This watercolour on paper depicts the rugged cliffs bordering Highway 97, rising sharply above a narrow shoreline and deep blue water. McCarthy organizes the landscape into broad, interlocking shapes, contrasting the massive ochre and brown rock formations with the vivid green vegetation in the foreground.

The cliffs dominate the composition. Their steep faces are modelled with transparent washes of rust, tan, grey, violet, and cream, while dark linear accents describe fissures, ledges, and vertical strata. A thin band of greenery follows the upper edge of the distant escarpment, and scattered evergreens emphasize the scale of the surrounding rock.

In the foreground, dense shrubs open onto a pale grassy shore beside the water. The sweeping horizontal shoreline and layered grey clouds balance the strong diagonals and vertical forms of the cliffs. McCarthy’s simplified shapes, fluid washes, and clear colour contrasts give the scene both monumentality and immediacy. The work is signed “Doris McCarthy” at the lower right.