438:. Brew is the highest in the northern Lillooet Ranges at 9970'; the elevation of the confluence is about 700', the edge of Brew's summit above, less than a mile to the south, is around 8800'. A buttress of Mount Brew lies to the southeast of the confluence, even closer and overhanging the lower Seton River, and features an 8000' near-sheer wall, while on the north across the Seton River are the last ramparts of Mission Ridge, reaching up to 6000' in this area, which is also the terminus of the Cayoosh Range. The combined gorge-walls of Seton Lake, the Cayoosh Range, Cayoosh Canyon, Mount Brew and its northward buttress, and the last buttress of Mission Ridge, form a large canyon complex ranging from 5000' to 7000' which also is a zone of extreme aridity and high summer temperatures, featuring lizards, cactus, and sagebrush. "Nkoomptch" is the historical name for this locality historically and means "water crossing over" in the
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to have taken out around $ 6 million in gold. The creek's riverbed throughout this stretch was literally turned upside down and remains of
Chinese gold-mills and gold-furnaces can be found near the Hydro campsite, as well as piles of washed rocks which are byproducts of Chinese mining methods.
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Interior's three first flour mills in 1862, the others being at Big Bar 60 km up the Fraser, in times when the Lillooet District produced mostly grain, as a measure to secure food supplies for the
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Cayoosh Creek. The creek is the namesake of
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BC Names/GeoBC entry "Cayoosh Creek 1 (Indian reserve)"
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Search for
Station 08ME002 Cayoosh Creek near Lillooet
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658:Halfway to the Goldfields: A History of Lillooet
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609:, Irene Edwards, self-publ., Lillooet 1976
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630:BC MINFILE Record Summary No. 092HNW048,
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84:Lillooet Land District
539:BC Geographical Names
440:St'at'imcets language
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671:Categories
558:GeoLocator
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453:Dan Hurley
436:Mount Brew
383:Frank Gott
379:Ample Mine
198:Basin size
586:21 August
387:Gott Peak
337:over the
313:north of
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210:Discharge
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