To answer these questions, naturalists Sydney and Richard Cannings take us on a a journey through time, describing the collisions of island chains called terranes, the sliding of plates the erupting of volcanoes and the movement of the glaciers that created British Columbia as we know it today. In doing so, they link the history of the province's geological features and the history of its living creatures into one dramatic story. They also describe the rich legacy of fossils left behind as a result of all this geological activity. Adapted and expanded from the best-selling British Columbia: A Natural History , which won the 1997 Bill Duthie Bookseller's choice award, Geology of British Columbia will fascinate anyone interested in the origins of this astonishingly diverse province. It also reminds us that change is the only constant in our world and that British Columbia is being transfomed before our eyes.