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Stawamus Chief Park

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Stawamus Chief Park
Stawamus Chief Park
Stawamus Chief Park
Stawamus Chief Park
Stawamus Chief Park
Stawamus Chief Park
Stawamus Chief Park
Stawamus Chief Park
Stawamus Chief Park
Stawamus Chief Park
Stawamus Chief Park
Stawamus Chief Park
Stawamus Chief Park
Stawamus Chief Park
Stawamus Chief Park
The Stawamus Chief, officially Stawamus Chief Mountain , is a granite dome located adjacent to the town of Squamish, British Columbia, Canada. It towers over 700 m above the waters of nearby Howe Sound. It is often claimed to be the second largest granite monolith in the world.The Squamish, indigenous people from this area, consider the Chief to be a place of spiritual significance. The Squamish language name for the mountain is Siám' Smánit , and their traditions say it is a longhouse transformed to stone by Xáays, as the Transformer Brothers are known in this language. The great cleft in the mountain's cliff-face in Squamish legend is a mark of corrosion left by the skin of Sínulhka, a giant two-headed sea serpent.The mountain gets its name from their village near its foot, Stawamus , as is also the case with the Stawamus River and Stawamus Lake, though the pronunciation of the village name is different than as commonly used in English .
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