Geo Tours of Kamloops, British Columbia

 

LAC DU BOIS GRASSLANDS | Protected Grasslands on Glacial Debris

The legacy of the Ice Age is much more than ancient glacial lake sediments in the Thompson Valley . During the peak of the Ice Age, one to two kilometres of glacial ice flowed across the Kamloops area. When the glaciers melted, they left behind extensive blankets of stoney silt and sand debris that geologists call glacial till.

The treeless Lac du Bois grasslands are an excellent place to view the shape and character of glacial debris landscapes. Lac du Bois Road snakes its way through a rolling landscape of small hills. Occasionally the road cuts into these hills exposing the underlying material to be a tan coloured mixture of silt, sand, and stones. This is glacial till. You will also see boulders scattered throughout the grasslands and these are part of the till deposits. The area is just a lumpy landscape of rocky debris left by the glaciers.

 

How to get to Lac Du Bois Grasslands

Drive north on Highway 5 from Kamloops Halston Connector Road. Drive west across the Halston Bridge over the North Thompson River and turn north on Westyde Road. Turn left onto Batchelor Drive and continue uphill to the end of the paved road. Follow the main gravel road which is Lac du Bois Road.

 

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Special acknowledgements to the City of Kamloops & Kamloops Exploration Group who put the Geo Tour Guide for Kamloops, British Columbia together. 

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