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lies between latitudes 57 degrees and 60 degrees — the northern 

 boundary of the province — and may be called the real Northern 

 British Columbia. It is nearly as large as Norway. Most of 

 Norway lies north of latitude 60 degrees. Little is yet known 

 of the timber resources of that part of British Columbia except 

 that practically all of the country below timberline is wooded, 

 and that there is in the aggregate a very large amount of timber 

 there, especially pulp timber. Like the region to the south of it — 

 Central British Columbia — its development lies in the future, but 

 much farther in the future.) 



Forest Regions of Central British Columbia 



(From an article entitled "Slash Disposal in B. C," written 

 by R. E. Benedict, of the B. C. Forest Branch, for the Commission 

 of Conservation.) 



Altogether six main forest regions may be distinguished, as 

 follows : 



Acres Forested 

 {Barren Land above 

 Forest Region Timber Line Excluded) 



1. Northern Coast 20,000,000 



2. Plateau and Rocky Mountains 20,000,000 



3. Yellow pine, or semi-arid 2,000,000 



4. Interior wet belt 9,000,000 



5. Upper Fraser basin 14,000,000 



6. Northern 15,000,000 



Total area forested 80,000,000 



Total area 106,000,000 



1. Northern Coast Region. — This includes the western slope of 

 the Cascade range from Kingcome Inlet to Portland Canal, with 

 adjacent islands. It takes in also the extreme northern part of 

 Vancouver Island and a fringe of its west coast to Clayoquot 

 Sound ; all of the Queen Charlotte Islands ; and the Skeena water- 

 shed east to Hazelton, 



The topography is for the most part extremely rugged and 

 rocky. The whole area has been severely glaciated, and while 

 the glaciers are retreating, a considerable proportion of the Cas- 

 cade Mountains is still covered by ice and snow. The annual 

 precipitation is over 100 inches, the average annual temperature 

 under 45 degrees, the winters fairly cold, with heavy snowfall 

 on the mountains, and the amount of sunshine comparatively 

 small. 



