to be crossed,

The area is heavily forested below 5,000 feet in
elevation with spruce, balsam, jack pine, and poplar.

Trout and whitefish occur abundantly in all the lakes,
and salmon are found in Babine Lake, Moose, deer, and black bear
are plentiful. Game birds to be found are grouse and ptarmigan,

The only settlements within the area are the Indian
villages of Donald Landing, Babine Portage, Nacocochie (Stuart
Portage), and Middle River, and except for a few white settlers on
Babine Lake there are no other inhabitants,

Normally, prospecting could be carried on from the middle
of April to the middle of October, but during the rest of the year
the snowfall is too heavy and the temperature too low.

The first geological mapping of any part of the area was
done in 1879 by G.M. Dawson, who made an exploration survey along
Babine and Stuart Lakes-, In 1915 a reconnaissance survey was made

Se re ar ee rE ES eee la pees

Report on an Exploration from Port Simpson on the Pacific Coast
to Edmonton on the Saskatchewan Embracing a Portion of
the Northern Part of British Columbia and Peace River
Country; Geol. Surv., Canada, Rept. of Prog., 1879-80,

pt. B, pp. 106—107.

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by C. Camsell along part of Trembleur Lake and Middle River

2 Exploration in the Northern Interior of British Columbia,
Geol, Surv., Canada, Sum, Rept. 1915, pp. 70-75,

PHYSICAL FEATURES

The map=area lies mainly in the northwest corner of the
Northern Interior Plateau, but it also embraces a small part of the
mountain region that borders the plateau to the north, Although
spoken of as a plateau much of the area is not a true plateau, but
@, transition zone between mountain country and plateau, the average
relief being from 1,500 to 2,500 fect, with peaks rising 4,000 fect