Figure 3

Western portion of northern Great Plains, western Canada. Map of the western portion of the northern Great Plains of western Canada. The numbers refer to salt lakes identified or discussed within the text. 1: Ingebright Lake; 2: Deadmoose Lake; 3: Crater Lake; 4: Howe Lake; 5: Muskiki Lake; 6: Bitter Lake; 7: Freefight Lake; 8: Little Manitou Lake; 9: Ceylon Lake; 10: Waldsea Lake; 11: Chappice Lake; 12: Snakehole Lake; 13: Whiteshore Lake; 14: Vincent Lake; 15: Verlo Lake; 16: Corral Lake; 17: Lydden Lake; 18: Metiskow Lake. The brown shaded area (excluding the Cypress Hills) is the driest part of the region, defined by the Brown Chernozemic Soil type. The red line delineates the Palliser Triangle, a region defined by John Palliser during his 19th century expeditions and approximately coinciding with the transition zone between grassland (prairie) and aspen parkland vegetation.