Cariboo Mountains

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The Cariboo Mountains are a rugged mountain range in east-central British Columbia, Canada, historically renowned as the heart of the 19th-century Cariboo Gold Rush.

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Cariboo Mountains canonical 20
Cariboo Mountains region 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf mountain range
borders Quesnel Highland
Rocky Mountain Trench
Shuswap Highland
linked to: Quesnel Highland
climate continental
subarctic
country Canada
drainageTo Columbia River basin
Fraser River basin
geologicalEra Paleozoic
geologicalType fold and thrust belt
hasAccess backcountry trails
logging roads
hasActivity backcountry hiking
wilderness canoeing
wildlife viewing
hasEcosystem alpine tundra
subalpine forest
hasGlaciers yes
hasLandform deep valleys
steep peaks
hasNearbyTown Quesnel, British Columbia
Valemount, British Columbia
Wells, British Columbia
hasProtectedArea Bowron Lake Provincial Park
Cariboo Mountains Provincial Park
Wells Gray Provincial Park
hasRecreationRoute Bowron Lake Canoe Circuit
hasVegetation coniferous forest
hasWildlife grizzly bear
moose
mountain caribou
highestPeak Mount Sir Wilfrid Laurier
highestPointElevation_m 3539
historicalEvent Cariboo Gold Rush
historicalPeriod 19th century
knownFor Cariboo Gold Rush
gold mining history
languageOfToponym English
locatedIn British Columbia
locatedInRegion east-central British Columbia
locatedOnContinent North America
namedAfter Cariboo region of British Columbia
linked to: Cariboo region
partOf Columbia Mountains
partOfLargerRegion Cariboo region
terrainType rugged
timeZone Pacific Time Zone

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Cariboo Gold Rush mainArea Cariboo Mountains
Interior Ranges contains Cariboo Mountains
Interior Plateau borderedBy Cariboo Mountains
Barkerville locatedIn Cariboo Mountains
Richfield locatedInMountainRange Cariboo Mountains
Interior of British Columbia contains Cariboo Mountains
North Thompson River sourceLocation Cariboo Mountains
Fraser Plateau borderedBy Cariboo Mountains
Cariboo region contains Cariboo Mountains
Blue River hasNearbyMountainRange Cariboo Mountains
Quesnel Lake partOf Cariboo Mountains region
linked to: Cariboo Mountains
Quesnel Highland borders Cariboo Mountains
Mount Sir Wilfrid Laurier locatedIn Cariboo Mountains
Wells, British Columbia servesAsGatewayTo Cariboo Mountains
Bowron Lake Canoe Circuit locatedIn Cariboo Mountains
Clearwater, British Columbia hasNearbyMountainRange Cariboo Mountains
subject linked to: Clearwater
Cariboo Mountains Provincial Park locatedIn Cariboo Mountains
Bowron Lake Provincial Park locatedIn Cariboo Mountains
Wells Gray Provincial Park locatedIn Cariboo Mountains