The Nooksack Valley are a collection of mountain valleys within the North Cascades centered around Mount Shuksan , Mount Baker and the Twin Sisters , formed by the catchments of the upper Nooksack River and its alpine tributaries (primarily the North Fork, Middle Fork and South Fork). Roughly covering the western half of Washington state 's Whatcom County and a small northern fringe of Skagit County , the Nooksack valleys expands between the Sumas Mountain and Stewart Mountain (between which the valley proper is located) to the west; the Red Mountain, Church Mountain and Goat Mountain in the north; the Ruth Mountain , Icy Peak and Nooksack Cirque in the east; and the Lyman Hill and Mount Josephine in the south.
5-769: Out of the three main tributary valleys, the North Fork Valley communicates with the Columbia Valley in the north via a decently wide mountain pass between the Sumas and Red Mountain, where the Washington State Route 547 goes through from Kendall to Peaceful Valley ; and the South Fork Valley communicates with the Skagit Valley in the south via a narrow pass between Stewart/Anderson Mountain and Lyman Hill, where
10-529: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Columbia Valley (Lower Mainland) The Columbia Valley is a small valley and unincorporated settlement stretching southwest of Cultus Lake and extending across the Canada–United States border into Whatcom County, Washington . It is located to the south of the City of Chilliwack and east of Abbotsford , lying between Vedder Mountain and
15-685: The State Route 9 goes through from Saxon to Prairie. The Nooksack Valley proper beings at the confluence of the North and South Forks east of Deming about 740 m (0.46 mi) south of the T-junction roundabout between State Route 9 and 542 , and finishes at the western end of the Sumas-Stewart gap (where the State Route 9 and 542 split apart again) around Cedarville and Lawrence , after which
20-775: The Nooksack River enters the American side of the Fraser Lowland (known as the "Nooksack Lowland") and courses northwest towards Everson and Lynden , then turns southwest towards Ferndale before bending south to empty into the Bellingham Bay between the city of Bellingham and the Lummi Indian Reservation . 48°50′N 122°30′W / 48.833°N 122.500°W / 48.833; -122.500 This Whatcom County, Washington state location article
25-671: The main bulk of the Cascade Mountains . There is no border crossing in the valley, which has only a few farms in it. The community of Lindell Beach is located in it, on the south shore of Cultus Lake. Its terrain is similar to that of the Fraser Valley , though at a slightly higher elevation. During the 1920s a logging railroad operation supplied logs to the Campbell River Timber Company's mill in White Rock , moving
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