. Forests of British Columbia [microform]. Forests and forestry; Forêts. FOREST RESOURv" OF THE COASTAL BELT J5S 1-7 60 5-6 1-7 sound, enters Sutlej channel. Numerous small inlets, such as Thompson sound, Bond sound, Kwatsi bay. Simoon sound and Belleisle sound, occupy separate valleys or portions of throufrh-valieys which have not been entirely inundated. Between Knight mlet and Kingcomc inlet, and around the outlet of the latter mlet. are a number of islands, separated by rhannels, forming an even more comphcated system of waterways than occurs in the Quadra-IIardwick group. The princip
. Forests of British Columbia [microform]. Forests and forestry; Forêts. FOREST RESOURv" OF THE COASTAL BELT J5S 1-7 60 5-6 1-7 sound, enters Sutlej channel. Numerous small inlets, such as Thompson sound, Bond sound, Kwatsi bay. Simoon sound and Belleisle sound, occupy separate valleys or portions of throufrh-valieys which have not been entirely inundated. Between Knight mlet and Kingcomc inlet, and around the outlet of the latter mlet. are a number of islands, separated by rhannels, forming an even more comphcated system of waterways than occurs in the Quadra-IIardwick group. The principal islands in this group and their areas are as follows • Gilford island. 137 sq. miles ; Cracroft island. 68 sq. miles; Broughton island. 53 sq. miles ; Tumour island. 23 sq. miles ; Harbledown island. 14 sq. miles; Hanson island, 7 sq. miles; Baker island, 6 sq. miles; Eden island 5 sq. miles; Bonwick island, 4 sq. miles; Village island, 3 sq. miles. In addition to the above islands, there are numerous smaller ones. The rock in this vicinity is of the usual Coast granitic formation, except small areas of shale and limestone on Hanson, Harbledown. Cracroft and Swanson islands. The topography of the mainland is similar to that of Knight inlet. High snow-capped mountains, frequently over feet in altitude, rise close to the shore-line. Except Gilford island, where several peaks exceed 3 000 feet the elevations of the islands seldom exceed 2,000 feet. The main terminal valleys in this area are those occupied by Kingcome river and Wakeman river, the former being about 25 miles long and the latter about 20 miles. The timbered area on Kingcome river averages about two miles in width, with a tributary on each side extending back eight to ten miles from the main river. On Wakeman river the timbered land averages some- what broader towards its mouth, and, for the lower 15 miles, is about 2% miles wide. With the exception of the high land on Gilford island, almost a
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