Cheam Range

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Cheam Range
Range
Cheam Peak in the Cheam Range
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Part of	North Cascades
City	Vancouver, British Columbia
Highest point	Welch Peak
- elevation	2,431 m (7,976 ft)
- coordinates	49°09′36″N 121°36′02″W / 49.16, -121.60056
Area	112 km² (43 sq mi)

The Cheam Range is a mountain range in Fraser Valley region of the Lower Mainland of British Columbia near the town of Agassiz. The region is also a part of the North Cascades and the Cascade Range and contains many rugged peaks.

The eastern peaks in the rage are referred to as the Lucky Four Group because of their relationship to the abandoned Lucky Four Mine^[1][2][3]

[edit] Peaks

• Cheam Peak
• Lady Peak
• Mount Foley
• Mount Welsh
• Knight Peak
• Baby Munday
• The Still

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Fairley p287
2. ^ Beckey p144
3. ^ Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia, Cheam Range Entry

[edit] References

• Cheam Range. Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2007-02-18.
• Fairley, Bruce (1986). "Chapter 24 The Cheam Range", A Guide to Climbing and Hiking in Southwestern British Columbia. Gordon Soules Book Publishers Ltd., p287. ISBN 0-919574-99-8. 
• Beckey, Fred (1995). "Section I: Northwestern Cascade Range", Volume 3: Rainy Pass to Fraser River, Cascade Alpine Guide, Climbing and High Routes. The Mountaineers, Seattle, WA, pp144-152. ISBN 0-89886-423-2.