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Mount Ronayne
Mount Ronayne is a summit located in the Pemberton Valley of British Columbia, Canada. Description Mount Ronayne is situated in the Coast Mountains, north of Pemberton, British Columbia, Pemberton and west-southwest of Sun God Mountain, the nearest higher neighbor. Precipitation runoff and glacial meltwater from the mountain's north slope drains into Tenas Creek, the east slope drains to Fowl Creek, and the south slope drains to Owl Creek, all of which are tributaries of the Birkenhead River. Mount Ronayne is more notable for its steep rise above local terrain than for its absolute elevation as topographic relief is significant with the summit rising 1,000 meters (3,280 ft) above Tenas Creek in , and 2,050 meters (6,725 ft) above the Lillooet River in . Etymology The mountain is named after John Ronayne, an Irish veteran of the Klondike Gold Rush who settled in the Pemberton Meadows area in 1906.G. P. V. Akrigg, Helen B. Akrigg (1997), ''British Columbia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |