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Okanagan mountains

Monashee Mountains are a mountain rangeRiver before the construction of the
in British Columbia, Canada covering theGrand Coulee Dam) in Washington State.
areas of British Columbia (78%) andSome definitions may place the northern
Washington (22%) and extending 530 kmlimit at the Coldstream Valley, east of
from north to south and 150 km from eastVernon, British Columbia, as that is the
to west. They belong to the Columbiasouthern limit of the Shuswap Highland.
mountain range. Neighbouring in the westTo the east of the Okanagan Highland are
are the Selkirk Mountains. Monasheethe Monashee Mountains, some definitions
Mountains are limited from the east byof which include the Okanagan Highland
Columbia River and Arrow Lakes, to theas well as portions of the Shuswap
west by upper North Thompson River,Highland.
Shuswap Lake and Okanagan Lake. ItsThe Thompson Plateau is the southernmost
north end is in Robson Valley atportion of the Interior Plateau of
Valemount BC. Peaks include Hallam PeakBritish Columbia, Canada, lying between
(3,205 m) and Cranberry Mountain (2,872Okanagan Lake and the Thompson River.
m). Between Revelstoke and Shuswap LakeIts southwestern edge abuts the Canadian
the range is crossed by Highway 1, theCascades portion of the Cascade Range,
Trans-Canada Highway and the mainline ofmore or less following the line of the
the Canadian Pacific Railway thoroughSimilkameen River, its tributary the
Eagle Pass. Monashee Mountains' southernTulameen River, and a series of passes
end is a subject of major miningfrom the area of Tulameen, British
activities.Columbia to the confluence of the
In some descriptions of the Monashees, aThompson River with the Nicoamen River,
region known as the Okanagan Highland isa few miles east of Lytton, British
included. It lies between the KettleColumbia. Its northwestern edge runs
River and Okanagan Lake, south of theapproximately from the city of Vernon,
Shuswap River. Within this area is theBritish Columbia through the valley of
small Sawtooth Range, which lies betweenMonte Creek to the junction of the same
the uppermost Shuswap River (E) andname just east of the city of Kamloops.
Mabel Lake (W).Northeast of that line is the Shuswap
Also sometimes included is the portionHighland.
of the Shuswap Highland south of theSome definitions include the Bonaparte
North Thompson River, the boundary ofPlateau, which lies in the angle of the
which extends south to the OkanaganThompson and Bonaparte Rivers, and south
Highland.of the uppermost reaches of that river
Mountainsand a small tributary of the North
Mount Monashee 3274mThompson, Lemieux Creek.
Hallam Peak 3205mThe dominant landscape of the Thompson
Thor Mountain 3146mPlateau is a high, almost plains-like
Mount Odin 2971mrangeland fairly heavily forested with
Cranberry Mountain 2872msubalpine forest and tamarack swamp,
The Pinnacles 2607mplunging steeply to the valleys of the
The Okanagan Highland, also known as theThompson and Okanagan on its outer
Okanogan Highland in the United States,perimeter. In its core is the broad and
is a plateau-like hilly area in Britishopen rangeland of the Nicola Valley, at
Columbia, Canada. It lies between thethe focus of which is the town of
Okanagan Valley on its west and theMerritt, British Columbia. Towards its
Kettle River on its east, andsouthern edges, the plateau is fairly
geologically is more or less anmountainous and includes the ski area at
extension of the Thompson Plateau, whichApex, British Columbia, as well as the
lies west of the Okanagan. Its northernsmall but rugged Okanagan Range which
perimeter is the valley of the Shuswapruns south from there to the confluence
River, while its southern limit is theof the Similkameen and Okanagan Rivers.
FDR Reservoir (formerly the Columbia



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