BCER dam and local geology

After a long wait Geoscan finally placed online the text from J.A. Roddicks, geological survey of the area, published in 1965. This was the first thorough geology survey of the area.
Vancouver North, Coquitlam, and Pitt Lake map Areas, British Columbia With Special Emphasis On the Evolution of the Plutonic Rocks.

Yikes !!! a 200Mb PDF zip download, but it includes the three maps and three figures. A complete package.

The three maps contained within this zip file have been available online for years:
Here they are separately...


Geology Pitt Lake, Vancouver, East Half, British Columbia; Roddick, J A; Armstrong, J E. Geological Survey of Canada, "A" Series Map 1151A, 1965

Geology Vancouver North, British Columbia; Armstrong, J E. Geological Survey of Canada, "A" Series Map 1152A, 1965

Geology Coquitlam, British Columbia
Geological Survey of Canada, "A" Series Map 1153A, 1965

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Report on the Coquitlam-Buntzen hydro-electric development, British Columbia [microform] (1915)  Conway, G. R. G. (George Robert Graham), 1873-1951; Canada. Dominion Water Power Branch


British Columbia Electric Railway Co. Ltd. [microform] (1912)


A short account of the plant and operations of the British Columbia Electric Railway Company, Limited and the Vancouver Power Company and the Vancouver Island Power Company [microform] (1910)


Lidgerwood cableways for hoisting and conveying : this section of the cableway catalog shows typical installations of Lidgerwood cableways for building dams and locks (1912) ( Lidgerwood Manufacturing Company )
a Lidgerwood cable system was setup at Coquitlam dam, probably also used at Buntzen Lake they were also more commonly used in the logging industry. One of the HUGE blocks is still near the dam hidden in the forest.