Squeah Indian Reserve No. 6
Squeah is a locality in the lower Fraser Canyon of British Columbia, Canada, located between the unincorporated town of Yale (N) and the district municipality of Hope on the Fraser River. Squeah Indian Reserve No. 6 of the Yale First Nation Yale First Nation ( hur, X̲wóx̲welá:lhp) is a First Nations government located at Yale, British Columbia. Yale has 16 distinct reserves stretching from near Sawmill Creek to American Creek, with the most southern reserve situated at Ruby Creek ..., is located here, at the mouth of Suka Creek. Tiny Squeah Lake is on the south side of the locality at . The mountain above the community on the east side of the canyon, at is called Squeah Mountain by the members of the Yale First Nation. See also * List of communities in British Columbia References Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia Fraser Canyon {{BritishColumbiaCoast-geo-stub ...
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Fraser Canyon
The Fraser Canyon is a major landform of the Fraser River where it descends rapidly through narrow rock gorges in the Coast Mountains en route from the Interior Plateau of British Columbia to the Fraser Valley. Colloquially, the term "Fraser Canyon" is often used to include the Thompson Canyon from Lytton to Ashcroft, since they form the same highway route which most people are familiar with, although it is actually reckoned to begin above Williams Lake, British Columbia at Soda Creek Canyon near the town of the same name. Geology The canyon was formed during the Miocene period (23.7–5.3 million years ago) by the river cutting into the uplifting Interior Plateau. From the northern Cariboo to Fountain, the river follows the line of the huge Fraser Fault, which runs on a north–south axis and meets the Yalakom Fault a few miles downstream from Lillooet. Exposures of lava flows are present in cliffs along the Fraser Canyon. They represent volcanic activity in the southern ...
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