Selkirk Mountains

American  

plural noun

1. a mountain range in SW Canada, in SE British Columbia. Highest peak, Mt. Sir Donald, 11,123 feet (3,390 meters).

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Selkirk Mountains British  

plural noun

1. a mountain range in SW Canada, in SE British Columbia. Highest peak: Mount Sir Sandford, 3533 m (11 590 ft)

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Selkirk Mountains

The nearest grizzly populations to the east are in the Selkirk Mountains in Washington, Idaho and British Columbia and the Kettle-Granby population unit in B.C.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2024

Fifteen minutes away from the village core, the Nakusp Hot Springs is at the end of a quiet paved road in the Kuskanax Valley, surrounded by the foothills of the Selkirk Mountains.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2024

The grizzly bear population is small and concentrated in areas of the Selkirk Mountains and sites near the Washington-Canada border; no grizzlies have been documented in the North Cascades since 2010, according to WDFW.

From Seattle Times ● May 30, 2022

Biologists became aware of the bear through images captured on cameras inside the Selkirk Grizzly Bear Recovery Zone in a remote area of the Selkirk Mountains.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 15, 2021

I little thought at the time,” Mr. Sandilands concludes, “how distinguished a part I was playing, that I was making the Selkirk Mountains an ‘Island,’ a fact which few people realize to this day.”

From Down the Columbia by Freeman, Lewis R. (Lewis Ransome)