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Garibaldi
Geology: A popular guide to the geology of the Garibaldi Lake area
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All recreational activities in the area are governed by the regulations of
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827:Outdoor Vancouver: Garibaldi Lake Hiking Trail
764:Wood, Charles A.; Jürgen Kienle, eds. (1990).
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743:Roadside Geology of Southern British Columbia
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817:BC Parks: Garibaldi Provincial Park
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698:Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
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571:List of lakes of British Columbia
532:Panorama of Garibaldi Lake, with
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787:Harris, Stephen L. (2005).
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822:LiveTrails: Garibaldi Lake
770:Cambridge University Press
766:Volcanoes of North America
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340:. The lake lies within
61:more precise citations.
1483:Strait of Juan de Fuca
1330:Queen Charlotte Strait
1207:Princess Royal Channel
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837:Google Earth view
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1373:Boundary Bay
1368:Baynes Sound
1320:Phillips Arm
1305:Knight Inlet
1260:Belize Inlet
1242:Wright Sound
1222:Rivers Inlet
1182:Lama Passage
1089:Masset Inlet
1079:Darwin Sound
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639:the original
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558:Clinker Peak
538:Gentian Peak
508:
473:debris flows
466:
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423:Clinker Peak
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386:Rubble Creek
313:
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274:Water volume
250:Surface area
229:Rubble Creek
203:Volcanogenic
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53:Please help
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1556:Pachena Bay
1408:Haro Strait
1363:Active Pass
1280:Drury Inlet
1237:Smith Sound
1232:Smith Inlet
1114:North Coast
1084:Laskeek Bay
1066:Haida Gwaii
873:Hydrography
554:Mount Price
523:alpine huts
469:The Barrier
462:The Barrier
427:The Barrier
419:Mount Price
304:Settlements
184: /
159:Coordinates
59:introducing
1585:Categories
1541:Hansen Bay
1526:Brooks Bay
1493:Toba Inlet
1448:Ramsay Arm
1423:Howe Sound
1355:Salish Sea
1270:Call Inlet
1265:Bute Inlet
645:2007-03-23
597:References
546:Mount Carr
519:snowshoers
505:Recreation
452:Geohazards
415:Lava flows
370:waterfalls
266:Max. depth
172:123°0′36″W
169:49°55′30″N
1039:Williston
1004:Kinbasket
431:causeways
411:volcanoes
346:mountains
318:turquoise
1019:Okanagan
1009:Kootenay
999:Harrison
989:Cowichan
953:Thompson
908:Kootenay
898:Cowichan
893:Columbia
729:(1975).
615:Bulletin
606:(1956).
565:See also
388:outflow.
350:glaciers
338:Whistler
334:Squamish
148:Location
67:May 2016
1024:Shuswap
1014:Nechako
948:Stikine
938:Quesnel
928:Nechako
918:Nanaimo
707:Bibcode
672:Bibcode
623:Bibcode
376:Geology
366:meadows
362:flowers
358:forests
295:Islands
55:improve
1034:Teslin
1029:Tagish
984:Babine
943:Skeena
903:Fraser
885:Rivers
799:
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354:trails
330:Canada
241:Canada
979:Atlin
971:Lakes
933:Peace
913:Liard
497:(PDF)
486:(PDF)
316:is a
236:Basin
40:, or
1045:more
959:more
923:Nass
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