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15-601: The Lillooet Icecap is the source of several major rivers which radiate out from it in a wheel pattern. The Lillooet River is fed by the Lillooet Glacier on the icefield's southern flank and runs southeast via Pemberton to Harrison Lake. The Bridge River is fed by the Bridge Glacier on the icefield's eastern flank and runs east to the town of Lillooet . On the icefield's north side are the Taseko River (a tributary of

30-658: A Plinian style eruption of the Mount Meager massif 2,400 years ago. The breccia damming the Lillooet River was not very strong, and the water soon eroded the breccia that was damming the river, forming Keyhole Falls . There was a massive flood when the water first broke through the breccia. The flood was big enough that small house sized blocks of breccia were carried away during the flood. Skatin First Nation The Skatin First Nations , aka

45-677: A location on the Coast of British Columbia , Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a glacier in Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lillooet River The Lillooet River is a major river of the southern Coast Mountains of British Columbia . It begins at Silt Lake, on the southern edge of the Lillooet Crown Icecap about 80 kilometres northwest of Pemberton and about 85 kilometres northwest of Whistler . Its upper valley

60-574: Is 28 km south of the outlet of Lillooet Lake on the east side of the Lillooet River . It is approximately 75 km south of the town of Pemberton and the large reserve of the Lil'wat branch of the St'at'imc at Mount Currie . Other bands nearby are Samahquam at Baptiste Smith IR on the west side of the Lillooet River at 30 km. and Xa'xtsa First Nations ; the latter is located at Port Douglas , near

75-580: Is about 95 kilometres in length, entering Lillooet Lake about 15 km downstream from Pemberton on the eastern outskirts of the Mount Currie reserve of the Lil'wat branch of the St'at'imc people. From Pemberton Meadows , about 40 km upstream from Pemberton, to Lillooet Lake, the flat bottomlands of the river form the Pemberton Valley farming region. Below the 30 km (18.6 mi) length of Lillooet Lake , it resumes again just north of

90-897: Is renamed as the Harrison River , which enters the Fraser near the First Nations community of Chehalis . The lower Lillooet River and Lillooet Lake were part of a short-lived main route between the Coast and the Interior in the days of the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush . See the Douglas Road . Until the 1910s, the name Lillooet River also applied to what is now the Alouette River in Maple Ridge ;

105-529: Is slowly proceeding on the 7 Nations Highway re-connecting Harrison Hot Springs to Pemberton see Skatin for details Skatin town site includes about 30 houses, a band office, and a new school and gymnasium built in 2003. The population living at Skatin is 65 at the town site, 74 on other Reserves & 275 off Reserves, the majority living in the Fraser Valley and Lower Mainland including Vancouver. Download coordinates as: Indian Reserves under

120-534: Is the Compton Névé , another large icecap. The Lillooet Icecap and Compton Névé form one contiguous icemass, but because they are two distinct massifs of the lower elevation and active glacial movement in Ring Pass they have been customarily considered to be separate. 50°45′N 123°45′W  /  50.750°N 123.750°W  / 50.750; -123.750  ( Lillooet Glacier ) This article about

135-843: The Chilcotin River ), the Lord and Tchaikazan Rivers (tributaries of the Taseko), and the Edmond River which feeds Chilko Lake , the source of the Chilko River , which like the Taseko is a tributary of the Chilcotin River . On the west side of the icecap are the sources of the Southgate River runs to Waddington Harbour at the head of Bute Inlet and shares a common delta with the Homathko River , and

150-632: The Skatin Nations , are a band government of the In-SHUCK-ch Nation , a small group of the larger St'at'imc people who are also referred to as Lower Stl'atl'imx. The Town of Skatin - the St'at'imcets version of the Chinook Jargon Skookumchuck - is located 4 km south of T'sek Hot Spring - alt. spelling T'sek Hot Spring - commonly & formerly named both St. Agnes' Well & Skookumchuck Hot Springs The community

165-696: The Toba River , which runs to Toba Inlet . The divide between the Lillooet and Southgate Rivers is on the southwestern flank of the icefield and is named Ring Pass . This was investigated for a possible route for the Canadian Pacific Railway but the survey party led by Stanley Smith was lost and never found. The Stanley Smith Glacier and Frank Smith Glacier in the central area of the Lillooet Icecap are named in their memory. Southwest of Ring Pass

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180-671: The hot springs was used by travelers on the old Douglas Road prior to the abandonment of that route by most traffic in about 1864, when the Cariboo Road via the Fraser Canyon became the main access to the BC Interior from the Lower Mainland . The Oblate Fathers established a mission & church - which is still standing- and encouraged the native people in the surrounding "wilderness" to settle there. see Skatin for details. Work

195-518: The mouth of the Lillooet River where it enters the head of Harrison Lake . The N'Quatqua First Nation on Anderson Lake , between Mount Currie and Lillooet , was at one time involved in joint treaty negotiations with the In-SHUCK-ch but its members have voted to withdraw, though a tribal council including the In-SHUCK-ch bands and N'Quatqua remains, the Lower Stl'atl'imx Tribal Council . The site of

210-611: The native community and ghost town of Skookumchuck Hot Springs , which is known in the St'at'imcets language as Skatin . The lower stretch of the Lillooet River, from Lillooet Lake to Harrison Lake , is approximately 55 km (c. 34 mi) in length. Its main tributaries are Meager Creek , the Ryan River , the Green River , and the Birkenhead River . Below Harrison Lake , the stream

225-479: The neighbourhood that grew up on its south branch became known as South Lillooet, but to avoid confusion the new postmaster was requested to come up with a name, choosing Yennadon after his family manor on the Devonshire Moors. The river name was changed formally on March 31, 1915 with "Alouette" chosen because of its resemblance to the sound of "Lillooet". The Lillooet River was dammed with breccia from

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