Red Mountain (British Columbia)
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Red Mountain, 2445 m (8022 ft) prominence: 740 m, is the highest summit of the Camelsfoot Range, part of the
Chilcotin Plateau The Chilcotin Plateau is part of the Fraser Plateau, a major subdivision of the Interior Plateau of British Columbia. The Chilcotin Plateau is physically near-identical with the region of the same name, i.e. "the Chilcotin", which lies between t ...
located on the west bank of the Fraser River to the north of Lillooet, British Columbia,
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. Located at the headwaters of the
Yalakom River The Yalakom River is a tributary of the Bridge River, which is one of the principal tributaries of the Fraser River, entering it near the town of Lillooet, British Columbia. In frontier times it was also known as the North Fork of the Bridge Rive ...
, which is the main north fork of the
Bridge River The Bridge River is an approximately long river in southern British Columbia. It flows south-east from the Coast Mountains. Until 1961, it was a major tributary of the Fraser River, entering that stream about six miles upstream from the town of ...
, it has been the site of copper prospects but no major mining activity has so far taken place.


See also

* Red Mountain (disambiguation)


References

Lillooet Country Two-thousanders of British Columbia {{cariboo-geo-stub