Kettle River Range

Kettle River Range
	NASA satellite image of north central Washington and southern British Columbia with the Kettle River Range (red border) ; (Photo: MODIS Jacques Descloitres, 2001)
Highest peak	Copper Butte ( 48 ° 42 ′ N , 118 ° 28 ′ W ) ( 2177 m )
location	Boundary Country : British Columbia , Canada / Washington , USA
part of	Monashee Mountains , ; Columbia Mountains
Coordinates	49 ° 0 ′ N , 118 ° 25 ′ W Coordinates: 49 ° 0 ′ N , 118 ° 25 ′ W
surface	7,000 km²

The Kettle River Range (often just Kettle Range ) is the southernmost mountain range of the Monashee Mountains ; it is located in the extreme southeast of British Columbia ( Canada ) and in Ferry County in the US state of Washington . Most of the northern half of the chain is protected as Colville National Forest , the southern half is in the Colville Indian Reservation . The highest peak is the Copper Butte at 2,177 meters. The chain is crossed by Washington State Route 20 at Sherman Pass .

geography

The Kettle River Range covers an area of approximately 7,000 square kilometers and is a mountain range in the Monashee Mountains, which in turn are part of the Columbia Mountains . The chain runs from north to south and is bounded on the east by the Kettle River and the Columbia River , and on the west by the Kettle River, the Curlew Valley and the Sanpoil River . The mountainous region begins immediately north of the border between Canada and the United States at Grand Forks, British Columbia and extends 110 mi (177 km) south to the loop of the Columbia River at Lake Roosevelt , which is dammed by the Grand Coulee Dam . The Okanogan Highlands are exactly west of the chain, while the Selkirk Mountains are the eastern "neighbors".

Washington State Route 20, here referred to as the Sherman Pass Scenic Byway , runs 40 mi (64 km) east of Republic (Washington) across the center of the Kettle River Range and reaches its highest point at Sherman Pass (5,575 ft (1,699 m) )), the highest year-round pass in Washington. The route is named after the Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman , who crossed the chain in 1883.

history

Prospectors and underpaid Chinese miners produced more than 839,000 ounces (23,785 kg) of gold in the Kettle River Range between 1896 and 1959 . The largest quantities came from Republic District (Washington), but 6,000 ounces (170 kg) gold were also mined in the Danville and Columbia River districts . Terrace deposits 30 ft (9.1 m) and 100 ft (30.5 m) above the Columbia River at Keller were also gold bearing. Records show that during this period, 164 vein mines, mining thick vein deposits with pick and shovels, and 35 panning for gold , where the minerals were exposed through erosion and extracted from rivers and topsoil, were operated in Ferry County. - Between 1904 and 1928, the Kettle River Range was the largest gold producer in the state. In addition to gold, the mining activities also produced silver , copper , lead , zinc , platinum , nickel , cobalt , tungsten , iron and pyrite ( English fool’s gold , literally “fool’s gold”; German also “ fool’s gold ”).

The 1988 White Mountain fire destroyed 21,000 acres (8,498 hectares) of forest in the southern half of the mountain range, including everything but the eastern flanks of White Mountain, Edds Mountain, Bald Mountain and Snow Peak, northwards to Sherman Peak. Washington State built several nature trails and stops along the roads in the area to illustrate the destruction.

The Kettle Complex fires occurred in late summer 2015. This complex included three fires - the Stickpin, Renner, and Graves Mountain Fire - south of the Canadian border, west of Highway 395, north of State Route 20, and east of Highway 21. An estimated 73,392 acres (29,701 hectares) fell victim to the flames.

tourism

Today the Kettle River Range is a popular year-round recreational destination for hiking , climbing , snowshoeing and cross-country skiing . The Kettle Crest National Recreation Trail follows the main ridge of the chain and can be reached via the Kettle Crest Trailhead (a "trailhead" is an entry point, usually in connection with a parking lot) in the north or the Deer Creek Summit South / Sno-Park Trailhead in the south become.

Main summit

f1 Map with all coordinates of the main peak section : OSM

Copper Butte (7,123 ft (2,171 m)) - the highest peak in the Kettle River Range - 48 ° 42 ′ N , 118 ° 28 ′ W48.7023931 -118.4652917
Snow Peak (7,073 ft (2,156 m)) - 48 ° 35 ′ N , 118 ° 29 ′ W.48.5818365 -118.4822359
Scar Mountain (7,024 ft (2,141 m)) - 48 ° 41 ′ N , 118 ° 28 ′ W.48.6810043 -118.4600133
Wapaloosie Mountain (6,942 ft (2,116 m)) - 48 ° 40 ′ N , 118 ° 28 ′ W48.6643374 -118.4630689
Sherman Peak (6,886 ft (2,099 m)) - 48 ° 36 ′ N , 118 ° 29 ′ W.48.596559 -118.4775136
Bald Mountain (6,929 ft (2,112 m)) - 48 ° 34 ′ N , 118 ° 30 ′ W48.5590583 -118.5025146
White Mountain (6,919 ft (2,109 m)) - 48 ° 31 ′ N , 118 ° 27 ′ W.48.5112814 -118.4533447
Columbia Mountain (6,765 ft (2,062 m)) - 48 ° 37 ′ N , 118 ° 29 ′ W.48.6201701 -118.4819585
Midnight Mountain (6,650 ft (2,027 m)) - 48 ° 44 ′ N , 118 ° 28 ′ W.48.7260043 -118.4650141
King Mountain (6,614 ft (2,016 m)) - 48 ° 41 ′ N , 118 ° 24 ′ W.48.6765615 -118.4030654
Edds Mountain (6,535 ft (1,992 m)) - 48 ° 33 ′ N , 118 ° 32 ′ W.48.5573904 -118.5377943

Individual evidence

↑ Kettle River Range ( English ) In: Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved February 6, 2019.

↑ USDA Forest Service, Colville National Forest

^ Nez Perce Tribe and Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, map . Retrieved February 4, 2019.

^ Copper Butte, Washington . Peakbagger.com. Retrieved February 4, 2019.

^ Kettle River Range . In: Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia . Retrieved February 4, 2019.

↑ Sherman Pass Scenic Byway . In: America's Byways . Archived from the original on March 20, 2007. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved February 6, 2019. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / byways.org

↑ Reginald Heafield: The Official History of the Washington National Guard . Retrieved April 24, 2015.

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f WashingtonGold.net: Ferry County Washington Gold . Retrieved April 11, 2014.

^ White Mountain Fire Interpretive Site . Washington Tourism Alliance. Retrieved on February 6, 2019 ( page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2