The Lillooet Ranges are the southeasternmost subdivision of the

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of the

Coast Mountains The Coast Mountains (french: La chaîne Côtière) are a major mountain range in the Pacific Coast Ranges of western North America, extending from southwestern Yukon through the Alaska Panhandle and virtually all of the Coast of British Columbia ...

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. They are located between the drainage of the

Lillooet River The Lillooet River is a major river of the southern Coast Mountains of British Columbia. It begins at Silt Lake, on the southern edge of the Lillooet Crown Icecap about 80 kilometres northwest of Pemberton and about 85 kilometres northwest of W ...

and

Harrison Lake Harrison Lake is the largest lake in the southern Coast Mountains of Canada, being about 250 square kilometres (95 mi²) in area. It is about 60 km (37 mi) in length and at its widest almost 9 km (5.6 mi) across. Its so ...

on the west and the canyon of the Fraser River on the east, and by the lowland coastal valley of that river on the south. The Lillooet Ranges are approximately 8100 square kilometres (3150 mi²) in area. The range is extremely rugged and varied in terrain, and includes some of the highest peaks in southwestern

. The highest is Skihist Mountain, , crowning the

Cantilever Range The Cantilever Range is a mountain range in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, a subrange of the Lillooet Ranges, which is itself a subgrouping of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains. About 1100 km2 in area and about 50 km east ...

in the heart of the area to the west of the community of Lytton at the confluence of the

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and Fraser Rivers. The northernmost subdivision of the Lillooet Ranges is the

Cayoosh Range The Cayoosh Range is the northernmost section of the Lillooet Ranges, which are a subrange of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. The range covers an area of c. 3770 km² (1455 sq mi) and is approximately 65 ...

, which includes the second-highest summit in the Lillooet Ranges, an unnamed peak just south of Seton Lake and about WSW of the town of

Lillooet Lillooet () is a district municipality in the Squamish-Lillooet region of southwestern British Columbia. The town is on the west shore of the Fraser River immediately north of the Seton River mouth. On BC Highway 99, the locality is by road abo ...

. To the northeast of Harrison Lake,

Mount Breakenridge Mount Breakenridge, , is a mountain in the Lillooet Ranges of southwestern British Columbia, Canada, located on the east side of upper Harrison Lake in the angle of mountains formed by that lake and the Big Silver River. Name The name was confe ...

stands tall and poses a significant local landslide tsunami risk to the area. There are a number of provincial parks and recreation areas within the boundaries of the Lillooet Ranges. The largest and most important is the Stein Valley Nlaka'pamux Heritage Park, which takes in the entire Stein River basin, immediately west of Lytton and east of Pemberton- Mount Currie. "The Stein" is the largest unlogged watershed in the southern

and, like the rest of the Lillooet Ranges, varies from coastal-type alpine in the west to desert-canyon arid on its east. There is only one highway traversing the Lillooet Ranges, Hwy 99 from Mount Currie to

, via the valley of Cayoosh Creek. North of that highway is the subarea known as the

, which contains the second-highest peak in the Lillooet Ranges, an unnamed summit just south of Seton Lake. The main watersheds entirely within the Lillooet Ranges are those of Cayoosh Creek, the Stein River, the

Nahatlatch River The Nahatlatch River is a tributary of the Fraser River in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It originates in the Lillooet Ranges of the Coast Mountains and empties into the Fraser River in the Fraser Canyon, north of Boston Bar. Cour ...

, and the Silver River (a.k.a. the Big Silver River). Many smaller streams, still of considerable size, are not listed here.

References

External links

Bridge River-Lillooet Country ArchiveLillooet Ranges entry in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia
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