Field Notebook: California, Oregon, Washington, Texas, British Columbia 1926, 1927
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in into a V shaped one and then takes on a gorge character betw cen vertical walls up to about 200 feet. This continues to about China Bar = 120 miles E. of Vancouver. In these canons the granite is again and vertically jointed in places and all shattering with dills. By the time one gets to North Bend, the valley of the Fraser again widens out, suggesting that here has her stream capture here. The cuts also appear to be considerably lower, but later down they turn back up again. There is no rain in the heart of the Coast Range but the days are dark and it may be snowing at higher levels. At Keelys there is a great development of coal veins, The C.P.R. is on the northern side of the river while the Great Northern R. is on the south bank and we pass a big series of the sedimentary formations. If there are any faults in these rocks, here is your chance to reveal them historical geology. The Fraser Valley opens ever more all the way to Lytton and here the C.P.R. leaves it and presses up to Thompson River. Many river terraces are