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Acknowledgements

THIS BOOK WAS inspired by many years of conversations along forest trails, around campfires and in university coffee rooms and government offices. The naturalist tradition in British Columbia is largely an oral tradition, and many knowledgeable people have freely shared their stories with us. We could not have begun to write this book without them.

Jim Monger, father of terrane theory in the interpretation of the Cordillera, has been the well of understanding and inspiration to us all. Maurice Colpron of the Yukon Geological Survey freely shared his knowledge and ideas of terrane evolution and created all the terrane maps, keeping them simple without sacrificing understanding and precision. Eric Leinberger expertly composed the other maps. Others that gave freely of their knowledge were Dennis Demarchi, Carlo Giovanella, Richard Hebda, Catherine Hickson, Rick Kool, Don McPhail, June Ryder, Howard Tipper and Doug van Dine. Their comments and suggestions greatly improved the depth and accuracy of the book. Any remaining errors, however, are ours alone. Trevor Goward, Margaret Holm, Leah Ramsay, Douglas Leighton, Nancy Baron and David Stirling all gave valuable suggestions on the content and style of the original chapters.

Donald Gunn crafted most of the line drawings; other illustrations were provided by Bob Carveth and David Budgen. A number of excellent photographers contributed their images—we would especially like to thank Chris Harris, Jared Hobbs, Ken Wright and Mark Hobson in that regard. Rolf Ludvigsen and ubc Press kindly gave permission to use the photographs of fossils from their fine book Life in Stone; the photographs were provided originally by the authors of the chapters of that book: Andrew Neuman, Elisabeth McIver, James Basinger, Mark Wilson, Ruth Stockey and Wesley Wehr. Other images were provided by Bob Turner, Jeff Mottershead, Jim Baichtal, Jim Pojar, Richard Hebda, Robert Cannings and Scott Webster.