The Beaver Hills CountryThis book explores a relatively small, but interesting and anomalous,region of Alberta between the North Saskatchewan and the Battle Rivers. The Beaver Hills arose where mountain glaciers from the west metcontinental ice sheets from the east. An overview of the hillsphysiography helps us to grasp the complexity and diversity oflandscapes, soil types, and vegetation communities. Ecological themes,such as climatic cycles, ground water availability,