Guide books of excursions in Canada. 1-10 (1913) (14776852554)

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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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inplaces, can be seen the foaming, rushing Skag-way river, and the old trail over which so manymen struggled in their mad rush to the Klondikebefore the building of the railway. Stillascending, the train passes through the tunnel,thence over the steel cantilever bridge 215 feet(65 m.) above the bottom of the canyon.Everywhere the smoothed, polished, naked rocksurfaces, the precipitous-sided U-shaped valleysof the larger streams and the hanging valleys oftheir tributaries are evidence of intense glacia-tion. The scenery here is wild and rugged inthe extreme. ♦.19.7 m. White Pass—Altitude 2,887 ft. (878 m.)31.5 km. The White Pass summit of the Coast range is onthe boundary between United States and Cana-dian territory and the train here passes from *The distances and elevations between Skagway and Whitenorse haver.been kindlyfurnished by the International Boundary Survey department, Ottawa, and the figures arethe resuhs of observations made by Mr. Douglas Nelles, D.L.S., 1908-1910.
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65 Alaska into British Columbia. The characterof the scenery changes rapidly to the north ofthe summit, becoming less rugged as the YukonPlateau is approached. Leaving the summitthe train runs along various small lakes andstreams to Lake Bennett. 39.7 m. Bennett—Altitude 2,158 ft. (656 m.). At 63.5 km. Bennett near the head of Lake Bennett, a stopis usually made for luncheon. Continuing, thetrain runs along the shores of the lake for 27miles (43 km.), the scenery being particularlybeautiful. About 31 miles (50 km.) from thesummit, the 60th parallel of latitude is crossed,which is the boundary between the provinces ofBritish Columbia and Yukon Territory. Thetypical Coast Range intrusives continue alongthe railway to a point about 11 miles (17 km.)from Caribou, thence for 6 miles (9.6 km.)porphyrites, andesites, basalts, tuffs, and tufa-ceous sandstones and shales of Jura-Cretaceousage outcrop along the railway. Thence forabout a mile, quartzites, slates, and limestones,thought to be