Report Of Canada
Elias Mountains, an
extension of the Cordillera stretching north into the Yukon and Alaska. The highest point in
Canada, mount Logan, rises amid a huge icefield in the southwest corner of Yukon, the largest
icecap south of the Arctic Circle.
The British Columbia interior varies from alpine snowfields to deep valleys where desert-like
conditions prevail. On the leeward side of the mountains, for example, a rain-shadow effect is
created, forcing Okanagan Valley farmers to irrigate their orchards and vineyards.
The Interior Plains - The Prairies
To drive across the Prairies is to see endless fields of wheat and canola ripening under a sky that
seems to go on forever. The plains of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba are among the richest
grain-producing regions in the world.
Yet even here are surprises. If you leave the road at Brooks, Alberta, and drive north, you
descend into the Red Deer River valley
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