| Monashee Mountains | |
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 Monashee Mountains are indicated. In the left of the image lies Vancouver Island. The boundary here includes theOkanagan Highland and portions of theShuswap Highland. | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Mount Monashee |
| Elevation | 3,274 m (10,741 ft) |
| Coordinates | 52°23′07″N118°56′24″W / 52.38528°N 118.94000°W /52.38528; -118.94000 |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 530 km (330 mi) N-S |
| Width | 150 km (93 mi) W-E |
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| Parent range | Columbia Mountains |
TheMonashee Mountains are amountain range lying mostly inBritish Columbia,Canada, extending into theU.S. state ofWashington. They stretch 530 km (329 mi) from north to south and 150 km (93 mi) from east to west. They are a sub-range of theColumbia Mountains. The highest summit is Mount Monashee, which reaches 3,274 m (10,741 ft). The name is from theScottish Gaelicmonadh andsìth, meaning "moor" and "peace".[1]
The Monashee Mountains are limited on the east by theColumbia River andArrow Lakes, beyond which lie theSelkirk Mountains. They are limited on the west by the upperNorth Thompson River and theInterior Plateau. The northern end of the range isCanoe Mountain at the south end of theRobson Valley, near of the town ofValemount, British Columbia. The southern extremity of the range is in Washington State, where theKettle River Range reaches the confluence of theKettle River and theColumbia, and reaches west to the southern extremity of the Okanagan Highland (spelled Okanogan Highland in the US) just northeast of the confluence of theOkanogan and Columbia rivers atBrewster andBridgeport, Washington.
TheOkanagan Highland and parts of theShuswap Highland to the west of the main range are technically classified as part of the Monashees, however, they may also be considered part of the Interior Plateau. The Okanagan Highland lies between theKettle River andOkanagan Lake, south of theShuswap River. Within this area, the smallSawtooth Range lies between the uppermost Shuswap River to the east andMabel Lake to the west. The portion of the Shuswap Highland south of theNorth Thompson River to the Okanagan Highland, may also be included.Major peaks include Hallam Peak (3,205 m (10,515 ft)) and Cranberry Mountain (2,872 m (9,423 ft)).
BetweenRevelstoke and Shuswap Lake, the range is crossed byHighway 1 - theTrans-Canada Highway - and by the mainline of theCanadian Pacific Railway, which run throughEagle Pass.Highway 6 goes overMonashee Pass. TheCrowsnest Highway to the south takes theBonanza Pass. The southern end of the Monashees within Canada is an historically important mining and former industrial area known as theBoundary Country, which is focused around the basin of the lower Kettle River and extends north toward theMidway Range.[2] TheSherman Pass Scenic Byway runs 40 miles (64 km) east from the town ofRepublic, Washington across the center of the Kettle River Range and reaches its highest point atSherman Pass, 5,575 feet (1,699 m), the highest mountain pass open all year in Washington state.[3]
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