Jackass Mountain is a
mountain
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in the
North Cascades
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of the
Cascade Range in southwestern
British Columbia
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,
Canada
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, located southeast of
Lytton and south of
Mount Lytton. It is named for the muletrains that ventured north to the Cariboo gold fields; apparently some did not make it over the bluff and perished in a fall, hence the name.
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References
External links
Point of Interest "Jackass Mountain"BC Archives
Two-thousanders of British Columbia
Canadian Cascades
Fraser Canyon
Kamloops Division Yale Land District
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