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School of Rock

July 10, 2010

Travel the Fraser Canyon and Lower Thompson River Valley with geologist and author John Clague.  The trip will focus on aspects of the geology, geologic history, and natural hazards (particularly landslides) of the Fraser Canyon and North Cascades.  Along the way, we’ll stop for lunch at Hell’s Gate in the scenic Fraser Canyon.


Each participant will receive a copy of Dr. Clague’s book “Vancouver, City on the Edge: Living with a Dynamic Geological Landscape.”


Stops of Interest:

*  Hope: A beach walk exploring Fraser River gravels, which provide a representative collection of
    rocks from southern British Columbia.
*  Lake-of-the-Woods: rockslide and Fraser fault.
*  Hells Gate: Fraser River drainage history, 1914 landslide and effects on salmon runs;
    lunch/snack.
*  Lytton: confluence of Fraser and Thompson rivers.
*  Skihist picnic site: bedrock geology; railway maintenance in landslide-prone terrain.
*  Near Goldpan Provincial Park: Thick outwash in Lower Thompson Canyon.
*  Drynoch landslide: Landslide deposits over Fraser River gravels; archeological site.
*  Spences Bridge: Late Pleistocene and postglacial history of the Thompson River Valley.


Trip Leaders:

  John Clague (lead instructor)
John Clague is Shrum Professor of Science at Simon Fraser University.  He was educated at Occidental College (BA, 1967), the University of California Berkeley (MA, 1969), and the University of British Columbia (PhD, 1973).  Clague worked as a Research Scientist with the Geological Survey of Canada from 1975 until 1998.  In 1998 he accepted a faculty position in Department of Earth Sciences at Simon Fraser University, where he is currently the Canada Research Chair in Natural Hazard Research.  He is Director of the Centre for Natural Hazard Research at SFU.  Clague has published over 200 papers in 45 different journals on a range of earth science disciplines, including glacial geology, geomorphology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, and natural hazards, and has consulted for several private-sector firms and government agencies.  His graduate students are currently conducting research on natural hazards and late Holocene climate change in western Canada.  Clague’s other principle professional interest is improving public awareness of earth science by making relevant geoscience information available to students, teachers, and the general public.  He gives frequent talks to school and community groups and is regularly called on by the media to comment on a range of earth science issues.  Clague has written two popular books on the geology and geologic hazards of southwest British Columbia, and a textbook on natural hazards.  He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, former President of the Geological Association of Canada, and Past-President of the International Union for Quaternary Research.  He is recipient of the Geological Society of America Burwell Award, the Royal Society of Canada Bancroft Award, APEGBC’s 2001 and 2005 Innovation Editorial Board Awards, the Geological Association of Canada’s (GAC) 2006 E.R.W Neale Medal, and GAC’s 2007 Logan Medal.  He was the 2007-2008 Richard Jahns Distinguished Lecturer for the Geological Society of America and Association of Environmental and Engineering Geology.


  Kelly Pearce
Kelly is a Hope resident and Program Director for the Hope Mountain Centre, with a background in the natural and human history of the North Cascades and Fraser Canyon.  Kelly has a diploma in resource management from BCIT and a degree in Geography from Simon Fraser University.


Cost:

$130 per person.  Price includes bus transport, tram ride and lunch at Hell’s Gate, and a copy of John Clague’s book “Vancouver, City on the Edge: Living with a Dynamic Geological Landscape.”


You can pay by credit card via this Web site (click the “Register Now” button on the right side of the page) or by mailing us a cheque.  Contact us at 604-869-1274 or by email at info@hopemountain.org for more information.


Schedule:
  8:00 AM – Meet at the Owl Street Café in Hope.
  8:30 AM – Bus departs to begin geology tour.
12:30 PM – Tram ride and lunch at Hell’s Gate
  1:30 PM – Tour continues up Fraser Canyon and Lower Thompson.
  6:00 PM – Bus returns to Hope.


What to Bring:
* Snack food and water.
* Hiking boots or other sturdy footwear
* Warm clothes and rain gear
* Sunglasses, hat, sunblock
* Camera, binoculars


Reserve a spot now by registering through this website, or call us at 604-869-1274 or by email at info@hopemountain.org for more information.

Sep 06, 2010