Squeah is a locality in the lower
Fraser Canyon
The Fraser Canyon is a major landform of the Fraser River where it descends rapidly through narrow rock gorges in the Coast Mountains en route from the Interior Plateau of British Columbia to the Fraser Valley. Colloquially, the term "Fraser Ca ...
of
British Columbia
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,
Canada
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, located between the unincorporated town of
Yale
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(N) and the district municipality of
Hope
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on the
Fraser River
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. Squeah Indian Reserve No. 6 of the
Yale First Nation Yale First Nation () is a First Nations government located at Yale, British Columbia. Yale has 16 distinct reserves stretching from near Sawmill Creek to American Creek, with the most southern reserve situated at Ruby Creek in the District of Kent ...
, is located here, at the mouth of Suka Creek. Tiny Squeah Lake is on the south side of the locality at . The mountain above the community on the east side of the canyon, at is called Squeah Mountain by the members of the Yale First Nation.
BC Names/GeoBC entry "Squeah Mountain"
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See also
*List of communities in British Columbia
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References
Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia
Fraser Canyon
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