Mountains of British Columbia
British Columbia has a length of 800 miles, and averages 400 miles in width. To whoever crosses the country it seems the scene of a vast earth disturbance, over which mountains are scattered without system. In fact, however, the Cordillera belt is there divided into four ranges, the Rockies forming the eastern boundary, then the Cold range, then the Coast range, and, last of all, that partially submerged chain whose upraised parts form Vancouver and the other mountainous islands near the mainland in the Pacific. A vast valley flanks the southwestern side of the Rocky mountains, accompanying them from where they leave our northwestern states in a wide, straight furrow for a distance of 700 miles.—Julian Ralph in Harper's.
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 88, 13 April 1892, Page 7
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123Mountains of British Columbia Auckland Star, Volume XXIII, Issue 88, 13 April 1892, Page 7
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