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Alfie
Alfie Peak 2114m Prominence: 204m High point on the northernmost side arm of the main Bostock ridge.
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Ansi
Ansi Peak 1911m Prominence: 201m the end of the long ridge extending west from Widow peak. It appears to be tree covered on the map.
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Cowhead
Cowhead Peak 2183m Prominence: 198m A broad, double summit southeast of Cowhead Pass. The summit is a walk. The gazetted summit is the lower one, at 2180m; the higher one, 1.8km northwest, is 2183m. The highest peak immediately southeast of Cowhead Pass.
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Fig
Fig Peak 1927m Prominence: 812m The highpoint of a gentle divide west of the Coquihalla Highway and east of Maka Creek. Logging roads to the east and south terminate about 1 km from the summit. A mostly open bushwhack will take you to the top. Named after Fig Lake.
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Gilda
Gilda Peak 2154m Prominence: 164m High point of ridge extending northwest from the official Hewitt Bostock. Name is from the movie Alfie, and the song of 1966.
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JA40
JA40 1647m Prominence: 457m
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Jackass
Jackass Mountain 2006m Prominence: 316m This gentle summit of the northern Cascades is located east of Kanaka Bar. The name comes from before the building of the Cariboo Wagon Road when a jackass plunged from the old trail here to the Fraser 500, more or less straight down, fully loaded with a miners supplies; another version says a whole team of jackasses. The name first really applied to this stretch of trail, and the road(s) that were built along the same mountainside in later times, rather than to the peak which was of course unseen by those who coined and used the name.
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JJ15
JJ15 1268m Prominence: 103m
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Kanaka
Kanaka Mountain 1897m Prominence: 167m In the Northern Cascades east of Kanaka Bar and southeast of Lytton, this infrequently visited peak is located near Jackass Mountain. Gold rush tales about these peaks far surpass the enjoyment of climbing them, but the dedicated will no doubt find a way. A Kanaka was the word in the local argot, whether English or the Chinook Jargon, for a British Columbian of Hawaiian origin, many of whom worked in the employees of the fur companies in the pre-colonial days. Kanaka comes from the Hawaiian word kanakamaolie, meaning a local dude, man. Like the early Chinese settlers, the early Kanakas came to BC to work as laborers and stayed. The name of this bar suggests that a group of Kanakas worked this bar during the 1858 Gold Rush (many of the Boston Men - Americans didnt like to work in the difficult and hostile country upstream from Spuzzum and left that to other groups; similarly with China Bar and other names in this area).
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Lily
Lily Peak 1990m Prominence: 60m This is a distinct alpine bump just north of the Bostock ridge. It has a large lake to the west and 3 smaller lakes to the east. Following the Alfie movie theme, Lily is one of the characters.
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Hewitt Bostock
Mount Hewitt Bostock 2180m Prominence: 110m Mount Hewitt Bostock is located near Stoyoma Mountain, and, like Stoyoma, is a double-summited peak with relatively mild relief. Nonetheless, it is the second-highest peak in this northernmost section of the Cascades. There are several other subpeaks above 2000 metres altitude nearby, and there are several tarns and small lakes near the mountain, especially on the north and east sides. Hewitt Bostock (1864-1930), the man after whom the mountain was named, was a noted rancher, newspaperman, businessman, and politician. He was born in England but moved to British Columbia in 1893. Born into an affluent family, he earned a law degree but never practised law. He bought a ranch at Monte Creek in 1888, and lived there most of the time from 1898 onward. In Victoria, where he lived after first immigrating, he founded the Province newspaper, which later moved to Vancouver and became one of B. C.s leading newspapers. After succeeding in other business ventures, Bostock entered politics, first serving as a Liberal Member of Parliament (1896-1900). He was appointed to the Senate in 1904, and served with distinction there until his death, including a stint as Opposition Leader from 1914 to 1921. Of interest to mountaineers, climbing was one of his hobbies, and he was a noted member of the Alpine Club of Canada.
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Lytton
Mount Lytton 2049m Prominence: 764m Located SE of Lytton, and NW of Kanaka Mountain, this gentle summit is one of the northernmost peaks in the Cascades. It is challenged for this distinction only by nearby Mt. Zakwaski, which is a monadnock and hence technically not a true mountain. A hiking trail climbs the west flanks of Mt. Lytton to the summit from Skuppah Rest Area on Hwy 1. Good views from the summit west to the Stein Valley peaks. The mountain is home to the largest herd of elk in southwestern BC. Mt. Lytton (and the nearby town of Lytton) is named for Edward Bulwer-Lytton, who was Colonial Secretary at the time of the founding of the Crown Colony of British Columbia (1858) and a great supporter of Governor Douglas efforts to secure the territory for Britain. Bulwer-Lytton is notable as a gothic novelist of some stature, even though his name is the subject of derision in literary circles, as one of his stories opened with the famous and much-parodied line It was a dark and stormy night. There is currently a yearly contest named for Bulwer-Lytton in which contestants submit badly written opening sentences for unwritten novels.
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McInnes
Mount McInnes 1690m Prominence: 848m
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Mowhokam
Mowhokam Peak 2017m Prominence: 322m The highpoint of a ridge northwest of Cowhead Pass, and south and inside the curve of Mowhokam Creek. The nearest logging roads are a couple of kilometers to the west and east. Named after Mowhokam Creek.
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Stoyoma
Stoyoma Mountain 2267m Prominence: 1157m A gentle summit west of Spius Creek. Its the highest peak in the northernmost portion of the Cascade Mountains. The summit is a walk.
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Widow
Stoyoma Widow Peak 2248m Prominence: 318m A pleasant open summit west of Heather Basin with a radio repeater tower on it. Can be gained from Cabin Lake by way of its east to south-southeast ridge system. Sometimes mistakenly referred to as Mount Hewitt Bostock - a lower and officially named peak to the north. Name Stoyomas Widow was suggested in Fairleys Guide under the description for Mount Stoyoma, page 217.
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Suspect
Suspect Peak 2041m Prominence: 356m
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Uztlius
Uztlius Peak 1992m Prominence: 374m Located near the head of Uztlius Creek this summit can be reached from either Boston Bar or via a longer approach from either Canford or the Coquihalla. It has a small area of alpine meadows and crags surrounded by lots of forested terrain with logging roads. The area is also a hotbed of marijuana cultivation and it is best not to investigate mysterious growths in 20-year old clearcuts too closely.
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Zakwaski
Zakwaski Mountain 2043m Prominence: 573m Headwaters of Nicoamen River, Kamloops Division Yale Land District. A low-angle monadnock, identified by Fred Beckey as the northernmost peak of the Cascades.