| Abstract/Description or Keywords |
Soils and their suitability for various purposes form an integral part of making decisions in land-use planning and management . A reconnaissance soil survey of the Manson River-Fort Fraser map area (93N and 93K/N1/2) was thus initiated in 1973 to provide basic soils information for this area as well as generating Information capability for forestry maps under required for the production of the Canada Land Inventory program. Four products have resulted from this study. They are: (1) this report which describes the soils and the environments in which they occur; (2) form included in the map pocket (also available In manuscript at a scale of 1 :50 000), which Indicate the distribution of the soils described in this report as well as topographic (slope) classes; (3) terrain maps, available In manuscript form at scales of 1 :50 000 and 1 :100 000 which indicate the distribution of surficial materials, surface expressions, and modifying processes; and (4) land capability for forestry maps, available in manuscript form at a scale of 1 :50 000 which indicate the inherent capability of the land to grow merchantible timber. This classification is according to the Canada Land Inventory (1972) methodology. |
