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Atlas of the alluvial gravel-bed reach of Fraser River in the Lower Mainland showing channel changes in the period 1912 -1999

Posted October 15, 2004 | Categories : 76,Geology,History,Issues,Maps,Reports,Research |

By Michael Church and Darren Ham of the Department of Geography, UBC, October, 2004

The complete PDF may be viewed at this external link:

Historical photos (1928- 1999) as presented by Dr. Michael Church www.geog.ubc.ca/fraserriver Once on this site of the Fraser River Gravel Reach Studies, click on “Reports and Publications” and then under Atlas of the alluvial gravel-bed reach, click on “Full Atlas (80Mbyte)”.

ER#76 is located in Reach 6 of this report, so look for the photo set for Reaches 5-7.
Full Atlas (80Mbyte): This file can be viewed online or downloaded. It is
a large file but all images are linked within the document for easy
access. In this format when viewing online the Adobe
Acrobat Reader window moves from page to page without closing any
files. Use the back button on the Acrobat tool bar to return to the
text pages.

Below are some maps extracted from the PDF for reach 6 of the Fraser River . It is clear that this is one of our Ecological Reserves that has  the most constantly changing borders.


 

 

Fraser River Islands 1928

 

ER#76 is located in Reach 6 of this report, so look for the photo set for Reaches 5-7.
Full Atlas (80Mbyte): This file can be viewed online or downloaded. It is
a large file but all images are linked within the document for easy
access. In this format when viewing online the Adobe
Acrobat Reader window moves from page to page without closing any
files. Use the back button on the Acrobat tool bar to return to the
text pages.

 

See the rest of the section describing Reach 6 where the Ecological reserve is situated in the original PDF noted above.

Below are a few examples extracted from the report which show the extent of the changes in the river islands back to 1928 .