The British Columbia Soi1 Survey is a co-operative undertaking. The Provincial Department of Agriculture, the Experimental Farms Service, Canada Department of Agriculture and the Department of Soi1 Science, University of British Columbia, participate in the survey projects. Each report, complete in itself, contains a brief description of the surveyed area. While presentation of soils information is the primary purpose, the report includes other data bearing on the nature of the soils and their utilization. Six soil, maps accompany this report. The maps caver about 70 miles of the Elk River valley, the Rocky Mountain Trench between the border of
Montana and Canal Flats, and the Kootenay River valley from Canal Flats to the boundary of the Kootenay National Park. The map scale is one inch to one mile. The soils located on the maps are differentiated by symbols and colors, which are explained in the legend.