The Sawtooth Range is a subrange of the
Shuswap Highland area of the central
Monashee Mountains in the
Southern Interior of British Columbia,
Canada
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. It is located between
Mabel Lake (W) and
Sugar Lake (E) and bounded on the south by the upper
Shuswap River. Its northern boundary is just south of the
Three Valley Gap area of
Eagle Pass, which is the route of the
Canadian Pacific Railway
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mainline and the
Trans-Canada Highway
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. To the east, across the uppermost Shuswap River above Sugar Lake, is the
Gold Range of the main spine of the Monashees, to which it is connected by the col of
Joss Pass
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. To the west, it is adjoined by the rest of the
Shuswap Highland, of which it is a part and is an intermediary mountainous plateau between the Monashees and the northeastern
Thompson Plateau.
Its highest summit is
Tsuius Mountain, 2487 m (8159 ft) prominence: 1142 m.
Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia entry "Tsuius Mountain"
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References
Monashee Mountains
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