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1 online resource |
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Print version record. |
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In this fascinating guide to the roadside ecology of the major highways in B.C., you'll discover a whole new dimension to taking a car trip. This new edition has been updated and expanded to cover northern British Columbia and southern Yukon, giving readers a unique perspective on the northern wildlife and vegetation. Southern travellers ""may find that this journey will redefine what 'northern British Columbia' means to them, or even what 'north' means.""Sidebars tell stories about various species, such as the huge, endangered sturgeon and the Great Basin spadefoot toad, which spends most of. |
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Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; ₂!A Short Geological History; ₂!High-Speed Natural History; The Trans-Canada Highway; ₂!Horseshoe Bay to Hope: The Lower Fraser Valley; ₂!Hope to Lytton: The Fraser Canyon; ₂!Lytton to Kamloops: The Dry Grasslands of the Thompson River; ₂!Kamloops to Salmon Arm: The South Thompson River; ₂!Shuswap Lake to the Great Divide: Three Mountain Ranges and One River; The Island Highway; ₂!Victoria to Campbell River: A Rain Shadow amid Rain Forests; ₂!Campbell River to Port Hardy: The North Island Rain Forests. |
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The Crowsnest Highway₂!Hope to Princeton: The Cascades; ₂!Princeton to Osoyoos: The Lower Similkameen Valley; ₂!Osoyoos to Christina Lake: Boundary Country; ₂!Christina Lake to Creston: The West Kootenays; ₂!Creston to Cranbrook: The Purcells; ₂!Cranbrook to Crowsnest Pass: The Southern Rockies; The Coquihalla and Southern Yellowhead Highways; ₂!Hope to Kamloops: From Snow Forests to Golden Grasslands; ₂!Kamloops to Valemount: The North Thompson Valley; ₂!Valemount to Yellowhead Pass: The Rocky Mountains; The Yellowhead Highway; ₂!Prince Rupert to Smithers: The Waters of the Skeena. |
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₂!Smithers to Prince George: The Fraser Plateau₂!Prince George to Tête Jaune Cache: The Rocky Mountain Trench and Its Antique Forests; The Tsawwassen and Patricia Bay Highways; ₂!The Fraser Delta; ₂!The Strait of Georgia and the Gulf Islands; ₂!The Saanich Peninsula; The Chilcotin Highway; ₂!Williams Lake to Anahim Lake: The Chilcotin Plateau; ₂!Anahim Lake to Bella Coola: A Steep Descent to the Pacific; The Stewart-Cassiar Highway; ₂!Kitwanga (Gitwangak) to Meziadin Junction: The Valleys of the Skeena and the Nass; ₂!Meziadin Junction to Dease Lake: From the Nass to the Stikine and Beyond. |
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₂!Dease Lake to the Alaska Highway: The Cassiar Mountains and Liard PlateauThe East Kootenay Highway; ₂!Roosville to Radium: The Southern Rocky Mountain Trench; ₂!Radium Hot Springs to the Continental Divide: Kootenay National Park; The Okanagan and Cariboo Highways; ₂!Osoyoos to Monte Creek: The Okanagan; ₂!Cache Creek to Prince George: The Cariboo Highway; ₂!Highway 97c: The Coquihalla Connector; The John Hart Highway; ₂!Prince George to the Parsnip River: Crossing the Continental Divide; ₂!The Parsnip River to Dawson Creek: Crossing the Rocky Mountains and Meeting the Prairies. |
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The Alaska Highway₂!Dawson Creek to Fort Nelson: The Boreal and Taiga Plains; ₂!Fort Nelson to Liard River Crossing: Over the Northern Rockies; ₂!Liard Crossing to the Stewart-Cassiar Junction: Hot Springs and the Land of Fire; ₂!Stewart-Cassiar Junction to Teslin: The Cassiar Mountains; ₂!Teslin to Whitehorse: The Southern Lakes; ₂!Whitehorse to Haines Junction: The Takhini and Dezadeash Valleys; ₂!Haines Junction to Burwash Landing: Kluane and the Shakwak Trench; ₂!Burwash Landing to Alaska: The Northern Shakwak Trench and Beringia; The Sea to Sky Highway. |
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Natural history -- British Columbia -- Guidebooks.
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Wildlife watching -- British Columbia -- Guidebooks.
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British Columbia -- Guidebooks.
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Roads -- British Columbia -- Guidebooks.
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Automobile travel -- British Columbia -- Guidebooks.
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Natural history -- Yukon -- Guidebooks.
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Wildlife watching -- Yukon -- Guidebooks.
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Yukon -- Guidebooks.
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Roads -- Yukon -- Guidebooks.
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Automobile travel -- Yukon -- Guidebooks.
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NATURE -- Essays.
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NATURE -- Reference.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Ecotourism.
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Automobile travel. (OCoLC)fst00823217
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Natural history. (OCoLC)fst01034268
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Roads. (OCoLC)fst01098511
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Wildlife watching. (OCoLC)fst01175441
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British Columbia. (OCoLC)fst01205265
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Yukon. (OCoLC)fst01892691
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| Genre/Form |
Guidebooks. (OCoLC)fst01423871
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| Added Author |
Cannings, Sydney G. (Sydney Graham), 1954- author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Cannings, Richard J. (Richard James), author. New B.C. roadside naturalist 9781771000543 (OCoLC)867557384 |
| ISBN |
9781771000550 (electronic bk.) |
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1771000554 (electronic bk.) |
