The Okanagan Highland is an elevated hilly plateau area in British Columbia , Canada , and the U.S. state of Washington (where it is spelled Okanogan Highlands ). Rounded mountains with elevations up to 8,000 ft (2,400 m) above sea level and deep, narrow valleys are characteristic of the region.
9-765: The Beaverdell Range is a subrange of the Okanagan Highland in the Southern Interior of British Columbia , located between the West Kettle and Kettle Rivers , and running nearly due south from Big White Mountain , which is its highest summit, and the highest in the Okanagan Highland, and lies near the head of the Kettle. The Beaverdell Range gets its name from the community of Beaverdell , which lies on its southwest flank midway along
18-465: Is a provincial park 16 kilometres north of Winfield in British Columbia , Canada . The park was established on May 20, 2004. The park is 43 hectares in size. It encompasses a southern-facing cliff along with a series of dry meadows above the cliff and wetter meadows below. The cliff edge provides views of Okanagan Lake and the land toward Kelowna . The High Rim Trail passes through
27-988: Is the highest summit in the US portion of the Highland. The Okanagan Highland is the source of several rivers in addition to the Kettle and West Kettle, including the Sanpoil River . Protected areas located within the Okanagan Highland include Ellison Provincial Park , Kalamalka Lake Provincial Park and Protected Area , Echo Lake Provincial Park , Denison-Bonneau Provincial Park , Wrinkly Face Provincial Park , Graystokes Provincial Park , Okanagan Mountain Provincial Park , Myra-Bellevue Provincial Park , Browne Lake Provincial Park , Skaha Bluffs Provincial Park , Conkle Lake Provincial Park , Johnstone Creek Provincial Park and Colville National Forest . Wrinkly Face Provincial Park Wrinkly Face Provincial Park
36-666: The Kettle River Range , and the southern portion of the Monashee Mountains . The highest summit in the Highland is Big White Mountain , at its northeastern extremity, which is also the highest summit of the Beaverdell Range , a mountain range which extends south from Big White between the Kettle and West Kettle Rivers . Other notable summits are Little White Mountain , Mount Baldy , Mount Moore, Mount Greyback, Mount Hull, and Mount Bonaparte which
45-806: The Coldstream Valley, east of Vernon, British Columbia , for 85 miles to the 49th parallel and into the State of Washington, lying between the Monashee Mountains on the east, and the Thompson Plateau and the Okanagan Valley on the west. The eastern boundary of the Okanagan Highland is clearly defined by the valley of the Kettle River . The western boundary is drawn arbitrarily and is somewhat difficult to define, because there are no natural features to follow between Penticton in
54-678: The Okanagan Valley and Lumby in the Coldstream Valley. The Washington State Department of Natural Resources describes the "Okanogan Highlands" as a larger area, extending from east of the Cascade Mountains and north of the Columbia Basin into northern Idaho and the Shuswap Highland in British Columbia . This region includes FDR Reservoir (the impounded Columbia River above Grand Coulee Dam ),
63-610: The West Kettle River, which was also the route of the Kettle Valley Railway , now a biking and hiking trail that is part of the Trans-Canada Trail . The range is of considerable mineralogical interest as it is known to contain large deposits of uranium , for which British Columbia has had for many years a mining moratorium . Residents of the area oppose uranium mining, although the history of
72-767: The park along the upper edge of the cliff. The primary role of Wrinkly Face Park is to protect the series of dry meadows at the top of the cliff and the wetter meadows at its base, along with the interior Douglas fir forest. The dry, seasonally-wet, diverse meadows are extremely fragile. Five red / blue-listed vascular plants are known to occur including red-listed Obscure Cryptantha (Cryptantha ambigua) and Needleleaved Navarretia ( Navarretia intertexta) and blue-listed Northern Linanthus ( Linanthus septentrionalis), False-mermaid ( Floerkea proserpinacoides) and Awned Cyperus ( Cyperus squarrosus). Wrinkly Face Park provides low-impact recreational opportunities, such as hiking or horseback riding, for nature study and contains part of
81-634: The region is connected with various small gold rushes. This article about a location in the Interior of British Columbia , Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Okanagan Highland BC Geographical Names , a service of the British Columbia Integrated Land Management Bureau, defines the Okanagan Highland as an area extending southward from the Shuswap River and
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