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in into a V shaped one and then takes on a gorge
character betw cont vertical walls up to about 200 fut.
This continues to about China Bar = 120 miles E. of Yarrow.
crown. In these canons the granodite seems again
and vertically jointed in places and all showing 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 appears to be considerably
lower, but later down history comes back of them.
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 Keen's there is a great development of coal rocks,
The C.P.R. is on the northern side of the river
while the Great Northern R. is on the south bank and ex-
presses a dry series of the sedimentary formations. If
there are any faults in these rocks, here offers chances
to reveal them historical geology.
The Fraser Valley opens from once all the way
to Lytton and here the C.P.R. leaves it and goes
up to Thompson River. Many river terraces are