Columbia Mountains

COLUMBIA MOUNTAINS are a complex group of mountains occupying most of southeast BC from the Interior Plateau and the Okanagan Highlands east to the ROCKY MT TRENCH. About 600 km in length, it is composed of 4 separate ranges: the SELKIRKS, PURCELLS, MONASHEES and CARIBOOS. The highest peak in the Columbia Mts is Mt Sir Sandford at 3,530 m. Other major peaks are Mt Sir Donald, Mt Adamant, Bugaboo Spire and Mt Sir Wilfrid Laurier. These ranges are largely metamorphic and granitic in nature and a...

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