Last Chance Canyon
1920
2006
Description:
Plate 1353X. Last Chance Canyon 1920 – 2006 Viewed northeast up Last Chance Canyon in Cedar Canyon east of Cedar City. This once was the main road up Cedar Canyon but Utah Highway 14 has been realigned, widened, and paved to the south of the camera station. The foreground has been disturbed by construction, as has the woody riparian vegetation along Coal Creek - - photo right. In the distance, pinyon, juniper, conifers, oakbrush, and mountain brush have all increased.
Photo Information:
U.S. Forest Service photograph (150423) taken by E.S. Shipp in 1920; retake by Charles E. Kay on July 17, 2006 - - Photo No. 5700-2. Original photograph held by Southern Utah University Archives and Special Collections, Cedar City, UT.
Vegetative Community:
Riparian, Pinyon, Juniper, Conifer, Mountain Brush
Location:
South West: Section 26, Range 10 West, Township 36 South; UTM 327700 E, 4167600 N; elevation 6,830 ft.