. Report on an exploration in the Yukon district, , and adjacent northern portion of British Columbia, 1887 [microform]. Geology; Geology; Botany; Trees; Botany; Trees; Indians of North America; Indians of North America; Géologie; Géologie; Botanique; Arbres; Botanique; Arbres; Indiens; Indiens. DAWtON>3 TIIE WHITK PA88. 111b ffnWs and i» This valU'y at timOH to [ICO of thoH« Homo miles, was Bcarcoly vel-flats, the ?Id and very tho summit the Indians i) by traveil- fthe valley. 1 way inland ncction with degree. He gi-eat part of )ecamo snow- ad for use in !oast Banges, y all granites,
. Report on an exploration in the Yukon district, , and adjacent northern portion of British Columbia, 1887 [microform]. Geology; Geology; Botany; Trees; Botany; Trees; Indians of North America; Indians of North America; Géologie; Géologie; Botanique; Arbres; Botanique; Arbres; Indiens; Indiens. DAWtON>3 TIIE WHITK PA88. 111b ffnWs and i» This valU'y at timOH to [ICO of thoH« Homo miles, was Bcarcoly vel-flats, the ?Id and very tho summit the Indians i) by traveil- fthe valley. 1 way inland ncction with degree. He gi-eat part of )ecamo snow- ad for use in !oast Banges, y all granites, ness of grain, ite is cut in ir the actual , and here a •usive diorite >9 prevail, but c lamination, 10 gravel in mite, though pyrites thoy le summits of ping at high 3 seen in the d up to tho nd though no seemed pr- it the summit. noi'th slope of 3r lying to the Scrubby hemlock (Tsuga Pattoniana) in a prostrate form occurs not vefeution. lar below the actual summit on both slopes. Below the "Stone house " this tree begins to become arboreal, and a few miles further down tho viiliey, growrf tall and straight, forming entire groves. Monzies spruce (Abies Sitchensis) also appears, a short distance below " Sheep camp," to- gether with Cottonwood (probably Populus balsamifera). Here also elder and birch wore first seen on the south slope. Tho devil's club {Fatsia horriffa) comes in about a mile above ** Sheep ; Pinus contorta was not seen till the Forks was reached.) The " Stone house " is named To-hit by tho Indians. The Indian namo Indian namet. of tho Taiya River of tho maps, is Dal e'. Nourse Kiver is named Klt- li-koo-goo-a', the stream followed southward from tho summit of the jiash Sl-tik'. These rivers ars in honour of the late Minister of the Interior. It loaves tiie eoast at tlii^ nv)Uth of the Shkagway River* flvo miles soiitli of the head of Taiya Inlet, and i-uns paruilei to Chilkoot Pass at no gicat disianet^ Irom it.
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