Mahood Lake is a lake in the South Cariboo region of the Interior of British Columbia in Wells Gray Provincial Park . It is drained by the Mahood River , a tributary of the Clearwater River which has cut a deep canyon into Cambrian rocks and Pleistocene glacial moraines. Mahood Lake is fed by the short Canim River , which drains nearby Canim Lake to the west via Canim Falls and Mahood Falls .
17-796: [REDACTED] Look up Mahood in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mahood is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alan Mahood (born 1973), Scottish football player Alex B. Mahood (1888–1970), American architect from West Virginia Beverley Mahood (born 1974), Northern Irish/Canadian country music singer Hattie Mahood (1860–1940), British Baptist deacon and women's suffragist Kim Mahood , Australian writer and artist Marguerite Mahood , Australian visual artist and art historian Mike Mahood (born 1975), Canadian field hockey player Molly Mahood (1919–2017), British literary scholar Places [ edit ] Mahood Lake ,
34-737: A civil engineer. His first work was with the European and North American Railway in New Brunswick. At age 21, he was Chief Engineer of the harbour defences at San Francisco and, the following year, he was engaged by the Collins Overland Telegraph Company to survey the proposed telegraph line from North America to Europe via the Bering Strait and Russia. Mahood died at his sister’s home in Victoria, British Columbia, on February 23, 1901. He
51-587: A lake in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, Canada Mahood River , a river in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, Canada Mahood Falls , a waterfall at the outlet of Mahood Lake into the Mahood River Mount Mahood , mountain in the Victoria Cross Ranges of Alberta, Canada Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
68-405: A lake in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, Canada Mahood River , a river in the Cariboo region of British Columbia, Canada Mahood Falls , a waterfall at the outlet of Mahood Lake into the Mahood River Mount Mahood , mountain in the Victoria Cross Ranges of Alberta, Canada Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
85-452: Is 630 metres in elevation, 208 metres deep at its deepest point, approximately 33.5 km² in area, 21 km (13.0 mi) in length (east to west) and a maximum of 2.2 km (1.4 mi) in width. Mount Mahood is immediately south of the lake and rises to 1,812 m (5,945 ft). There are no written records about First Nations visits to Mahood Lake, but they did use this valley because pictographs can be seen about halfway along
102-656: Is Deception Creek on the lake's north shore which has a 50 m (164 ft) high waterfall, Deception Falls. The outflow from Mahood Lake is the Mahood River . It is only 7 km (4.3 mi) long and drops over Sylvia Falls and Goodwin Falls before flowing into the Clearwater River. The only road access to Mahood Lake goes to the west end from either Little Fort on the Yellowhead Highway #5 or 100 Mile House on
119-471: Is remembered in and near Wells Gray Park by Mahood Lake, Mahood River, Mahood Mountain, Mahood Falls, and the community of Mahood Falls. In 1939, long-time settlers at Canim Lake, Benjie and Florence McNeil, built Mahood Lake Lodge at the west end of the lake. It was a log structure with dining room and lounge on the main floor and 13 guest rooms upstairs. For the next 20 years, the Lodge attracted celebrities for
136-575: The Cariboo Highway #97. Mahood Lake Campground has 37 campsites and is operated by the Wells Gray Park concessionaire. It has a sandy beach and a boat launching ramp. The Mahood Lake Road ends 5 km (3.1 mi) past the campground at Deception Point which is one of only three private properties within Wells Gray Park. There are four hiking trails near Mahood Lake Campground: Canim and Mahood Falls, Canim River, Whale Lake and Deception Falls. At
153-798: The best route for the new railway. The expeditions of Smith, Mahood and a third surveyor, Joseph Hunter , all visited what is now Wells Gray Park. When the more southern Kicking Horse Pass was chosen instead in 1881, all of these meticulously examined routes across the Canadian Cordilleran were abandoned. Only three place names in the Park recognize those 10 wasted years of surveys: Mahood River & Lake, Marcus Falls, and Murtle River & Lake (Murtle refers to Joseph Hunter's birthplace in Scotland). Born in Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, in 1843, Mahood trained as
170-473: The excellent fishing in Mahood Lake and even earned a recommendation from Duncan Hines , the travel writer. The McNeils sold the Lodge in 1959 and moved to 100 Mile House where their seven children could attend school instead of relying on a correspondence education program. The Lodge burned to the ground in 1962. Mahood Lake Campground, operated by B.C. Parks, is now on the site of the Lodge. This deep valley
187-727: The 💕 [REDACTED] Look up Mahood in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mahood is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Alan Mahood (born 1973), Scottish football player Alex B. Mahood (1888–1970), American architect from West Virginia Beverley Mahood (born 1974), Northern Irish/Canadian country music singer Hattie Mahood (1860–1940), British Baptist deacon and women's suffragist Kim Mahood , Australian writer and artist Marguerite Mahood , Australian visual artist and art historian Mike Mahood (born 1975), Canadian field hockey player Molly Mahood (1919–2017), British literary scholar Places [ edit ] Mahood Lake ,
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#1732844255182204-541: The hardest I have had on the surveys, and we were in constant danger." His journey coincided with that of James Adam Mahood, who had been chosen by the C.P.R. in 1871 to head another survey party heading west to the Chilcotin . By chance, on September 17, 1872, the two expeditions met near the mouth of Mahood Lake. Smith and Mahood spent a day together comparing their notes and sketches. Between 1872 and 1881, about 20 survey parties fanned out across British Columbia to determine
221-535: The major Pacific railway terminus being at the head of Bute Inlet , a fjord which penetrates the Coast Mountains some 225 km north of Vancouver. While examining his favoured route eastward from the inlet in September 1872, he spent a grueling few days traversing Mahood Lake's rugged northern shore. His diary contains a gripping account of the hazards along this route and a declaration that "These last two days were
238-522: The south shore. The Mahood Lake area was the centre of considerable attention between 1872 and 1874 when three separate groups of Canadian Pacific Railway surveyors passed along its shores. Their objective was to find a feasible route for the railway from Yellowhead Pass in the Rocky Mountains westward to the Pacific Ocean. Marcus Smith, the head of British Columbia surveys, was a strong advocate for
255-506: The title Mahood . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mahood&oldid=1175407859 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mahood From Misplaced Pages,
272-503: The title Mahood . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mahood&oldid=1175407859 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with surname-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mahood Lake The lake
289-505: Was carved by glaciers, but there are remnants of lava flows north of the east end of the lake and along the Canim River upstream. The Canim River is the major inflow. It is 8 km (5.0 mi) long, draining Canim Lake, and most of this distance is through a rugged gorge carved in lava. The river drops 142 m (466 ft) between the lakes, partly accounted for by two waterfalls, Canim Falls and Mahood Falls . The other major inflow
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