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15-717: In some classification systems the Lillooet Ranges are considered to form their own group, rather than being a subdivision of the Pacific Ranges, although the Bendor Range , north of the Cayoosh Range across Anderson Lake , is classified as part of the Pacific Ranges which would tend to imply that the Cayoosh and Lillooet Ranges are as well. The Cayoosh Range is defined by the valley of Cayoosh Creek on

30-630: A possible overland alternative to the Douglas Road . The north flank of the range is the valley of Seton and Anderson Lakes and the Gates River 's divide via Pemberton Pass with the lower valley of the Birkenhead River , which is the far western perimeter of the range. Named peaks in the range are confined the western end of the range, but the higher summits, mostly officially unnamed but well known to climbers and hikers, are in

45-539: Is a historic Canadian gold mining community in the Bridge River District of British Columbia , some 130 km on dirt roads west of the town of Lillooet . Gold has been the central element in the area's history going back to the 1858-1860 Fraser River Gold Rush . Miners rushed to the Cayoosh and Bridge River areas looking for placer deposits, One named Cadwallader looked for the outcroppings on

60-749: Is a small but once-famous subrange of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains , about It is approximately 7,000 square kilometres (2,700 sq mi) in area and about 40 km long (NW to SE) and about 18 km at its widest. It lies between Anderson Lake on the southeast and the Carpenter Lake Reservoir or the Bridge River Power Project on the north, with the gold-rich valley of Cadwallader Creek on its southwest. The range's western flank

75-531: Is the site of a series of now-semi-abandoned mining towns. One of these, Bralorne , is among the deepest mines in Canada and in its heyday was the third-richest gold mine in the world; it has waned from a peak population of 8,000 to less than 300 today. Its shafts plunge a mile beneath sea level under the range, starting at 3500' above. The name "Bendor" is believed by some locally to be a Gaelic-French hybrid - ben d'or - mountain of gold (note Welsh: Pen d'awr means

90-767: The Pacific Ranges , but this is incorrect as it is on the south side of the Bridge River , which is the limit of the Chilcotin Ranges . This article about a location in the Cariboo Regional District , Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to a mountain, mountain range, or peak in Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bralorne, British Columbia Bralorne ( / ˈ b r eɪ l ɔːr n / BRAY -lorn )

105-556: The 1870s Hunter Jack began to invite chosen prospectors into the valley, and ran a ferry across the Bridge River that virtually all entering the region had to cross. Among these were those who would eventually discover the hard rock lodes on Cadwallader Creek. Though styled the Bridge River Gold Rush, in this early period there were so few who had made it into the district that there were only forty residents during

120-573: The 1890 Census, prompting the naming of one of the claims "Forty Thieves". Since 2002, rising gold prices have led to new exploration in the area and plans for re-opening the Bralorne Mine, and nearby Pioneer Mine. In 2014, a realtor put the Bralorne's "third townsite", Bradian , on sale for $ 1 million. Around 2016, the entire town was sold for just over one million dollars. It is a ghost town consisting of some 20 dwellings last occupied in

135-660: The Cayoosh Range is Mount Marriott at 2,735 m (8,973 ft), due south of D'Arcy ( N'quatqua ); it is not named for the hotel-empire family of the same name but for an RCAF officer who was killed in action in World War II . Other summits include Cayoosh Mountain at 2,561 m (8,402 ft), Cirque Peak at 2,531 m (8,304 ft), Mount Gardiner at 2,406 m (7,894 ft), Mount Oleg at 2,587 m (8,488 ft), Saxifrage Mountain at 2,501 m (8,205 ft), and Mount Rohr at 2,423 m (7,949 ft). Bendor Range The Bendor Range

150-404: The creek that is now named for him and turned out later to be the site of the richest hard-rock veins in the region. Early exploratory parties of Chinese and Italians in the upper Bridge River basin were driven out by Chief Hunter Jack , who himself had a secret placer mine somewhere in the region, believed to be in upper Tyaughton Creek . and whose big-game hunting territory this also was. During

165-518: The eastern part of the range. The western part of the range is coastal-alpine in character, with small glaciers and heavy snowfall. The eastern, higher part of the range verges on the semi-arid climate typical of the Fraser Canyon and the rest of the Interior and has no permanent snowfields or ice, and is known for its beautiful alpine meadows and stunning vistas of the surrounding ranges to

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180-488: The heart of the range, invisible from the towns and lakes around its perimeter. At the northwest of the range, but mostly invisible from the towns below because of the terrain of its flanks, is Mount Truax 2,870 m (9,420 ft). East of it are Mount Williams 2,775 m (9,104 ft) and Mount Bobb 2,821 m (9,255 ft). Note: some classification systems assign the Bendor to the Chilcotin Ranges subgrouping of

195-566: The north, south and east. The highest summit is Goat Mountain , a largely unseen peak with an elevation of 2,855 m (9,367 ft) between the head of Seton Lake and the head of Downton Creek, which is a tributary of Cayoosh Creek. It is the third-highest summit in the Lillooet Ranges after Skihist Mountain and Petlushkwohap Mountain , which are in the Cantilever Range west of Lytton . The second-highest peak in

210-455: The same thing) - and while it does mean that, more or less, the name was conferred in honour of Bend Or , a famous racehorse of the 1890s. The range has only a few small icefields, but a number of extremely high and (for climbers) difficult peaks. The highest is Whitecap Mountain 2,918 m (9,573 ft), which is visible from the Lillooet end of Seton Lake but, as it is located near

225-632: The south, which is followed by the Duffey Lake Road section of Highway 99 , from Pemberton - Mount Currie to Lillooet , which are at the respective western and eastern ends of the range. Cayoosh Pass , between the head of Duffey Lake and the descent to the Pemberton Valley at Lillooet Lake , was first traversed by a non-native by Sapper James Duffey of the Royal Engineers in 1860, who investigated (then dismissed it) as

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