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PLAIT, PAQB VIIB. (13) Coastal Trough, Nanaimo Lowland. Looking southwest VIIIA. past Seymour Narrows to the Nanaimo Lowland ..-.---------- ~~-~--..~.~--~-~-~------~~~~~~--~-~~~-~~~~~~--...--~-----....-----~--.--- Following 97 (14) Coast Mountains, Boundary Ranges. Looking southeast to Mount Ogden on the British Columbia-Alaska Boundary-.. ---.-- -- ------- -- -------- ----- ----- -~~-----~~------- -.---. -----Following 97 VIIIB. (15) Coast Mountains, Boundary Ranges. Looking south in the Boundary Ranges along valley of the upper Bowser River ~-~~~~~---~----~----~---~--.-----~~--.~~--------....-------.--------.-- Following 97 IX, ( 16) Coast Mountains, Pacitic Ranges. Mount Waddington, the highest peak in the Coast Mountains --..--.-.--..---.-. Following XA. (17) Coast Mountains, Kitimat Ranges. Looking northeast across the Kitimat Ranges toward Whitesail Lake ------.--.--- 97 ------. Following 97 XB. ( 18) Coast Mountains, Pac%c Ranges. Looking north over the Pacific Ranges to Mount Silverthrone.-- . . . . . ..- --.. Following 97 XIA. (19) Coast Mountains, Chilcotin Ranges. Looking north down the Lord River to the Taseko Lakes .-......---......-. Following 97 XIB. (20) Coast Mountains, Chilcotin Ranges. Looking northwestward past the end of Taseko Lakes along the front of the Chilcotin Ranges against the Fraser Plateau ..--Following 97 XIIA. (21) Coast Mountains, Pacific Ranges. Looking west into the PacZic Ranges at the head of Mosley Creek..-.. .-Following 97 XIIB. (22) Coast Mountains, Pacific Ranges. Looking southeast down Tingle Creek to Stave Lake --..-.---- -- -....- ---.Following 97 XIIIA. (23) Cascade Mountains, Skagit Ranges. Looking east up the Fraser River toward Hope- .---.....-.-------.---.-...--- -.Following 97 XIIIB. (24) Yukon Plateau, Tagish Highland. Looking southeastward down the Sloko River along the length of the Tagish Highland- --.---.-----..-- --.-- ----- ----- ------- ----- ---.. -- ---- ------.Following 97 XIVA. (25) Yukon Plateau, Teslin Plateau. Looking northeast across the Tagish Highland to the Teslin Plateau.--.-----.Follow~g 97 XIVB. (26) Yukon Plateau, Nisutlin Plateau. Looking southwestward across the Nisutlin Plateau toward Teslin Lake. Following 97 XVA. (27) Liard Plain. Lookmg southward across the Liard River and Liard Plain . . ..-.- --- ---- ----- ------- ---------- ..--- ---- -.-.- Following 97 XVB. (28) Stikme Plateau, Tahltan Highland. Looking west across the Tahltan Highland to the Spectrum Range south of Mount Edziza ..-------...----.------ - -.------ - ------- -- ----------. Following 97 XVIA. (29) Stikine Plateau, Taku Plateau. Looking northeastward XVIB. over Shakluk Mountain to the Taku Plateau--Following (30) Stikine Plateau, Kawdy Plateau. Looking northeastward past Kawdy Mountain and across the Kawdy Plateau--..-- 97 XVIIA, . ..--.. Following (3 1) Stikine Plateau, Atsutla Range. Looking eastward across 97 XVIIB. the Kawdy Plateau to the Atsutla Range --....---- Following (32) Stikine Plateau, Nahlin Plateau. Looking westward up the Little Tuya River across the Nahlin Plateau to Meszah 97 Peak ..-...-------.--.. - .-..---. -- ---- -----~~~------~~~--- ----..-- - ---.--. Following 9 97
