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the culminating peak Mount Begbie has an elevation of 

 8,946 feet (2,726 m.) above the sea. 



Arrowhead — On approching Arrowhead a good view 

 is obtained of the peaks and snow fields at the head of the 

 northeast arm, and of the scar left by the landside of 1903. 

 On the face of the hill directly behind the town two heavy 

 sills of granite are intruded in the Shuswap schists. The 

 upper sill has a marked vertical jointing. 



Wigwam — At Wigwam rock terraces mark the floor 

 of the more ancient valley. The Akolkolex river entering 

 from the east, affords a striking example of a hanging 

 valley. 



Revelstoke — The city is on the main line of the Canadian 

 Pacific railway, situated at the junction of the Columbia 

 and Illecillewaet rivers. 



SLOCAN SILVER-LEAD DISTRICT. 



ANNOTATED GUIDE. 



(South Slocan to New Denver). 



KiLmetrts. South Slocan— Alt. 1637 ft. (499 m.) is 

 12 miles (19 km.) west of Nelson and is the 

 junction point of the railway branch running 

 north to Slocan lake and the silver-lead and 

 zinc mines of the Slocan district. The railway 

 closely follows the Slocan river which in places 

 has cut down to bed rock though along most of 

 its course it flows in a channel eroded in the 

 heavy deposits of stratified sand, sandy clay 

 and gravels which have filled the rather broad 

 U-shaped valley to a considerable depth. 

 The bed rock is mainly the granodiorite and 

 associated types of the Nelson batholith. 

 Between Koch and Winlaw there is an area of 

 gneisses and schists lying in the granodiorite 

 which are referred to the Shuswap series. 

 43 miles Slocan City — Alt. 1,777 ft. (541 m.) lies 



69 km. at the foot of the lake of the same name and 

 is the point of departure to the silver mines lying 

 at the east in the granitic rocks. The ores are 

 mainly dry, that is the silver values usually 



