearby:
- to the north - Lac La Hash (26 km), One Handred Fifti Mile House (77 km), Williams Lake (91 km), McLeise Lake (135 km), Quesnel (210 km) and Prince George (329 km).
- to the northeast is Bridge Lake (56 km).
- to the south are Seventy Mile House (40 km), Clinton (72 km), Cash Creek (112 km), Spences Bridge (159 km) and Vancouver (456 km).
35 km northeast of One Handred Mile House is the large Canim Lake.
Climate
| Climate One Handred Mile House (data from 1971-2000) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | Jan | Feb | March | Apr | May | June | July | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Absolute maximum, ° C | 12.0 | 13.5 | 21.0 | 30,0 | 34.5 | 34.5 | 35.5 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 29.0 | 18.3 | 12.5 | 36.0 |
| Average maximum, ° C | −3.2 | 1,6 | 6.6 | 12.0 | 16.6 | 20,0 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 18.2 | 11.2 | 2.2 | −2.8 | 10.7 |
| Average temperature, ° C | −8.4 | −4.2 | 0.2 | 5,0 | 9,4 | 12.8 | 15,2 | 14.8 | 10,4 | 4.8 | −2.3 | −7.7 | 4.2 |
| Average minimum ° C | −13.5 | −10.1 | −6.2 | −2.1 | 2.0 | 5,6 | 7.4 | 6.5 | 2.5 | −1.6 | −6.7 | −12.5 | −2.4 |
| Absolute minimum, ° C | −44.5 | −40.5 | −37.8 | −15 | −9 | −4 | −1.5 | −6 | −10 | −32 | −40.5 | −48 | −48 |
| Precipitation rate, mm | 38.1 | 23,4 | 16.6 | 23.6 | 40.9 | 56.6 | 59.7 | 45.4 | 33.8 | 29.2 | 39.2 | 46.9 | 453.3 |
| Source: Environment Canada [3] | |||||||||||||
Notes
- ↑ 100 Mile House - History . Date of treatment September 11, 2013.
- ↑ 100 Mile House (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment September 11, 2013. Archived December 3, 2013.
- ↑ Canadian Climate Normals 1971-2000 Station Data . Environment Canada. Date of treatment September 11, 2013.