The pre-conference field trip is a four day excursion to southern Interior British Columbia, focusing on the Fraser River valley near Clinton , the southern Fraser Plateau , the Okanagan Valley and the Thompson Plateau.

Weather permitting, we will examine 1) the Quaternary history recorded in the thick fills of the Fraser River valley near Clinton and the Okanagan valley at the Okanagan Centre section; 2) evidence for marine oxygen isotope stage 2 Cordilleran ice sheet dynamics and hydrology (subglacial lakes, linked-cavities, drumlins, tunnel valleys, tills, the Chasm); 3) deglacial processes and environments (evolution and drainage of glacial lakes Thompson and Penticton); and 4) the timing and nature of postglacial landscape adjustments (postglacial incision, paraglacial fan development, and the subsequent aeolian record in the Fraser River valley).