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Place Name
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Fraser Canyon
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Place Status (Type)
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canyon
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Location
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British Columbia, Canada, North America
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Latitude
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unknown
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Longitude
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unknown
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Fraser Canyon
, S central B.C., Canada, Fraser R., from its
confluence with Thompson R. at Lytton, S
55 mi/89 km to Yale. Is
3,281 ft/1000 m deep at Hell's Gate. Can.
Pacific RR laid tracks through canyon, 1880s; Can. Natl. RR laid tracks
in 1910s; Trans-Canada Highway built in 1960s. All 3 transportation
routes use tunnels, ledges, snow sheds (to catch avalanches).
Precipitation rarely reaches canyon floor, resulting in variety of
vegetation regimes; dry below, forested snow-capped mts. above.
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