Kimsquit Ridge, 1827 m, is a

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on the west side of the

Kimsquit River The Kimsquit River is a river in the Kitimat Ranges of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia, Canada, flowing into the head of Dean Channel, one of the major inlets of the Central Coast region. Name The name Kimsquit is associated with a form ...

in the

Kitimat Ranges The Kitimat Ranges are one of the three main subdivisions of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia, Canada, the others being the Pacific Ranges to the south and the Boundary Ranges to the north. Geography The Kitimat Ranges lie between the Na ...

of the

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. It is north of the head of

Dean Channel Dean Channel is the upper end of one of the longest inlets of the British Columbia Coast, from its head at the mouth of the Kimsquit River. The Dean River, one of the main rivers of the Coast Mountains, enters Dean Channel about below the hea ...

in between Foresight and Robson Creeks. There is a secondary peak, slightly lower than the northern peak, named Whitecone Peak, which is 1823 m elevation. The Bivouac Mountain Encyclopedia has dubbed the northern, slightly higher summit, Bluecone Peak.

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Central Coast of British Columbia Kitimat Ranges {{BritishColumbiaCentralCoast-geo-stub

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