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Title: Game animals, birds, and fishes of British Columbia, Canada
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: British Columbia. Bureau of Provincial Information
Subjects: Game and game-birds
Publisher: Victoria : Cullin
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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which are the Columbia,Fraser, Skeena, and Stikine Rivers. The climate varies considerably, the coast being more humid,with little frost and, except in the north, a very light snowfall;to the east of the Coast range of mountains there is a dry belt,the rain and snow fall being light, the summers hotter, and thewinters, while colder, are never severe or of lengthy duration.Farther to the east, where the Selkirks are entered, the snowfallgets heavier and the cold increases during the winter. The climateis healthy everywhere; in fact, British Columbia is one vast healthresort, and in the interior the fall months are especially delightful.Apart from its sporting attractions, a few weeks in the invigoratingair of our mountains, or on the waters of our coast among theislands, will prove one of the best tonics in the world to the tiredand weary business-man or to the invalid in search of health. Formountain-climbers or those interested in botany, geology, etc.,there are unlimited resources.
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There are no poisonous insects or reptiles in the mountains,and any mosquitoes or flies there may be in the valleys do notlast long, and are always gone by the hunting season. Good watercan always be obtained in the dryest parts, even in the height ofsummer. Ladies can, and frequently do, go into the wilds, andare absolutely sure of being treated with the greatest respect bythe roughest of backwoodsmen or most uncivilized Indian. Whatis more, they frequently return with a number of fine trophies. Vancouver Island and all the country to the west of the CoastRange is more or less densely timbered, and the mountains aresteep and arduous to climb. In the dry belt on the east side of theCoast Range the mountains run up as high as ii,ooo feet, bvit theyare nothing like so rough, and horses can generally be taken up agreat part of the way—in fact, often right up to the summits—and this section is generally sparsely timbered. When the Sel-kirks are reached the mountains rise to even a gre

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