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Chasm Road
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 by GetawayBC.com
Just north of Clinton is a road called the Chasm Road. The painted chasm was created by glacial melt waters thousands of years ago. The bedrock box canyon is 1/5 km in length and 120 metres deep. The afternoon is the most spectacular time to view the chasm, when the afternoon sun shows the reds and oranges of the canyon walls to perfection. At the end of the ice age, water from the melting glaciers carried so much silt that it carved the 8 km long, 600-metre wide, and 300-metre deep bedrock box-canyon. Layers of volcanic lava can be distinguished in the steep canyon walls. The rich ecosystem supports abundant wildlife; moose, black bear, aquatic mammals and waterbirds are all frequently viewed.;