Guide books of excursions in Canada. 1-10 (1913) (14592492300)

Identifier: guidebooksofexcu10inte (find matches)
Title: Guide books of excursions in Canada. 1-10
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: International Geological Congress (12th : 1913 : Toronto) Geological Survey of Canada Ontario. Bureau of Mines
Subjects: Geology
Publisher: (Ottawa, Government Printing Bureau)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library



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A sled load of lake trout caught at Tatalamana Lake, 30 miles east of Minto on the W. P. and Y Railway.

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till in most ofthe valleys and on many of the slopes up to an elevation of3,000 to 4,000 feet (900 to 1,200 m.) above sea-level, thereis a fair growth of useful timber. On the hillsides the treesbecome dwarfed near timber line and there give place toshrubbery. The higher elevations are moss-covered orbare. The forest consists chiefly of 12 or 13 species, 8 of whichattain the dimensions of trees. These are the white spruce,Picea alba, black spruce, Picea nigra, balsam fir, Abiessubalpina, black pine, Pinus Murray ana, balsam poplar,Populus balsamifera, W. balsam poplar, Populus trichocarpa,aspen poplar, Populus tremuloides, and white birch, B etui aalaskana. Several varieties of wild fruits grow very abundantly,and many of the wide, flat, extensive valleys are coveredwith luxuriant growths of wild grasses. Also many varie-ties of vegetables grown at Dawson, Whitehorse and inter-mediate points compare favourably with those imported.Moreover, it is well known that horses winter safely in
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63 many of the valleys without being fed. In fact extensiveportions of Yukon are considered to be very suitable forstock-raising and agricultural purposes. The great abun-dance of beautiful flowers in the gardens at Dawson arealways a source of wonder to those unfamiliar with thedistrict. Moose, caribou, sheep, and black, brown, and grizzlybears are plentiful in many districts, as well as manyvarieties of valuable fur-bearing animals. The streamsand lakes nearly everywhere abound in fish, chiefly,grayling, whitefish, lake-trout, pike and salmon. ANNOTATED GUIDE. o m. Skagway—Altitude o. ft. Leaving Skagway o km. the train begins almost immediately a steadyclimb over the mountains of the Coast range,and in most places the granitic rocks of theCoast range batholith are well exposed. Therailway zigzags up the precipitous mountainsides, passing the hanging rocks at Clifton, androunding one point after another where hugemasses of rock have been blasted away. Look-ing down hundreds of fee