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In Search of Ancient British Columbia
By Barbara Huck

In Search of Ancient British Columbia is a site-specific, route-oriented guide to the geology, paleontology and archaeology of B.C. This first of two volumes focuses on southern B.C., leading readers along the major routes (the Trans-Canada Highway, Crowsnest Pass Highway, etc) in each of the province's southern regions:

  • The Kootenays
  • The Thompson-Okanagan
  • The Fraser Valley
  • The Fraser Canyon
  • The lower Mainland
  • The Gulf Islands
  • Vancouver Island
Our mix of current photography, archival and artifact images, commissioned illustrations, drawings and maps create an engaging dynamic layout, even for the armchair traveler.

Chapters:
  • Building British Columbia

  • The Icing on British Columbia

  • Peopling the Americas

  • The Kootenays
    • Introduction
    • The Trans-Canada Highway
      • Yoho National Park
        • Takakkaw Falls
      • The Burgess Shale
      • The Lessons of the Burgess Shale
      • Mount Stephen Trilobite Beds
      • The Rocky Mountain Trench
      • Mount Revelstoke & Glacier National Parks

  • The Columbia Valley
    • Introduction
    • The Columbia River
    • Hot Spots & Hot Springs
    • Kootenay National Park
    • Koalanuk
    • The Ktunaxa
      • Ktunaxa Interpretive Centre
    • The Kootenay River
    • White Sturgeon
    • Top-of-the-World Provincial Park

  • The Crowsnest Highway
    • The Elk and Flathead Valleys
    • Morrissey Grove
    • The Tobacco Plains
    • The Creston Valley
      • Sturgeon-nose Canoes
    • Mountain Caribou

  • The Thompson Okanagan
    • Introduction
      • The Secwepemc
      • The Adams River
      • The Thompson River
      • Kamloops
      • The Fossil Salmon of Lake Kamloops
        • Global Warming? Or Another Glaciation?
      • The Okanagan Highlands
        • The McAbee Fossil Beds
      • Oregon Jack Creek
    • The Okanagan Valley
        • Kokanee Salmon
      • McIntyre Bluff
        • Canada's Pocket Desert
      • Osoyoos Desert Centre
      • The Nk'Mip Desert Cultural Centre
        • The Western Rattlesnake
  • The Fraser Canyon
    • Introduction
      • Wool Dogs
    • Marble Canyon
      • Cyanobacteria, Archaea
    • Keatley Creek
    • The Stein Valley
      • Tools of Jade
    • Hell's Gate
      • The Salmon

  • The Fraser Valley
    • Introduction
      • The Fraser River
      • The Mount Cheam Slide
        • Bridal Veil Falls
      • ytem
      • Fort Langley
      • Pitt Fjord

  • The Lower Mainland
    • The Fraser Delta
      • SFU Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology
    • The Glenrose Cannery Site
    • Burns Bog
      • Southern Comfort
    • Crescent Beach
    • The Beach Grove Site
    • The Great Fraser Midden
      • VanDusen Botanical Garden
    • Point Grey
      • Vancouver Museum of Anthropology
    • Stanley Park
    • Belcarra Park

  • The Sea to Sky Highway
    • The Stawamus Chief
      • Shannon Falls
    • Garibaldi Provincial Park
    • Mount Meager Hot Springs

  • The Gulf Islands
    • Introduction
      • Galiano Island
      • Pender Island
        • Saving Saltspring's Special Places
      • Gabriola Island
      • Hornby Island
        • The Six Gill
      • Petroglyphs

  • Vancouver Island
    • Victoria
      • Saanich Peninsula
        • James and Sidney Islands
        • Saanich Inlet
      • Finlayson Point
        • Reef Net Fishing
      • Beacon Hill Park
      • The Gorge Waterway
        • Western Redcedar

    • The West Coast Highway
      • Esquimalt Lagoon
        • Race Rocks
      • The Sooke Potholes
      • The T'Sou-ke
      • French Beach
      • The Leech River Fault

    • The Island Highway
      • Nanimo
      • Vancouver Island Paleontology Museum
      • Horne Lake Caves
      • Courtenay and the Puntledge River
        • Mosasaurs
      • The Courtenay Museum

    • The Pacific Rim Highway
      • Cathedral Grove
        • Douglas-firs
          • David Douglas
      • Clayoquot Sound
      • Pacific Rim National Park
        • The Living Forest

    • The Gold River Highway
      • Strathcona Provincial Park
      • Nootka Sound
      • Yuquot
      • Whales of the Pacific

  • Glossary

  • Bibliography

softcover
fullcolor
6.5 x 9.5
304 pages
ISBN: 1-8896150-05-5
29.95
publication date: Nov 15, 2006