976 GEOLOGISCHE NEUIGKEITEN. 



C7. \ a n c- o u ver Isi sm d. Time 4 days. 



Starting l'rom Vancouver, the excursion couiprises a journey by steamei- 

 to Yictoria, the capital of the Province of British Columbia, and theuce by 

 rail to Xanaimo, an iportant coal mining centre on Vancouver Island. Tliere 

 •will be opportunity en route to observe esamples of peneplanation, glacial 

 erosion and metamorphism. After visiting the coal mines and obferving the 

 coal measures at Xanbimo, the party will return to Victoria by rail. 



C(S*. Y u k o n and Northern J5 r i t i s h C <> 1 u m b j a. Time 23 days. 



Starting írom Vancouver, the journey will be made by \\ater to Skagway 

 Alaslía. by rail over the "VVhite Horse Pass, and thence by steainboat down 

 the Yukon Eiver to Dawson City. The party will visit ihe Klondike gold- 

 fields, the Lewes Eiver Valley, the "Whitehorse copper district in the Yukon 

 Territory, the LleTvellyn Glacier, the Atlin gold mining district, tlie Skeeua 

 Eiver mining regions, and the Portland Canal copper deposits in Nortlu'm 

 British Columbia. A visit will alsó be paid to the copper and irón deposits 

 on Tesada Island in the Gulf of Georgia. The scenery on the mainland ccast 

 and islands to be obseiTed on the passage to and from Skagway i.s exceptio- 

 nally beautifuL 



C9. P r i n c f E u pert and S k c e u a 1! i v e r. B. C. Time S ilays. 



Starting from Vancouver, tliis excursion permits of a sea voyage of íive- 

 hundred mile.s along the west coast of British Columbia which is notable for 

 its mountains and fiords. Prom Prince Eupert, the terminus of the Grand 

 Trunk Pacific Eailway, the journey will be made by rail np the Skeena Eiver 

 "Valley to Hazelton. 



CiO. A t h a b a s c a and P e a c e E i v e r. A 1 b e r t a. Time 1 1! days. 



This excursion is timed for a departure from Edmonton, coinciiliug 

 with the arrival of those participating iu the excursious "C. 3" and «C. ■i.'> 



Provisional arrangements have been made as f()llo\\s. Th<' party will 

 proceed from Edmonton to Athabaska Landing by rail, thence dowu tiie 

 Athabaska Eiver to Grand Eapids and Fort Mo Murray; and, if deenu'd 

 advisable, a steamer may be chartered on to Athabaska Laké, up Peace Eiver 

 to Vermilion Falls ; alsó across Athabasca Laké and dowu Slave Eiver to 

 Slave Eiver Eapids. Economic interest in this excursion centres mainly iu the 

 area of Tar Sands along the Athabaska Eiver. There are, for mauy miles. 

 continuous exposures of Cretaceous rocks along the upper portions of both 

 rivers, and flat-lying Devonian limestones along the lower. 



