Landforms of British Columbia 1976 - Department of Geography

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PLAIT3 XXVIIIB. (52) Interior Plateau, Okanagan Highland. Looking east past. Wallace Mountain and across the Okanagan Highland.--. .-----.Following 97 XXVIIIc. (53) Columbia Mountains, Cariboo Mountains. Looking southwestward up Dare River in the Cariboo Mountains---..---- ~~--~----~~~.~~~~~~~~-~---~~~~----~~~~~..~-~~~~~~--------~~----- -----------Following 97 XXIXA. (54) Columbia Mountains, Monashee Mountains. Looking northward along the Monashee Mountains from the head of Cayenne Creek .----.- -- ----- ---- ----..--- - ------------.---.-. Following 97 XXIXB. (55) Columbia Mountains, Selkirk Mountains. Looking south XXX. past Ymir Mountain in the Nelson Range...-..---.-Following !v (56) Columbia Mountains, Selkirk Mountains. Looking northeastward over Goldstream River across the Selkirk Moun- . tains to Argonaut Mountain -.----- ----- -- -----..-..----.. Following 97 XXXIA. (57) Columbia Mountains, Purcell Mountains. Looking northward along the western side of the Purcell Mountains.-.-- , ~.-------- -.--------- ---- -.----- ---- ---.-- --- ---.-.....- -- ----.-----.-..--.- Following 97 XXXIB. (58) Liard Plateau. Looking northeastward across the Liard Plateau near the head of Grayling River .---..-..... Following 97 XXXIIA. (59) Rocky Mountains, Rabbit Plateau. Looking northward across the low wooded ridges of the Rabbit Plateau-+--. ~~-------- -...--. ------- -...-- -~------..-~----- -.....-.- -- --.-..----..-...-. Following 97 XXXIIB. (60) Rocky Mountains, Border Ranges. Looking northwestward in the MacDonald Ranges .---------------.-----Following 97 XXXIIIA. (61) Rocky Mountains, Border Ranges. Looking north up the Flathead Valley to the western front of the Clarke Range . ..- -..-.- . . . . ..-..-... -- -.-...-- ------- -..-- --------~~~-~~----- ---.-..- ----Following 97 XXXIIIB. (62) Rocky Mountains, Front Ranges. Looking northward along the Front Ranges of the Rocky Mountains on the British Columbia-Alberta Border at Crowsnest Pass....--.. ---.~- Following 97 XXXIVA. (63) Rocky Mountains, Fernie Basin. Looking north in the Fernie Basin south of Natal.... .~~.-..------~--~..~---- Following 97 XXXIVB. (64) Rocky Mountains, Kootenay (Western) Ranges. Looking northwestward along the western side of the Brisco Range near Radium Hot Springs-- ----..--- -- ----: -.-.------... Following 97 XXXVA. (65) Rocky Mountains, Park (Main) Ranges. Looking northeastward up the upper Fraser River to Mount Robson..---. --- Following 97 XXXVB. (66) Rocky Mountains, Park (Main) Ranges. Looking northeastward across the Park (Main) Ranges of the Rocky Mountains near McBride.-- ----- -.-.-.- ------ -.-...-.- -----.Following 97 XXXVIA. (67) Rocky Mountains, Park (Main) Ranges. Looking east across the upper White River to the stratiform mountains in the vicinity of Mount Abruzzi in the Park (Main) Ranges .----------~~~~------------~..-------------~~.~---------~~-~--..Following 97 XXXVIB. (68) Rocky Mountains, Hart Ranges. Looking northeastward up Hominka River and across the Misinchinka Ranges.-.-- -.--- Following 97 XXXVIIA. (69) Rocky Mountains, Muskwa Ranges. Looking southward from the junction of Vents River and the Liard at the northern end of the Terminal Range-.. . . . ..-.------ Following 97 11 PAQB
PLATE XXXVIIB. (70) Rocky Mountain Foothills. Looking westward across the inner foothills at the head of Belcourt Creek..-.-.Following 9,+ XXXVIII. (71) Alberta Plateau. Looking southwest across a remnant of the upland surface of the Alberta Plateau..-..-.....Following ,w XXXIXA. (72) Rocky Mountain Foothills. Looking southwestward from XXXIXB. Minaker River across the Rocky Mountain Foothills between the Besa and Prophet Rivers------..------------.Following 97 (73) Alberta Plateau. Looking west across the cultivated prairie in the vicinity of Rolla..~..----------~~---~-------------.Following 97 XLA. (74) Fort Nelson Lowland. Looking east across the Fort Nelson Lowland at the junction of the Kahntah and Fontas Rivers.----------------- ------ -- ..-...-.-. ----------------------------.Following 97 XLB. (75) Fort Nelson Lowland. Looking across the surface of the Fort Nelson Lowland with its characteristic lakes, muskeg, and stunted spruce-~-~-- .-...-..-. -----------~-- . . . -----~-----.Following 97 XLIA. (76) Glaciation. Looking west over Llewellyn Glacier in the Boundary Ranges at the south end of Atlin Lake ..-.-..-....-. -.~---.-.- --.- -~.- -.... -~ ..-- -~-~------------- -... ~~.---- ----- -------------.Following 97 XLIB. (77) Glaciation. Looking northeast toward Pagoda Peak in the Nuit Range near the head of Mosley Creek ..-.-.Following 97 XLIIA. (78) Glaciation. Looking westward up Tiedemann Glacier to Mount Wadd~gton.--.------------~~~-~~~---..~.~-------------- Following 97 XLIIB. (79) Glaciation. Looking west up the glaciated valley of Kitsumkalum River~~~---~.~~--.~~~...~---------.---------~--~-.~---.Following 97 XLIIIA. (80) Rivers. Looking south down the Fraser River below the mouth of Watson Bar Creek.~-----~~-~----~ -.............. Following 97 XLIIIB. (8 1) Rivers. Looking westward down the Skeena River downstream from Terrace -.-- --.~ . . . ..- ------.--------~~-~~- -...-... -Following 97 XLIVA. (82) Rivers. Looking west up the Peace River from the jtmction of the ~earwater---..-------..~~~~---~..~~~~-------------.Following 97 XLIVB. (83) Rivers. Looking east down the Peace River from the junction of the Halfway. .~-..~.---------------. .---------~--. Following XLVA. (84) Coastline. Looking northwest along the rocky coastline on the west side of Moresby Island at Gowgaia Bay....-...- 97 ~.~---~~~-.~~--------------------~~---~~~~~~.~-----------~-------------------Following 97 XLVB. (85) Coastline. Looking westward toward Tow Hill on the wide sand beach on the north coast of Graham Island . . . . . . . . ..