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Mountain Attractions In Squamish

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Squamish is a community and a district municipality in the Canadian province of British Columbia, located at the north end of Howe Sound on the Sea to Sky Highway. The population of the Squamish census agglomeration – including First Nation reserves of the Squamish Nation not governed by the municipality – is 19,893.The town of Squamish had its beginning during the construction of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway in the 1910s. It was the first southern terminus of that railway . The town remains important in the operations of the line and also the port. Forestry has traditionally been the main industry in the area, and the town's largest employer ...
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Mountain Attractions In Squamish

  • 1. Stawamus Chief Park Squamish
    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 ...
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