The Cheam Range (pronounced or ) is a

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in the

Fraser Valley The Fraser Valley is a geographical region in southwestern British Columbia, Canada and northwestern Washington State. It starts just west of Hope in a narrow valley encompassing the Fraser River and ends at the Pacific Ocean stretching from the ...

region of the Lower Mainland of

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near the city of

Chilliwack Chilliwack ( )( hur, Ts'elxwéyeqw) is a city in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Chilliwack is surrounded by mountains and home to recreational areas such as Cultus Lake and Chilliwack Lake Provincial Parks. There are numerous outdoor ...

. The region is also a part of the

Skagit Range The Skagit Range ( ) is a subrange of the Cascade Range in southwestern British Columbia, Canada and northwestern Washington, United States, which are known in Canada as the Canadian Cascades or, officially, the Cascade Mountains. The Skagit Ra ...

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'' – "g ...

* Lady Peak *

Knight Peak Knight Peak is a 2,235-meter-elevation (7,333-foot) mountain summit located in the Cheam Range of British Columbia, Canada. Description Knight Peak is situated east of Chilliwack and south of the southern tip of Wahleach Lake. Knight Peak is ...

* Baby Munday Peak * Stewart Peak * The Still * Welch Peak *

Foley Peak Foley Peak is a mountain in the Cheam Range, located in southwestern British Columbia, Canada near Chilliwack. It is one of the easternmost peaks in the range, situated west of Conway Peak and east of Welch Peak. The mountain is named after one o ...

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References

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