. Forests of British Columbia [microform]. Forests and forestry; Forêts. lil'^ if:! i. 1 : II ;1 :{ If I i i f 9» COMMISSION OF CONSERVATION swamps or muskeg. These, where too wet for tree growth, are covered with swamp grass, but, in their drier portions, they carry scrub tamarack and black spruce. To be conservative, these areas, together with other classes of terrain that will not bear merchantable forest growth, are estimated to cover about two-thirds of the area below merchantable timber-line. The principal forest types of the region are the spruce-alpine fir and the lodgepole pine type
. Forests of British Columbia [microform]. Forests and forestry; Forêts. lil'^ if:! i. 1 : II ;1 :{ If I i i f 9» COMMISSION OF CONSERVATION swamps or muskeg. These, where too wet for tree growth, are covered with swamp grass, but, in their drier portions, they carry scrub tamarack and black spruce. To be conservative, these areas, together with other classes of terrain that will not bear merchantable forest growth, are estimated to cover about two-thirds of the area below merchantable timber-line. The principal forest types of the region are the spruce-alpine fir and the lodgepole pine types. The latter occupies the poorer soils that have been burned over, and is more or less mixed with spruce. The swampy areas contain the non-commercial tamarack-blavk spruce type. The areas of virgin spruce lie along the principal streams. This region offers more promise for agricultural development than does the adjoining portion of northern British Columbia which lies west of the Rockies. Wheat ripens at Fort Liard, which lies across the northern boun- dary of British Columbia, but is near the region under discussion. The large areas of grazing lands could be extended by further burning, should such action be considered advisable. It is altogether likely that, until transportation facilities are available and the larger and better areas to the south and east are settled, this region will not be very largely utilized for agriculture. If it should so develop, the available timber is adequate for local » I » ^i i I â¢-. a â â 9 e :l 1 '' i; k I NORTHERN REGION Drainage Basin of the Dease and Kachika Branches of the Liard Position and Physical Features This drainage region lies in the central portion of the extreme northern section of British Columbia. There are within it portions of four physiographic units. These are the Yukon plateau, the Cassiar mountains, the Rocky Mountain trench and the Rocky mountains. The eastern boundary of the region is the axis of t
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