Okanagan Dry Forests Part 2 of an article previously posted on April 2, 2015. This ecoregion is between the Coast Ranges and North-Central Rocky Mountains and is in the rain shadow of the Coast Ranges. It is drained by the Thompson River and Okanagan Lake. Many areas support grassland and near-desert vegetation, especially in the … More Okanagan Dry Forests, Part 2
Part K of North Central Rocky Mountain Forests A temperate Eocene paleontological site, the grand canyon of the Fraser, and extinct volcanoes The Cariboo Mountains of British Columbia provide the concluding discussion for North Central Rocky Mountain forests. Tommie Archie Lake Trail (N51⁰56’ W120⁰31’), BC Sites and Trails, is a 1.3-km trail on Pendleton Road … More Cariboo Mountains
World’s greatest alpine rock climbing area, largest sockeye salmon run in North America, and old growth forests The three mountain ranges to the west of the Continental Divide in British Columbia contain little-known wilderness areas and spectacular scenery. The westernmost range, the Monashee Mountains, transitions into the drier Okanagan region. Purcell Mountains Bugaboo Provincial Park, … More North Central Rocky Mountain Forests, Park J: Purcell, Selkirk and Monashee Mountains
Mount Assiniboine, Hamber, and Mount Robson Provincial Parks are described under World Heritage Sites. Parks are grouped according to the mountain range where they are located. The easternmost areas along the Alberta-British Columbia boundary are in the Continental Divide ranges. Sites in the Rocky Mountain Trench area also included in this area. Between the Columbia … More North Central Rockies Forests, Part I: Continental Divide Ranges
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Arctomys Cave, Burgess Shale, and Spiral Tunnels The southern parts of this ecoregion in Montana and along the US-Canadian border were included in an earlier post. This focus is north of the 50th parallel. The western slopes of the Rocky Mountains from the Fraser River headwaters to the Cariboo, Monashee, Selkirk, and Purcell Mountains are … More North Central Rockies Forest, Part H, World Heritage Site
The Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument is becoming known at the best record of Late Cretaceous terrestrial life. The remains of dinosaurs—hadrosaurs, ceratopsians, and tyrannosaurs—are impressive, with more than 50 genera of dinosaurs represented. There are more than 5,000 square km of fossil-rich Late Cretaceous rocks exposed. The realization of the fossil riches in the area … More Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
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