Creekside Cabin
The place
Creekside Cabin in the Fraser Valley Regional District, Chilliwack/Cultus Lake area (Cheam Range Cascade Mountains, British Columbia, Canada), at 586 m elevation, Cheam Range Cascades side. Continuous Canada BC Cascades cluster (batches 240-393). Backcountry/ski-touring cabin in the Cheam Range (Creekside toponym for the creek + Cheam Range Fraser Valley 6 peaks 2100-2560 m + Fraser Valley agricultural plain, one of BC's most productive with 200,000 residents + Cultus Lake historic resort + Stó:lō heritage (Halq'emeylem-speaking Salish people, Sto'lo Nation, 8000 people, 1858 confederal nation + Fraser Gold Rush 1858, 30,000 miners from California arriving over 4 months, BC 1858-1863, precipitating BC's confederation in 1866 then Canada in 1871 + Cheam mountain sacred Stó:lō place of ancestral power + Douglas Treaties 1850-1854, James Douglas, Vancouver Island, first treaties with Salish Nations on the Island).
The setting
Fraser Valley Chilliwack/Cultus Lake Cheam Range Cascade Mountains BC Canada 586 m Cheam Range Cascades side, continuous cluster batches 240-393, Cheam Range backcountry/ski-touring cabin Creekside stream + Cheam 6 peaks 2100-2560 m + Fraser Valley plain 200,000 + Cultus Lake resort, Stó:lō Salish Sto'lo Nation 8000 Halq'emeylem 1858 confederal + Fraser Gold Rush 1858 30,000 4 months BC 1858-1863 confederation BC 1866 CA 1871 + Cheam sacred ancestral power + Douglas Treaties 1850-1854 Vancouver Island 1st treaties Salish.