PLATE PAOE XVIII. (33) Stikine Plateau, Klastline Plateau. Looking southward across the Klastline Plateau to Eddontenajon Lake------ .-------------..--------------------------------------------------- Following 97 XIXA. (34) Stikine Plateau, Tanzilla Plateau. Looking eastward across the Tanzilla Plateau past Snow Peak --..-..----. ------.Following 97 XIXB. (35) Stikine Plateau. Looking southeast from Kinaskan Lake . ..-...- -- . . ..- --. Following 97 XIXc. (36) Skeena Mountains and Spatsizi Plateau. Looking eastward over the north end of the Eaglenest Range to the Spatsizi Plateau north of Cold Fish Lake---,-------Follow~g 97 XXA. (37) Skeena Mountains. Looking southwestward across the Skeena Mountains to the head of the Nass River -...--------- ---..-. Following XXB. (38) Nass Basin. Looking southwestward across the Nass Basin 97 toward Meziadin Lake .--- ---...--.~---- ---- --- -...---. -- ---- Following 97 XXIA. (39) Nass Basin and Hazelton Mountains. Looking northeastward across the northern end of the Nass Ranges ...---------- -----~-Following 97 XXIB. (40) Hazelton Mountains, Tahtsa Ranges. Looking southward across the Tahtsa Ranges toward Nanika and Tahtsa Lakes .-..-- -------.---- ----- ----.~-----~- -.--- -----------.----------.Following 97 XXII. (41) Rocky Mountain Trench. Looking south across the Rocky Mountain Trench at the junction of the Fraser and Torpy Rivers .....----------.---.-...- - . ..- ---- .-....- --- -... ~~---~~--..~~~~.Following 97 XXIIIA. (42) Cassiar Mountains, Stikine Ranges. Looking south toward Simpson Peak in the Stikine Rages---,.---.----------Following 97 XXIIIB. (43) Cassiar Mountains, Stikine Ranges. Looking northeastward across the Stikine River toward Glacial Mountain in the Three Sisters Range -- --... ------ -..-- --- -.-----..---.-. Following 97 XXIVA. (44) Rocky Mountain Trench. Looking southeastward across the Rocky Mountain Trench toward the Rocky Mountams --- --.- ---- ----...--.-.-. -- -.-- ---~ --....- ---...----~~~---.----~. Following 97 XXIVB. (45) Interior Plateau, Nechako Plateau. Looking northward across the Nechako Plateau to Owen Lake and Nadina Mountain .--- ~~ ------------------------- ~--------~---- --..----. -----w.Following 97 XXV. (46) Interior Plateau, McGregor Plateau. Looking eastward over the drumlinized surface of the McGregor Plateau.----. ------- --.. ---------- -.-------- ------- ----.--- --- --.-- --- ---.---.. - ---.- -.Following 97 XXVIA. (47) Interior Plateau, Fraser Plateau. Looking northward across the Fraser Plateau to the Itcha Range.-. Following 97 XXVIB. (48) Interior Plateau, Camelsfoot Range. Looking northeastward across the Camelsfoot Range to the valley of the Fraser River---.---- ..-- ---------- --.-..- ------------ -.-----. ------.Following 97 XXVIIA. (49) Interior Plateau, Thompson Plateau. Looking northeastward up the Nicola River toward Nicola Lake .Following 97 XXVIIB. (50) Interior Plateau, Quesnel Highland. Looking northwestward in the Quesnel Highland across QuesneI Lake to Mount Watt .-- -.-- - -.-- ----------- -..--.-- --- ---- -- --.. - ---. ---.--.Following 97 XXVIIIA. (51) Interior Plateau, Shuswap Highland. L.ooking east over Trophy Mountain and across the Shuswap Highland to the Monashee Mountains- ---.---- ---- ----- ----.----..------.Following 97 10
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: FIQ. ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Landform map
Page 11 and 12: PLATE XXXVIIB. (70) Rocky Mountain
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
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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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