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The Fraser River separates the Cascades from the Coast Mountains in Canada, [4] as does the Willamette Valley from the upper portion of the Oregon Coast Range. The highest volcanoes of the Cascades, known as the High Cascades, [5] dominate their surroundings, often standing twice the height of the nearby mountains. They often have a visual ...
The following sortable table comprises the 150 highest mountain peaks of Canada with at least 500 metres (1640 feet) of topographic prominence. [a] The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways: The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level. [b]
The geography of the North Cascades describes a range of rugged mountains in British Columbia, Canada and Washington, United States. In Canada, the range is officially named the Cascade Mountains but is commonly referred to as the Canadian Cascades.
The North Cascades are a section of the Cascade Range of western North America.They span the border between the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. state of Washington and are officially named in the U.S. and Canada [1] as the Cascade Mountains. [2]
^C Nirvana is the unofficial name of this mountain and shows on alpine literature as such, as of 2008 the Canadian Government still refers to it as "unnamed peak". ^D This peak, which lies on the border between the two provinces, is known as Mount Caubvick in Newfoundland and Labrador and Mont D'Iberville in Quebec.
Mountain/Peak metres feet Mountain range Notes Mount Columbia: 3,747: 12,293: Winston Churchill Range Second highest in Canadian Rockies Twin Peaks massif: 3,684: 12,087: Winston Churchill Range Can be skied to the summit Mount Alberta: 3,619: 11,873: Winston Churchill Range Ice axe used in first ascent (1925) on exhibit at Jasper Yellowhead Museum
This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [1] of Canada. The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways: The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level. [2] The first table below ranks the 100 highest major summits of Canada by elevation.
The Skagit Range (/ ˈ s k æ dʒ ɪ t / SKAJ-it, Nooksack: Nexwx̠ex̠tsán) [1] is a subrange of the Cascade Range in southwestern British Columbia, Canada and northwestern Washington, United States, which are known in Canada as the Canadian Cascades or, officially, the Cascade Mountains.