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REFERENCES. 



1. Dawson, G. M. Geol. Surv. of Canada, 1877-78. 

 Geol. Surv. of Canada. Vol. 7, part 



B. 1894. 



2. Ells, R.W. Geol. Surv of Canada, Vol. 16. p. 



42-A. 1904. 



3. Porter and Durley, Coals of Canada, Dept of Mines, 



1912. 



ANNOTATED GUIDE— (Continued). 



Miles and 

 Kilometres. 



o m. Merritt — Alt. 1,900 ft. (579 -i m.). Leaving 



O km. Merritt on a branch of the Canadian Pacific 



railway which connects with the main line at 

 Spence's Bridge, the course followed is west- 

 ward down he broad, fiat-bottomed valley of 

 Nicola river. 

 2 m. Coutlee — The railway crosses Nicola river 



3-2 km. about a mile beyond Merritt and 



Coyle — passes through the small villages of 

 Coutlee and Coyle, both of which 

 are situated on the Oligocene coal-bearing rocks 

 of the Coldwater series. Coyle is situated at the 

 mouth of Guichon creek, up whose valley to 

 the northward the same rocks extend for 

 several miles. 

 12 m. Canford — From this point downward to the 



19-3 km. Thompson river the prevailing rocks are lava 

 flows of Tertiary age, with which, however, are 

 associated narrow beds of coarse conglomerate 

 and sandstone belonging to Dawson's Tranquille 

 beds. 

 20 m. Dot — Below Dot the valley narrows and 



32-2 km. Clapperton — its grade steepens. Cliffs of 



white glacial silt and gravel, 

 weathering into fantastic shapes, are frequently 

 seen down as far as Spence's Bridge, where the 

 Nicola river joins the Thompson. 

 41 m. Spence's Bridge — Alt. 760 ft. (231-6 m.). 



66 km. From Spence's Bridge to Victoria Excursion 

 C 2, follows the route of C i. (See Part II., 

 Guide Book No. 8.) 



