Chilancoh Ranch Ltd, Redstone, BC

Chilancoh Ranch is a historic cattle ranch pioneered by Hugh Peel Lane Bayliff in 1886. In those days, everything was done by hand and with horses. In the winter, animals were mainly pastured in the river valley, on the range and in swamp meadows, with a little extra hay fed in the deepest of winter. There were no processed feeds, additives, hormones or antibiotics, and no synthetic fertilizers, herbicides or pesticides. A large number of people worked on the ranch in those days as there was a lot of work to accomplish and labour was cheap. They worked very hard physically, without tractors, and animals lived or died based on their health and hardiness. The herd was very well adapted to this environment.