Okanogan Country Geology
(or How the Okanogan grew)
Glen and Elizabeth Widel photo
Basalt cracks as it cools, characteristically forming five- or
six-sided pillars, in all sizes from very thin to enormous. This group
lies beside a basalt wall on a ranch on the South Half up above
Okanogan, quite possibly dragged to this position by the ice which
once moved across the country. Return to geology text
