The Cheam Range (pronounced or ) is a

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in the

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region of the

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near the city of

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. The region is also a part of the

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of the

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and contains many rugged peaks. The western peaks in the range - Cheam, Lady, Baby Munday and Stewart, are known in areas of the

where they are visible, as the "Four Sisters". The eastern peaks in the range are referred to as the Lucky Four Group because of their proximity to the abandoned Lucky Four Mine;''Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia'', Cheam Range Entry the glacier in the cirque formed by Welch and Foley is called the Lucky Four Glacier. Foley, Welch and Stewart commemorate partners in

Foley, Welch and Stewart Foley, Welch and Stewart was an early 20th-century American-Canadian railroad contracting company. It was owned and operated by Patrick Welch and J.W. Stewart of Spokane, Washington and T. Foley of Saint Paul, Minnesota. The company was created ...

, an important contractor in early British Columbia responsible for building the

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and other projects. The highest point is the Welch Peak.

Peaks

Cheam Peak Cheam Peak or Mount Cheam (pronounced and in English, in Halqemeylem, the local indigenous language, referring to the lowland below. The Halqemeylem name for the mountain is Lhílheqey – ''Theeth-uhl-kay'' – from the word ''Lhelqey'' – " ...

* Lady Peak * Knight Peak *

Baby Munday Peak Baby Munday Peak is a 2,250-meter-elevation (7,382-foot) mountain summit located in the Cheam Range of British Columbia, Canada. Description Baby Munday Peak is a sharp summit set east of Chilliwack and south of the southern tip of Wahleach La ...

* Stewart Peak * The Still * Welch Peak * Foley Peak

Notes

References

* * * * Mountains of the Lower Mainland Canadian Cascades Two-thousanders of British Columbia Yale Division Yale Land District {{BritishColumbiaCoast-geo-stub