Revised Version of Open File 2000-30
Open File 2001-12
Aggregate Potential Mapping
Sea to Sky Study
by A.S. Hickin, E.D. Brooks, A.B.
Dixon-Warren, P.T. Bobrowsky
BC Geological Survey Branch, Victoria, BC
The Sea-to-Sky region, north of
Vancouver, British Columbia, is currently experiencing competing land use
options which range from the development of scarce, but economically
important aggregate resources to complete conservation and preservation of
the natural resources. However, with the continued urban growth of
communities such as the Villages of Whistler and Pemberton and the City of
Squamish, coupled with a potentially successful bid for the 2010 Winter
Olympics, pressure on the existing local aggregate reserves will
eventually reach a critical stage. To address these concerns, the Ministry
of Energy and Mines with funding assistance from the Corporate Resource
Inventory Initiative (CRII), British Columbia Assets and Lands (BCAL), and
Ministry of Transportation and Highways (MoTH), initiated a joint project
to assess, at a reconnaissance level, the aggregate potential of the
Sea-to-Sky corridor.
The data are available for free download or can be viewed
on The Map Place.
For more information contact:
Vic.Levson@gov.bc.ca
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