-...-- ~--~~~-~~~~--~~~~~~~~~~~-.~-~..~~.-.--~------~-~~~~~~~~~~--~-~~~...~~..... Following 97 XLVIA. (86) Coastline. The intricate rocky coastline of British Columbia at the outlet of Wells Passage---~-----------.------. Following 97 XLVIB. (87) Coastline. Looking northwest up Cascade Inlet, a straight narrow fiord tributary to Dean Channel --~-~.-. Following 97 XLVIIA. (88) Volcanic landforms. Snow-capped Mount Ed&a is a composite ‘volcano with lava flows extending down its northern and western flanks..---------------- -.----...-. me.Following 97 XLVIIB. (89) Volcanic landforms. Looking southwestward down the Nass River valley over a Recent lava plain derived from lava erupted from a crater near the head of Tseax River ---~-------~-~---~---------~-~.~- . ..---.-..... ------------------ -----........ Following 97 XLVIII. (90) Lineaments. Looking northeastward diagonally across the Owikeno lineament which extends eastward from Ehzabeth Lake toward Mount Silverthrone- ----..-.... -..~Following 12 97 PAGB
Page 1 and 2: Bulletin 48 Landforms of British Co
Page 3 and 4: The technical references are believ
Page 5 and 6: PAGE Chapter II.-Physiographic Subd
Page 7 and 8: FIQ. ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Landform map
Page 9: PLATE PAOE XVIII. (33) Stikine Plat
Page 13 and 14: traveller. If he SO wishes, his enj
Page 15 and 16: pendants which, because of their se
Page 17 and 18: As Iava cools and consolidates, it
Page 19 and 20: are lithologic differences from pla
Page 21 and 22: mentary rocks are folded and faulte
Page 23 and 24: Field work by members of the Geolog
Page 25 and 26: BIBLIOGRAPHY Alden, W. C.: “ Phys
Page 27 and 28: The western boundary of the Eastern
Page 29 and 30: INSULAR MOUNTAINS The Insular Mount
Page 31 and 32: H. C., “ Geology and Mineral Depo
Page 33 and 34: The extreme northeastern tip of Gra
Page 35 and 36: the strait. It is suggested that th
Page 37 and 38: The lowland consists of many low, w
Page 39 and 40: anges farther west. The ranges sout
Page 41 and 42: Pacific Ranges The Pa&c Ranges (see
Page 43 and 44: Columbia. The mountains along the 4
Page 45 and 46: ones, and widening and deepening th
Page 47 and 48: south end of Teslin Lake, which sep
Page 49 and 50: Between the Taku &nd Sheslay Rivers
Page 51 and 52: The tuyas consist of nearly horizon
Page 53 and 54: sloping areas of upland remain undi
Page 55 and 56: mostly in the Babine Range. The roc
Page 57 and 58: to Eutsuk Lake on the southern side
Page 59 and 60: I These valleys are at a fairly hig
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Detailed studies made around severa
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The area is drained by the Finlay,
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Plateau and the Nechako Plateau, an
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iver in pre-Pl&ocene time or whethe
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dissected upland surface of the pla
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Thompson and North Thompson River v
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Adams, and Shuswap Rivers and their
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highlands, but the main effects of
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eda Rivers on the west and the Colu
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The amount of relief is governed by
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“ Striae, roches moutonn&s, and l
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The boundary between the Rocky Moun
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[References: Price, R. A., “ Fern
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8,820 feet, and the lowest point in
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margin of the Rocky Mountains% it s
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Devonian limestones that are thrust
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locally, as a rule only on the nort
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Dept. of Mines and Petroleum Remmx?
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CHAPTER III.-SPECIAL ASPECTS OF THE
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movement, and regional studies of t
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Both the Atlas of British Columbia
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ase of the Sumas till in the Fraser
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British Columbia includes the drain
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The Parsnip and Finlay Rivers were
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upper Fraser River is the result of
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Its pattern of flow within the moun
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materials. Along the west coast of
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, Pleistocene probably has been bet
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A small volcanic cone with associat
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‘I , titularly for those interest
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The Pinchi fault and its northweste
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component of the discordant pattern
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APPENDIX B.-GLOSSARY * Aggrade-to b
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Lineation-in rock the parallel orie
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INDEX The place names listed are th
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85 126 :: :: 116
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Quam Quartz ~ountam Queen Bess, Mou
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