The Cheam Range (pronounced or ) is a

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in the

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region of the

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near the city of

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. The region is also a part of the

Skagit Range The Skagit Range ( , ) is a subrange of the Cascade Range in southwestern British Columbia, Canada and northwestern Washington, United States, which are known in Canada as the Canadian Cascades or, officially, the Cascade Mountains. It is also k ...

of the

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and contains many rugged peaks. The western peaks in the range -

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, Lady, Baby Munday and Stewart, are known in areas of the

where they are visible, as the "Four Sisters". The eastern peaks in the range are referred to as the Lucky Four Group because of their proximity to the abandoned Lucky Four Mine; the glacier in the cirque formed by Welch and Foley is called the Lucky Four Glacier. Foley, Welch and Stewart commemorate partners in

Foley, Welch and Stewart Foley, Welch and Stewart was an early 20th-century American-Canadian railroad construction partnership. Earlier lumber and construction involvement In 1897, Peter Larson, Patrick Welch, John (Jack) William Stewart, and the Foley Brothers formed a ...

, an important contractor in early British Columbia responsible for building the

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and other projects. The highest point is the

Welch Peak Welch Peak is a mountain summit in the Cheam Range, located in southwestern British Columbia, Canada, near Chilliwack. It is the highest summit in the range. The mountain is named after one of the partners in the engineering firm Foley, Welc ...

Peaks

Cheam Peak Cheam Peak or Mount Cheam ( and ; , the local indigenous language, referring to the lowland below. The Halqemeylem name for the mountain is Lhílheqey – ''Theeth-uhl-kay'' – from the word ''Lhelqey'' – "glacier" or "rehydrate", referring t ...

* Lady Peak * Knight Peak * Baby Munday Peak * Stewart Peak * The Still *

* Foley Peak

Gallery

Baby Munday Peak.jpg, Baby Munday Peak, seen from near the summit of Knight Peak

References

{{reflist, refs= {{cite book , last = Beckey , first = Fred , authorlink = Fred Beckey , title = Volume 3: Rainy Pass to Fraser River , publisher = The Mountaineers, Seattle, WA , series = Cascade Alpine Guide, Climbing and High Routes , year = 1995 , pages= 144–152 , chapter= Section I: Northwestern Cascade Range , isbn = 0-89886-423-2 {{cite book , last = Fairley , first = Bruce , authorlink = Bruce Fairley , title = A Guide to Climbing and Hiking in Southwestern British Columbia , publisher = Gordon Soules Book Publishers Ltd. , year = 1986 , page= 287 , chapter= Chapter 24 ''The Cheam Range'' , isbn = 0-919574-99-8 {{cite web , url=http://www.canadianmountainencyclopedia.com/ArxPg.asp?ArxId=166 , title=Cheam Range , access-date=2007-02-18 , work=Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia , url-status=usurped , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928004706/http://www.canadianmountainencyclopedia.com/ArxPg.asp?ArxId=166 , archive-date=2007-09-28 Mountains of the Lower Mainland Two-thousanders of British Columbia Yale Division Yale Land District