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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