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Cariboo Mountains

American

[kar-uh-boo] / ˈkær əˌbu /

plural noun

a mountain range in SW Canada, in E central British Columbia, part of the Rocky Mountains: highest peak, about 11,750 feet (3,580 meters).

Cariboo Mountains British

plural noun

a mountain range in SW Canada, in SE British Columbia. Highest peak: Mount Sir Wilfrid Laurier, 3520 m (11 549 ft)

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Here the Rockies could be easily pierced; but once through the engineer was faced by the huge flanking range of the Cariboo Mountains, in which repeated explorations failed to find a gap.

From The Railway Builders A Chronicle of Overland Highways by Skelton, Oscar Douglas

The towering Selkirk range faced the pass, as the Cariboo Mountains flanked the Rockies farther north.

From The Railway Builders A Chronicle of Overland Highways by Skelton, Oscar Douglas

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