relis its rapid and muddy water down between hich, |
steep banks from <00 to 500 feet high. Horth of the

iower basin of the Wapiti lies a large area of un~

éulating prairie land, one of the best parts of north-

ern Alberta. It is the Grande Prairie district proper.

This prairie is cut by several streams mostly emptying

inte the Wapiti. The principal of these are Bear

creek flowing from Bear lake, and the Redwillow ané

Beaverlodge rivers.

Reéwillow river. -

The Reédwillow, a tributary of the Yapiti,

rises in British Columbia near the Alberta boundary.
ts course through Alberta, about 25 miles in a straight

Line, is almost entirely through agricultural country.
The Redwillow where it enters Alberta is little more
than a creek and has practically no defined valley. At
its confluence with the Fapiti its width is dout three
Ghains and the average depth three feet. Here the
valley is similar to that of the Yapiti, precipitous
and 400 to 500 feet deep. About midway between the
mouth of the Redwillow and the Alberta and British Colum-
bia boundary, or more properly spéaking in ranges 11
eng 12, the banks rise abruptly but are not as high as
in the lower reaches of the streame The distance be-
tween the banks, the bottom land proper, varies from
one-quarter to one-half mile. This bottem land which
is baély cut up by the winding course of the river is
nesrly all agricaltural land with a rich soil of
alluvial deposit. Parts of this area are under culti-
vation and parts are used for pasture land. East of
range 12, the river valley with the exception of small
isolated fiver flats, is unsuiteble for agricultural
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The river when normal can generally be fordeé
at small repids which oceur frequently at all parts of
the stream. At high water the fording is difficult
and sometimes impossible. The only bridge spanning the
river is situated on the east outline of range il.
This bridze is not readily accessible from all varts of
the settlement, on the south side of the Redwillow.

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Showing the agricultural bottom lands also the open
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