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14-835: The region includes the Cariboo Plateau and Chilcotin Plateau , and the adjoining Marble , Clear and Camelsfoot Ranges on its southwestern edge. It is defined as lying between the Bonaparte River on its southeast, beyond which is the Bonaparte or Kamloops Plateau , part of the Thompson Plateau , and by a line formed by the Dean and West Road Rivers on its northwest (the Nechako Plateau lies to

28-726: Is Churn Creek , which forms the east flank of the Camelsfoot Range and enters the Fraser directly. On the west side of the plateau, the basins of the Dean , Homathko and Atnarko Rivers penetrate the massifs of the Coast Mountains and have their beginnings, or the early part of their courses, on the Chilcotin Plateau. The Chilcotin Plateau consists of basaltic lava of the Chilcotin Group ,

42-651: Is a 1950 film about the gold rush era of the 1890s in the area. The film is based on a story by John Rhodes Sturdy, screenplay by Frank Gruber, directed by Edwin L. Marin, and starring Randolph Scott and Gabby Hayes . Bowron Lake Provincial Park is a popular canoeing destination in the Cariboo Mountains east of Quesnel. Wells Gray Park to its south is partly in the Cariboo. Chilcotin Plateau The Chilcotin Plateau

56-616: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cariboo Plateau The Cariboo Plateau is a volcanic plateau in south-central British Columbia , Canada . It is part of the Fraser Plateau which is a northward extension of the North American Plateau. The southern limit of the plateau is the Bonaparte River although some definitions include the Bonaparte Plateau between that river and

70-529: Is commonly divided into North Cariboo, Central Cariboo and South Cariboo. The commercial centre of the north is Quesnel , of the central Williams Lake and of the south 100 Mile House . The Cariboo region is generally considered to reach as far southeast as the city of Kamloops and to include the Cache Creek and Lillooet areas in the south. The region west of the Fraser River north of Lillooet,

84-614: Is part of the Fraser Plateau , a major subdivision of the Interior Plateau of British Columbia . The Chilcotin Plateau is physically near-identical with the region of the same name, i.e. "the Chilcotin" , which lies between the Fraser River and the southern Coast Mountains and is defined by the basin of the Chilcotin River and so includes montane areas beyond the plateau. East of the Chilcotin Plateau, across

98-528: The Chilcotin , is often considered to be a part of the Cariboo; the country south of it immediately west of Lillooet is sometimes referred to as the West Cariboo. The Cariboo Plateau is made of Late Miocene flood basalt lavas of the Chilcotin Group , a group of related volcanic rocks that is nearly parallel with the Fraser Plateau . It extends along the adjacent Garibaldi Volcanic Belt in

112-694: The Chilcotin , west of the Fraser. The geographic region known as the Quesnel Highland , which forms a mountainous series of foothills between the plateau proper and the Cariboo Mountains , is likewise considered to be part of the Cariboo in a cultural-historical sense – not the least because it is the location of the famous Cariboo goldfields and the one-time economic capital of the Interior of British Columbia, Barkerville . The Cariboo

126-655: The Coast Mountains . Volcanism of the Cariboo Plateau is considered to be a result of extension of the crust behind the coastal Cascadia subduction zone . The Last Chance Lake and the Goodenough Lake beside it in the Bonaparte Plateau , as well as the Probe Lake and the Deer Lake in the Cariboo Plateau, are soda lakes . Important events in the history of the Cariboo region: The Cariboo Trail

140-588: The Fraser River , is the Cariboo Plateau , while to the north beyond the West Road (Blackwater) River is the Nechako Plateau . West and south of the Chilcotin Plateau are various subdivisions of the Coast Mountains , including the Chilcotin Ranges which lie along the plateau's southwest. Included within the definition of the Chilcotin Plateau are the Rainbow Range , near Bella Coola and

154-736: The Thompson , but it properly is a subdivision of the Thompson Plateau . The portion of the Fraser Plateau west of the Fraser River is properly known as the Chilcotin Plateau but is often mistakenly considered to be part of the Cariboo Plateau, which is east of the Fraser. As a region and historical identity, the Cariboo is sometimes considered to extend to the Thompson River to the south of that, and to border on

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168-568: The city of Kamloops at its southeastern corner and even as far as Lytton , at the confluence of the Fraser and Thompson Rivers. The town of Lillooet is generally considered to be in the Cariboo, while the Bridge River Country to its west was sometimes referred to as the West Cariboo, as were also the ranches along the west side of the Fraser northwards towards the Gang Ranch . Broader meanings of "the Cariboo" sometimes include

182-582: The north of the West Road). Also included in the Fraser Plateau are the Itcha and Ilgachuz Ranges and the adjoining Rainbow Range , which adjoin the Coast Mountains . The Fraser Plateau consists of basaltic lava of the Chilcotin Group , a group of related volcanic rocks that is nearly parallel with the Fraser Plateau. This article about a location in the Interior of British Columbia , Canada

196-468: The similarly volcanic Ilgachuz Range and Itcha Range both of which are major shield volcanoes . The Camelsfoot Range , north of Lillooet , is included in the Chilcotin Plateau by some systems of classification. The plateau is nearly entirely drained by the Chilcotin River and its tributaries, the largest of which are the Chilanko and Chilko Rivers . Also draining the plateau on its eastern edge

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