 Flying over the Purcell mountain range near Invermere, British Columbia, Canada Image by Eternalsleeper at English Wikipedia, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY-SA 3.0 |
The PercellsPurcell Mountains Purcell Mountains Mountain range in British Columbia, Canada The Purcell Mountains are a mountain range in southeastern British Columbia, Canada.[3] They are a subrange of the Columbia Mountains, which includes the Selkirk, Monashee, and Cariboo Mountains. They are located on the west side of the Rocky Mountain Trench in the area of the Columbia Valley, and on the east side of the valley of Kootenay Lake and the Duncan River.[4][5] The only large settlements in the mountains are the Panorama Ski Resort and Kicking Horse Resort, adjacent to the Columbia Valley towns of Invermere and Golden, though there are small settlements, such as Yahk and Moyie along the Crowsnest Highway, and residential rural areas dependent on the cities… (Source: Wikipedia)
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