Soils of the - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Soils of the - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Soils of the - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The soil survey of the Langley-Vancouver map area was initially undertaken under the auspices of the Britis h Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and field mapping and data gathering was completed while the author wa s with that Ministry. The Ministry's support and funding is acknowledged . Gratefully acknowledged also are the numerous persons who assisted in the field mapping and those wh o freely supplied guidance and direction during the course of the survey . They are too numerous to list here but ar e individually identified in the several published preliminary reports . Specially acknowledged is Dr. T. Lewis wh o conducted most of the field mapping and data gathering in the Coast Mountains portion of this report . The assistance and information provided by Dr . J .E . Armstrong, Geological Survey of Canada, regarding glacia l history and surficial geology of the Lower Fraser Valley is also specially acknowledged . Aerial photographs, used as field map sheets, were provided by Surveys and Mapping Branch, Britis h Columbia Ministry of Environment . The excellent soil map mosaics and soil legend contained in Volume 1 wer e prepared by the Cartography Section, Land Resource Research Institute, Agriculture Canada, Ottawa . Specially acknowledged is the contribution of Dr . B. Cann, retired, who collated much of the data from th e individual preliminary reports and prepared draft descriptions of many of the soils contained herein . Th e positive editorial direction and encouragement provided by the Editorial Committee under the chairmanship o f P.N . Sprout is acknowledged and greatly appreciated . The committee included Dr . T. Lewis (private consultant) , M .G . Driehuyzen (British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture and Food) and Dr . L. Lavkulich (University of Britis h Columbia) . To all others who so cheerfully and freely contributed to the success of this project but are unable t o be individually acknowledged, the author extends a collective, heartfelt thank you . vii
INTRODUCTION HOW TO USE THE SOIL MAPS AND REPORT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF FIGURES LIST OF PLATES LIST OF TABLES LIST OF APPENDICES TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE-GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ARE A Location and Areal Extent 1 Social and Land Use Characteristics 1 Climatic Characteristics 3 Vegetation 4 Bedrock 5 Physiography and Drainage 5 Surficial Geologic Deposits ' 9 CHAPTER TWO-SOIL CLASSIFICATION AND FIELD MAPPING METHOD S Soil Classification 1 3 Field Methods and Procedures 1 3 CHAPTER THREE-DESCRIPTION OF THE SOIL S Abbotsford Soils (AD) 2 0 Addington Soils (AG) 22 Albion Soils (AB) 24 Alouette Soils (AL) 2 6 Annacis Soils (AS) 27 Annis Soils (AN) 2 8 Arnold Soils (AR) 29 Banford Soils (BD) 30 Bates Soils (BT) 3 1 Beharrel Soils (BL) 33 Benson Soils (B) 34 Berry Soils (BR) 35 Blackburn Soils (BB) 36 Blaney Soils (BE) 37 Blundell Soils (BU) 38 Bonson Soils (BN) 39 Boosey Soils (BY) 40 Bose Soils (BO) 4 1 Buckerfield Soils (BK) 43 Buntzen Soils (BZ) 44 Burwell Soils (BW) 46 Calkins Soils (CN) 47 Cannel) Soils (CE) 48 Capilano Soils (CP) 49 Carvolth Soils (CV) 50 Cascade Soils (CC) 5 1 Cheam Soils (CM) 5 2 Chehalis Soils (CS) 53 Cloverdale Soils (CD) 54 Coghlan Soils (CG) 56 Columbia Soils (CL) 5 7 ix Page ii i v vi i i x xii i xi v xv i xvi i
- Page 1 and 2: Soils of the Langley-Vancouver Map
- Page 3 and 4: Province of British Columbi a Minis
- Page 5 and 6: INTRODUCTION The first soil survey
- Page 7: HOW TO USE THE SOIL MAPS AND REPORT
- Page 11 and 12: Lulu Soils (LU) Lumbum Soils (LM) L
- Page 13 and 14: LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 Location a
- Page 15 and 16: LIST OF PLATES (Continued) Plate 30
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- Page 19 and 20: Plate i view northward over downtow
- Page 21 and 22: during the growing season (May to S
- Page 23 and 24: Plate 3 Dyke along the Fraser River
- Page 25 and 26: SURFICIAL GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS Several
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- Page 29 and 30: CHAPTER TWO SOIL CLASSIFICATION AND
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- Page 33 and 34: UPLANDS STREA M Figure 6. A schemat
- Page 35 and 36: Description of the Soils
- Page 37 and 38: n Plate 5 Abbotsford soil profile (
- Page 39 and 40: - _ I Plate 6 Landscape typical of
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INTRODUCTION<br />
HOW TO USE THE SOIL MAPS AND REPORT<br />
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS<br />
TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />
LIST OF FIGURES<br />
LIST OF PLATES<br />
LIST OF TABLES<br />
LIST OF APPENDICES<br />
TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />
CHAPTER ONE-GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ARE A<br />
Location <strong>and</strong> Areal Extent 1<br />
Social <strong>and</strong> L<strong>and</strong> Use Characteristics 1<br />
Climatic Characteristics 3<br />
Vegetation 4<br />
Bedrock 5<br />
Physiography <strong>and</strong> Drainage 5<br />
Surficial Geologic Deposits ' 9<br />
CHAPTER TWO-SOIL CLASSIFICATION AND FIELD MAPPING METHOD S<br />
Soil Classification 1 3<br />
Field Methods <strong>and</strong> Procedures 1 3<br />
CHAPTER THREE-DESCRIPTION OF THE SOIL S<br />
Abbotsford <strong>Soils</strong> (AD) 2 0<br />
Addington <strong>Soils</strong> (AG) 22<br />
Albion <strong>Soils</strong> (AB) 24<br />
Alouette <strong>Soils</strong> (AL) 2 6<br />
Annacis <strong>Soils</strong> (AS) 27<br />
Annis <strong>Soils</strong> (AN) 2 8<br />
Arnold <strong>Soils</strong> (AR) 29<br />
Banford <strong>Soils</strong> (BD) 30<br />
Bates <strong>Soils</strong> (BT) 3 1<br />
Beharrel <strong>Soils</strong> (BL) 33<br />
Benson <strong>Soils</strong> (B) 34<br />
Berry <strong>Soils</strong> (BR) 35<br />
Blackburn <strong>Soils</strong> (BB) 36<br />
Blaney <strong>Soils</strong> (BE) 37<br />
Blundell <strong>Soils</strong> (BU) 38<br />
Bonson <strong>Soils</strong> (BN) 39<br />
Boosey <strong>Soils</strong> (BY) 40<br />
Bose <strong>Soils</strong> (BO) 4 1<br />
Buckerfield <strong>Soils</strong> (BK) 43<br />
Buntzen <strong>Soils</strong> (BZ) 44<br />
Burwell <strong>Soils</strong> (BW) 46<br />
Calkins <strong>Soils</strong> (CN) 47<br />
Cannel) <strong>Soils</strong> (CE) 48<br />
Capilano <strong>Soils</strong> (CP) 49<br />
Carvolth <strong>Soils</strong> (CV) 50<br />
Cascade <strong>Soils</strong> (CC) 5 1<br />
Cheam <strong>Soils</strong> (CM) 5 2<br />
Chehalis <strong>Soils</strong> (CS) 53<br />
Cloverdale <strong>Soils</strong> (CD) 54<br />
Coghlan <strong>Soils</strong> (CG) 56<br />
Columbia <strong>Soils</strong> (CL) 5 7<br />
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