Yukon is in the northwestern corner of Canada and is bordered by Alaska and the Northwest Territories. The sparsely populated territory abounds with natural scenic beauty, with snowmelt lakes and perennial white-capped mountains, including many of Canada's highest mountains. The territory's climate is Arctic in the north, subarctic in the central region, between north of Whitehorse and Old Crow, and has a humid continental climate in the far south, south of Whitehorse and in areas close to the British Columbia border. The long sunshine hours in the short summer allow a profusion of flowers and fruit to blossom. Most of the territory is boreal forest, tundra being the main vegetation zone only in the extreme north and at high elevations.
The Squamish River is a short but very large river in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Its drainage basin is 3,328 square kilometres (1,285 sq mi) in size. The total length of the Squamish River is approximately 80 kilometres (50 mi).
The Nechako River arises on the Nechako Plateau east of the Kitimat Ranges of the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, and flows north toward Fort Fraser, then east to Prince George where it enters the Fraser River. "Nechako" is an anglicization of netʃa koh, its name in the indigenous Carrier language which means "big river".
The Pitt River in British Columbia, Canada is a large tributary of the Fraser River, entering it a few miles upstream from New Westminster and about 25 km ESE of Downtown Vancouver. The river, which begins in the Garibaldi Ranges of the Coast Mountains, is in two sections above and below Pitt Lake and flows on a generally southernly course. Pitt Lake and the lower Pitt River are tidal in nature as the Fraser's mouth is only a few miles downstream from their confluence.
Officially Good Hope Mountain but commonly known as Mount Good Hope is one of the principal summits of the Pacific Ranges of the southern Coast Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. It stands immediately west of Chilko Lake, with the highest peak on the massif rising between the lake's southern arms.
The Homathko River is one of the major rivers of the southern Coast Mountains of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is one of the few rivers that penetrates the range from the interior Chilcotin Country to the coastal inlets of the Pacific Ocean. The Homathko River reaches the sea at the head of Bute Inlet, just west of the mouth of the Southgate River.
Dean Channel is the upper end of one of the longest inlets of the British Columbia Coast, 105 km (65.2 mi) from its head at the mouth of the Kimsquit River. The Dean River, one of the main rivers of the Coast Mountains, enters Dean Channel about 9.5 km (5.9 mi) below the head of the inlet, at the community of Kimsquit.
The Bella Coola River is a major river on the Pacific slope of the Coast Mountains in southern British Columbia. The town of Bella Coola is at its mouth on North Bentinck Arm. Bella Coola Indian Reserve No. 1 the location of the main community today of the surviving population of the Nuxalk who gathered there after depredations by smallpox and colonialization.
The Boundary Ranges, also known in the singular and as the Alaska Boundary Range, are the largest and most northerly subrange of the Coast Mountains. They begin at the Nass River, near the southern end of the Alaska Panhandle in the Canadian province of British Columbia and run to the Kelsall River, near the Chilkoot Pass, beyond which are the Alsek Ranges of the Saint Elias Mountains, and northwards into the Yukon Territory flanking the west side of the Yukon River drainage as far as Champagne Pass, north of which being the Yukon Ranges. To their east are the Skeena Mountains and Stikine Plateau of the Interior Mountains complex that lies northwest of the Interior Plateau; the immediately adjoining subregion of the Stikine Plateau is the Tahltan Highland. To their northeast is the Tagish Highland, which is a subregion of the Yukon Plateau. Both highlands are considered in some descriptions as included in the Coast Mountains. The Alexander Archipelago lies offshore and is entirely within Alaska.
The Dean River is one of the major rivers of the Kitimat Ranges subrange of the southern Coast Mountains in British Columbia. It begins at Aktaklin Lake on the Chilcotin Plateau and winds north around the Rainbow Range to enter Dean Channel at the now-uninhabited, remote community of Kimsquit. It is one of the few rivers to fully penetrate the wall of the Coast Mountains between the Fraser's mouth and the mouth of the Skeena River.
Kimsquit is a former village of the Nuxalk at the mouth of the Dean River on the northeast side of Dean Channel in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. Kemsquit Indian Reserve No. 1 is nearby at 52°49′00″N126°58′00″W, which is on Kimsquit Bay; Kimsquit Mountain is nearby.
Chatsquot Mountain, 2365 m, is a high-prominence summit in the Kitimat Ranges of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia, Canada, located northwest of Kimsquit Lake, east of the lower Kitlope River, and at the upper end of the basin of the Kimsquit River. It is part of the Kitimat Ranges which in turn form part of the Coast Mountains. With a topographic prominence of 1,981 m (6,499 ft), it is one of Canada's Ultra peaks and is the 98th most prominent summits of North America. It is also one of the most isolated mountain peaks of Canada.
The Bella Coola Valley is a relatively small but distinct region located in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, comprising the valley of the Bella Coola River and its tributaries. The region is served by BC Hwy 20, which runs from Williams Lake to the town of Bella Coola at the head of North Bentinck Arm, from where there is seasonal ferry service to Vancouver Island and Prince Rupert.
Chatscah Indian Reserve No. 2, officially Chatscah 2 is an Indian reserve of the Nuxalk Nation band government, located at the mouth of the Kimsquit River at the head of Dean Channel. Like nearby Kimsquit, at the mouth of the Dean River to the southeast, this Indian reserve was one of two reserves set aside of the once-populous Kimsquit subgroup of the Nuxalk, whose surviving post-smallpox population gathered at Bella Coola.
Comet Mountain, 1742 m, is a mountain in the Kitimat Ranges of British Columbia, Canada, located immediately west of the head of Dean Channel in the Central Coast region of that province, to the northwest of the town of Bella Coola. The former Nuxalk village and still-Indian reserve Kimsquit is located immediately east across Dean Channel, Chatscah Indian Reserve No. 2 is immediately north at the mouth of the Kimsquit River.
Kimsquit Peak, 2268 m, is a mountain in the Kitimat Ranges of the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, located immediately north of the former Nuxalk village of Kimsquit, which is at the mouth of the Dean River. Immediately to its west across the head of Dean Channel is Comet Mountain.
Kimsquit Ridge, 1827 m, is a mountain ridge on the west side of the Kimsquit River in the Kitimat Ranges of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. It is north of the head of Dean Channel in between Foresight and Robson Creeks. There is a secondary peak, slightly lower than the northern peak, named Whitecone Peak, which is 1823 m elevation. The Bivouac Mountain Encyclopedia has dubbed the northern, slightly higher summit, Bluecone Peak.
Cornice Peak, 2093 m, is a mountain in the Kitimat Ranges of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. It is located on the west side of the Kimsquit River just northwest of the head of Dean Channel. The Kapella River, a tributary of the Kitlope, rises on the west side of Cornice Peak.
The Taleomey River is a river in the northernmost Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the Central Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, flowing west to South Bentinck Arm where its waters enter the sea a few miles north of the head of that inlet. The Asseek River also enters the head of South Bentinck Arm, flowing into its head from the south.
