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interest to the physiographer and glacial geologist, as in 

 this distance one passes gradually from a region near the 

 inner edge of the Coast range where glaciation has been 

 intense, well out into a portion of the Yukon plateau where 

 no evidence of glacial ice can be detected. Among the 

 more interesting points or features along the route are 

 Lake Laberge, Thirtymile river, Tantalus coal mine, Five 

 Fingers rapids, and Rink rapids. 



After spending three days in the vicinity of Dawson, in 

 the Klondike gold fields, the excursion will return to 

 Skagway. Stops have been arranged along the route to 

 allow the excursionists to visit Tantalus coal mine and 

 Whitehorse copper deposits. 



From Skagway to Juneau, a distance of 125 miles (200 

 km.) the journey must be made by steamer, and while at 

 Juneau facilities will be afforded for visiting the great 

 Treadwell mine in the vicinity. 



From Juneau members of the excursion may either return 

 to Vancouver or continue northwesterly along the Alaskan 

 coast to Yakutat. Those proceeding to Yakutat will 

 spend two days in Yakutat bay, where they will have an 

 opportunity of studying existing glacial phenomena, among 

 them the great Malaspina glacier and the deposits being 

 formed in places along its front, and will be able to see 

 clearly from the steamer the various other important ice 

 bodies along the coast between Juneau and Yakutat. 



The return journey from Juneau to Vancouver will 

 follow, as on the way north, the picturesque inland passage 

 along the coast. 



For convenience in description, C 8 excursion is divided 

 into three sections as follows: — 



1. Prince Rupert-Skagway section. 



2. Skagway-Whitehorse-Dawson section. 



3. Juneau-Yakutat section. 



The descriptions of C 8 excursion are arranged under the 

 above headings. 



