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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 37. Chapters: Valleys of Alberta, Valleys of British Columbia, Valleys of New Brunswick, Valleys of Newfoundland and Labrador, Valleys of Nova Scotia, Valleys of Ontario, Valleys of Quebec, Valleys of Yukon, Annapolis Valley, Rocky Mountain Trench, Ottawa Valley, Miramichi Valley, Ottawa-Bonnechere Graben, Fraser Valley, Okanagan, Comox Valley, North Saskatchewan River valley parks system, Creston Valley, Cornwallis Valley Railway, Callaghan Valley, Tonquin Valley, Oldman River valley parks system, Humber Valley, Lake Timiskaming, Alberni Valley, Nicola Country, Musquodoboit Valley, Bulkley Valley, Exploits Valley, Mill Creek Ravine, Valley of the Ten Peaks, Slocan Valley, Whitefish River Valley, Red Hill Valley, Fountain Valley, Shubenacadie Valley, Bow Valley, Elk Valley, Wentworth Valley, Columbia Valley, Whitemud Creek, Chateauguay Valley, Stewiacke Valley, Codroy Valley, Gates Valley, Borup Fiord Pass, Gunn Valley, Pemberton Valley, Blackmud Creek, Sayward Valley, Rideau Valley, Saskatchewan Valley, Barkley Valley, British Columbia, Paradise Valley, Tintina Trench, Ibex Valley. Excerpt: The Rocky Mountain Trench, or the Trench or The Valley of a Thousand Peaks, is a large valley in the northern part of the Rocky Mountains. It is both visually and cartographically a striking physiographic feature extending approximately 1600 km (995 mi) from Flathead Lake, Montana, to the Liard River, just south of the British Columbia-Yukon border near Watson Lake, Yukon. The trench bottom is 3-to-16 km (2-10 miles) wide and ranges from 600-to-900 metres (2,000-3,000 feet) above sea level. The general orientation of the Trench is an almost uniform 150/330 degree geographic north vector which has also become convenient for north/south aviators. Although some of its topography has been carved into glacial valleys, it is primarily a by-product ...