Lillooet
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Lillooet may refer to:
Lillooet is found on many geographic features:
It is also common in administrative names:
- LillooetLillooet, British ColumbiaLillooet is a community on the Fraser River in western Canada, about up the British Columbia Railway line from Vancouver. Situated at an intersection of deep gorges in the lee of the Coast Mountains, it has a dry climate- of precipitation is recorded annually at the town's weather station,...
, a town in the Fraser CanyonFraser CanyonThe Fraser Canyon is an 84 km landform of the Fraser River where it descends rapidly through narrow rock gorges in the Coast Mountains en route from the Interior Plateau of British Columbia to the Fraser Valley...
in British ColumbiaBritish ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
. - the St'at'imcSt'at'imcThe St'át'imc are an Interior Salish people located in the southern Coast Mountains and Fraser Canyon region of the Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia.St'át'imc culture displayed many features typical of Northwest Coast peoples: the...
people, also known as the Lillooet people - The Lillooet language, also known under the names of its dialects St'at'imcets and Ucwalmícwts
- The Lillooet Tribal CouncilLillooet Tribal CouncilThe Lillooet Tribal Council is the official English name of the largest tribal council of what is also known as the St'at'imc Nation, though not including all governments of St'at'imc peoples - the term St'at'imc Nation has another context of all St'at'imc peoples, not just those within this tribal...
, which is the usual English name for the largest tribal council of the St'at'imcSt'at'imcThe St'át'imc are an Interior Salish people located in the southern Coast Mountains and Fraser Canyon region of the Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia.St'át'imc culture displayed many features typical of Northwest Coast peoples: the...
people - the Lilloooet Indian Band is the usual name for the government now known as T'it'q'et First NationT'it'q'et First NationThe T'it'q'et First Nation also known as the T'it'k't First Nation, the Tl'itl'ikt First Nation and as the Lillooet Indian Band, is a First Nations government located in the Central Interior-Fraser Canyon region of the Canadian province of British Columbia...
Lillooet is found on many geographic features:
- The Lillooet RiverLillooet RiverThe Lillooet River is a major river of the southern Coast Mountains of British Columbia. It begins at Silt Lake, on the southern edge of the Lillooet Crown Icecap about 80 kilometres northwest of Pemberton and about 85 kilometres northwest of Whistler...
, a tributary of the Fraser River - Lillooet Lake, a lake on the Lillooet River
- The Lillooet RangesLillooet RangesThe Lillooet Ranges are the southeasternmost subdivision of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains of British Columbia. They are located between the drainage of the Lillooet River and Harrison Lake on the west and the canyon of the Fraser River on the east, and by the lowland coastal valley of...
, a subdivision of the Coast Mountains - The Lillooet IcecapLillooet IcecapThe Lillooet Icecap, also called the Lillooet Icefield or the Lillooet Crown, is a large icefield in the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is about northwest of the towns of Pemberton and Whistler, and about north of Vancouver, British Columbia...
an icefield in the Coast MountainsCoast MountainsThe Coast Mountains are a major mountain range, in the Pacific Coast Ranges, of western North America, extending from southwestern Yukon through the Alaska Panhandle and virtually all of the Coast of British Columbia. They are so-named because of their proximity to the sea coast, and are often...
, about 200k north of Vancouver and at the head of the Lillooet and Bridge Rivers - The Lillooet Glacier, a tongue of the Lillooet Icecap which is the source of the Lillooet River.
- Lillooet Mountain is one of the peaks of the Lillooet Icecap
It is also common in administrative names:
- Squamish-Lillooet Regional District is a regional district in British Columbia, Canada
- the Lillooet Land District is a legal land-survey region of British ColumbiaBritish ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
dating to the founding of the colony in 1858 used in all property and legal documents - Yale-LillooetYale-LillooetYale—Lillooet was a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada.It first appeared in the 1966 General Election, when it superseded the older Lillooet riding, which was one of the province's original twelve ridings, as well as the equally-old Yale riding,...
is a provincial electoral district or "riding" in British ColumbiaBritish ColumbiaBritish Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
which superseded:- LillooetLillooet (electoral district)The Lillooet electoral district was a riding in the Canadian province of British Columbia, centred on the town of the same name and with various boundaries...
was a historical provincial electoral district 1871- 1890 and 1903-1966. It was among the province's original twelve ridings - Lillooet WestLillooet West (electoral district)Lillooet West was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was created from the division of the former two-member Lillooet into Lillooet East and Lillooet West, and appeared only in the 1894, 1898, and 1900 elections...
was a historical provincial electoral district in the 1894, 1898 and 1890 British Columbia elections - Lillooet EastLillooet East (electoral district)Lillooet East was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was created from the division of the former two-member Lillooet into Lillooet East and Lillooet West, and appeared only in the 1894, 1898, and 1900 elections...
was a historical provincial electoral district in the 1894, 1898 and 1890 British Columbia elections - and parts of the original YaleYale (provincial electoral district)Yale was a provincial electoral district in the Canadian province of British Columbia from the province's joining Confederation in 1871. It was a 3-member constituency and retained the name Yale until the 1894 election, at which time it was split into three ridings, Yale-East, Yale-North and...
riding. - NB the original federal district including the town and area of Lillooet was Cariboo (electoral district)Cariboo (electoral district)Cariboo was a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1871 to 1892.This riding was first created as Cariboo District following British Columbia's admission into the Canadian Confederation in 1871...
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