Slumping in valley of Swift Current Creek in western Saskatchewan

Slumping in valley of Swift Current Creek in western Saskatchewan

"Alkali" salt flat at shore of a saline lake near Cantuar, Saskatchewan; note abundance of salt wort (Salicornia rubra).

Marilyn Truscott of Glidden, Saskatchewan, a PhD candidate in geological sciences at the University of Saskatchewan, makes use of an electron probe x-ray microanalyzer. Mrs. Truscott uses the machine to analyze samples of volcanic rock from the Sweetgrass Hills in Montana. She is obtaining information that will help provide a more complete picture of the geological history of the Western Plains.

View of stalactites and stalagmites in Lewis and Clark Caverns in Montana.

Bio/historical note: Frederic Harrison Edmunds was born in Hawarden, North Wales in 1898. He received his B.Sc. (1922) and MSc. (1923) from the University of Liverpool. In 1925 he came to Canada and joined the Department of Soils at the University of Saskatchewan. Professor Edmunds was named chairman of the Department of Geological Sciences in 1961, a position he held until his death in February, 1965.

Aerial view of tephra cone strata volcano; location unknown.

Bio/historical note: Frederic Harrison Edmunds was born in Hawarden, North Wales in 1898. He received his B.Sc. (1922) and MSc. (1923) from the University of Liverpool. In 1925 he came to Canada and joined the Department of Soils at the University of Saskatchewan. Professor Edmunds was named chairman of the Department of Geological Sciences in 1961, a position he held until his death in February, 1965.

View of hoodoo desert erosion in Monument Valley, Arizona. Note that hoodoos are 300 feet high.

Bio/historical note: Frederic Harrison Edmunds was born in Hawarden, North Wales in 1898. He received his B.Sc. (1922) and MSc. (1923) from the University of Liverpool. In 1925 he came to Canada and joined the Department of Soils at the University of Saskatchewan. Professor Edmunds was named chairman of the Department of Geological Sciences in 1961, a position he held until his death in February, 1965.

View of stalactites and stalagmites in the Lewis and Clark Caverns in Montana.

Bio/historical note: Frederic Harrison Edmunds was born in Hawarden, North Wales in 1898. He received his B.Sc. (1922) and MSc. (1923) from the University of Liverpool. In 1925 he came to Canada and joined the Department of Soils at the University of Saskatchewan. Professor Edmunds was named chairman of the Department of Geological Sciences in 1961, a position he held until his death in February, 1965.

Photograph of the local rock formation which gave the town of Rockglen, Saskatchewan its name. It was later removed as it was considered dangerous.

A path covered with fallen leaves is seen winding its way through a forest in autumn.

Four eggs of a Killdeer bird are seen in a nest made in the gravel and dirt.

A dirt road is seen rounding a stand of trees on a bluff.

The North Saskatchewan River is seen cutting its way across the prairie from a hill above.

The South Saskatchewan River is seen flowing under the University Bridge on 25th Street from the river's edge in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan