“You are not going to want to drive anywhere in southern BC
without it! Fabulous content-rich in roadside detail along with Jim Monger’s big-picture context.” —Jim Ryan, newsletter of the Cordilleran Section of the Geological Association of Canada
Roadside Geology of Southern British Columbia explains the province’s tumultuous geologic history in simple terms. Thirty-one descriptive road guides, complete with maps, photographs and diagrams, help you locate and interpret the rocks and landforms visible from the province’s highways and ferry routes.
Discover a lava flow that chilled beneath ice. Learn how Ripple Rock claimed
24 ships before engineers finally blew it up. Drive across a slow-moving earthflow that has played havoc with roads since the gold-rush days.
This book covers the geological features in the lower third of British Columbia
—from just north of 100 Mile House down to the Canada-United States border.
About the Author(s)
Bill Mathews (1919–2003) was born in Vancouver, where he completed his Master of Applied Science degree at the University of British Columbia in 1941. He obtained his PhD from the University of California at Berkeley and taught there from 1949 to 1951, when he returned to Vancouver to join the faculty of UBC. He retired in 1984.
Jim Monger was born in England and received his geological education at the University of Reading, the University of Kansas, and the University of British Columbia. He joined the Vancouver office of the Geological Survey of Canada in 1965 and currently is an emeritus scientist of the GSC.