‘Persistence,’ by local artist Doris Laner, depicts an outcrop on the east shore of Clearwater Lake and highlights the metamorphic rock that underlies much of Wells Gray Park.
This rock originated about half a billion years ago as ocean sediments – sand, mud, volcanic rocks – that were later squeezed and heated into rocks layered with minerals like mica.
Look carefully and you may find small inclusions of limestone; originally these were coral reefs. The rock was later uplifted by mountain building and then exposed by faulting and glacial ice.
Today it contributes to the rugged lakeside scenery characteristic of the park.
This is one of six paintings created by Laner as second prize in the Kids-Wild Treasure Hunt, which runs through the end of October in Wells Gray Park. For more information, please call the Wells Gray Info Centre: 250-674-3334.
