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20-572: The river is in three sections, an upper part beginning at Joss Pass, at the northern end of the Sawtooth Range of the Monashees and emptying into Sugar Lake southeast of the south end of that range. The next section of the river curves south from Sugar Lake to wind up running north again before entering Mabel Lake, which is a fair-sized mountain lake as typical of much of Interior British Columbia (e.g. Shuswap and Adams Lakes elsewhere in

40-566: Is Chase and the beginning of the South Thompson River . Tributaries of the Shuswap River include Wap Creek, by which a short pass at Three Valley Gap connects to Highway 1 between Craigellachie and Revelstoke . The Shuswap River has a long history of use for transporting both people and goods. Log Drives were once an annual event, with logs sent down the river from Mabel Lake during the high waters of spring runoff to

60-787: Is crossed by Washington State Route 20 at Sherman Pass . The Kettle River Range encompasses an area of 2,700 square miles (7,000 km ) and is a subrange of the Monashee Mountains , which in turn form part of the Columbia Mountains . The range runs north to south, bordered on the east by the Kettle River and the Columbia River , and on the west by the Kettle River, the Curlew Valley and

80-653: Is focused around the basin of the lower Kettle River and extends north toward the Midway Range . The Sherman Pass Scenic Byway runs 40 miles (64 km) east from the town of Republic, Washington across the center of the Kettle River Range and reaches its highest point at Sherman Pass , 5,575 feet (1,699 m), the highest mountain pass open all year in Washington state. Source: Kettle River Range The Kettle River Range , often called

100-549: Is held at the beginning of June at the Kingfisher Rapids near Mabel Lake . Fishing is popular during the annual Salmon Run in late August - early September. 50°43′00″N 119°03′00″W  /  50.71667°N 119.05000°W  / 50.71667; -119.05000 Monashee Mountains The Monashee Mountains are a mountain range lying mostly in British Columbia , Canada , extending into

120-731: The Kettle Range , is the southernmost range of the Monashee Mountains , located in far southeastern British Columbia , Canada and Ferry County , Washington , in the United States . Most of the northern half of the range is protected by the Colville National Forest and the southern half of the range is located on the Colville Indian Reservation . The highest peak is Copper Butte, which reaches 2,177 metres (7,142 ft). The range

140-735: The Republic District although 6,000 ounces of gold came from the Danville and Columbia River Districts. Terrace deposits 30 and 100 feet above the Columbia River at Keller also produced gold. Records state that during this time period, 164 lode mines, where thick mineral veins were worked with pick axes and shovels, and 35 placer mines , where minerals exposed by erosion were recovered from rivers and loose surface soil, operated in Ferry County. —From 1904 to 1928,

160-651: The San Poil River . The mountainous region begins immediately north of the Canada–US border , at Grand Forks, British Columbia , extending 110 miles (177 km) south to the bend of the Columbia River and Lake Roosevelt , formed by Grand Coulee Dam , where it terminates. The Okanogan Highlands are adjacent to the range on the west, and the Selkirk Mountains are adjacent on the east. The Sherman Pass Scenic Byway runs 40 miles (64 km) east from

180-466: The U.S. state of Washington . 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 the Columbia Mountains . The highest summit is Mount Monashee, which reaches 3,274 m (10,741 ft). The name is from the Scottish Gaelic monadh and sìth, meaning "moor" and "peace". The Monashee Mountains are limited on

200-438: The Kettle River Range was the largest producer of gold in the state. Mining operations yielded silver , copper , lead , zinc , platinum , nickel , cobalt , tungsten , iron , and iron pyrite ("fool’s gold"), as well. Today, the Kettle River Range is a popular, all-season recreation area for hiking , sport and aided climbing , snowshoeing , and cross-country skiing . The Kettle Crest National Recreation Trail follows

220-988: The Monashees, however, they may also be considered part of the Interior Plateau. The Okanagan Highland lies between the Kettle River and Okanagan Lake , south of the Shuswap River . Within this area, the small Sawtooth Range lies between the uppermost Shuswap River to the east and Mabel Lake to the west. The portion of the Shuswap Highland south of the North 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)). Between Revelstoke and Shuswap Lake,

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240-662: The backbone of the range, and may be accessed at the Kettle Crest Trailhead on the north or the Deer Creek Summit South/Sno-Park Trailhead on the south. The White Mountain fire burnt and destroyed 21,000 acres of timber in the southern half of the range in 1988, including all but the easternmost flanks of White Mountain, Edds Mountain, Bald Mountain, and Snow Peak, north to Sherman Peak. The State of Washington installed several interpretive sites and pull-outs along roads in

260-631: The confluence of the Kettle River and the Columbia , and reaches west to the southern extremity of the Okanagan Highland (spelled Okanogan Highland in the US) just northeast of the confluence of the Okanogan and Columbia rivers at Brewster and Bridgeport, Washington . The Okanagan Highland and parts of the Shuswap Highland to the west of the main range are technically classified as part of

280-690: The east by the Columbia River and Arrow Lakes , beyond which lie the Selkirk Mountains . They are limited on the west by the upper North Thompson River and the Interior Plateau . The northern end of the range is Canoe Mountain at the south end of the Robson Valley , near of the town of Valemount , British Columbia. The southern extremity of the range is in Washington State, where the Kettle River Range reaches

300-455: The many lumber mills along the banks of the Shuswap River in Enderby , Grindrod and Mara. During the late 1800s, paddlewheelers transported goods and people up the Shuswap River from Mara Lake to Enderby at Fortune's Landing, where they would be transported by stagecoach to Okanagan Landing west of Vernon. Many a paddlewheeler became beached on shifting sandbars in the river, and transportation

320-731: The range is crossed by Highway 1 - the Trans-Canada Highway - and by the mainline of the Canadian Pacific Railway , which run through Eagle Pass . Highway 6 goes over Monashee Pass . The Crowsnest Highway to the south takes the Bonanza Pass . The southern end of the Monashees within Canada is an historically important mining and former industrial area known as the Boundary Country , which

340-528: The region that explain the causes and effects of the fire. On August 13, 2001, a series of major wildfires and complexes were ignited by regional lightning storms passing over eastern Washington. Among them was the Mount Leona Fire which burned for several weeks and encompasses over 6,000 acres in the central Kettle River range northeast of Curlew Lake . The Kettle Complex fires occurred in late summer of 2015. The complex included three fires –

360-606: The same season, the original Arrow Lakes and Kootenay Lake ). Below Mabel Lake is the last stretch of the river west towards the town of Enderby at the north end of the Okanagan Corridor , after which the Shuswap River drains into Mara Lake . Mara Lake is connected via a channel named Sicamous Narrows to the Salmon Arm of Shuswap Lake at Sicamous which empties via the 3.5 km canal-like Little Shuswap River into Little Shuswap Lake. At that lake's lower end

380-511: The town of Republic, Washington across the center of the Kettle River Range and reaches its highest point at Sherman Pass , 5,575 feet (1,699 m), the highest mountain pass open all year in Washington state. The route is named for American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman , who crossed the range in 1883. Prospectors and low-paid Chinese miners working claims in the Kettle River Range produced more than 839,000 ounces of gold between 1896 and 1959. The largest amounts came from

400-500: Was slow. With the opening of the Shuswap-Okanagan Railway in 1892, the need for paddlewheelers on the Shuswap River declined. The Shuswap River is now a popular destination for canoeing, kayaking and tubing. The Shuswap Hut and Trail Alliance is proposing a Hut and Trail system which will join the Shuswap River waterway to over 280 km of mountain hiking trails surrounding Shuswap Lake . The Annual Kayak Rodeo

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