Chesaw
Take this 44 mile side trip out to a historic orchard and a small mining settlement.
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Hiram Smith's original orchard is located at Smith Point on the sloping hills which border the east side of Lake Osoyoos, a few miles south of the Canadian border. Hiram Smith started an orchard in 1858 on his homestead with 1200 small apple trees from Fort Hope. Eventually, he planted 24 acres of apples on the slopes along the east shore of the lake. Smith later added eight acres of...
Learn more about Smith OrchardA small mining settlement, was named in honor of a Chinese man who, with his Native American wife, lived here in the early days. Their hospitable house welcomed the few white and Native American travelers on trips through the north country. Agriculture supports the scattered population. It was one of many towns in the county that started as mining camps in the 1890s. A post office was established there January...
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