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Geoscape Canada
A map of Canada's earth materials
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Figure 46
Figure 46. St. Elias Mountains with ice field and valley glaciers (J.J. Clague).


Figure 47
Figure 47. Miles Canyon, near Whitehorse, where Yukon River cuts through a lava flow (Emile Forrest Collection, Yukon Archives 80/60 PHO 131 #6).


Figure 48
Figure 48. Folded limestone and dolostone (carbonate rock), Kananaskis valley, Alberta (J.J. Clague).


Figure 49
Figure 49. Rocky shore (metamorphosed clastic sedimentary rock) and sandy beach, Pacific Rim National Park, British Columbia (R.G. Anderson).


Figure 50
Figure 50. Terraces of gravel and glacial-lake sand and silt (Ice Age sediment) incised by Thompson River, Ashcroft, British Columbia (J.J. Clague).


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