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Homathko Icefield

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adjacent to the mouth of the Homathko River. The icefield is essentially one large ice-girt montane plateau between these two rivers.
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from 1950 until the current name was adopted in 1976, it is one of the largest icefields in the southern half of the
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Homathko is a derivation of Homalco or Homalhco or Homalhko, who are a subgroup of the
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which bends around the icefield-massif's southern flank to reach the head of
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leader of the war. Just northeast of the icefield is
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icefield
British Columbia
Canada
Coast Mountains
Chilko Lake
Homathko River
Great Canyon
Waddington Range
Mount Queen Bess
Coast Mountains
Lillooet Icecap
Compton Névé
Southgate River
Bute Inlet
Mount Grenville
Chilcotin War
Klattasine Peak
Tsilhqot'in
Mount Queen Bess
Pacific Ranges
Mount Good Hope
Mainland Comox
List of glaciers
Pacific Ranges
Lillooet Icecap
Ha-Iltzuk Icefield
"Homathko Icefield"
BC Geographical Names
Bivouac.com - Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia

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