McGuire Snow Cabin
The place
McGuire Snow Cabin in the Fraser Valley Regional District, Chilliwack/Bridal Falls sector (Cheam Range, Cascade Mountains, British Columbia, Canada), at 1,404 m elevation, on the slopes of the Cheam Range's 2,107 m peak. Continuous Canada BC Cascades cluster (batches 240-372). Winter ski touring/backcountry cabin (named after McGuire, an Irish-Canadian pioneer of 1880s Chilliwack + the Cheam Range of the Fraser Valley, 6 summits between 2,100 and 2,560 m + the Fraser Valley, BC's most productive farmland, population 200,000 + Bridal Falls, an iconic 122 m spectacle + heritage of the Stó:lō (a Salish people, the Sto'lo Nation, 8,000 members, Halq'eméylem language, joined a confederal nation in 1858 + the Fraser Gold Rush of 1858, 30,000 miners in 4 months, BC 1858-1863, hastening BC's confederation in 1866 and then Canada's in 1871 + Yale, a historic magistrate's court + heritage of Cheam mountain, a sacred Stó:lō place of ancestral power, a spiritual summit).
The setting
Fraser Valley, Chilliwack/Bridal Falls, Cheam Range, Cascade Mountains, BC, Canada, 1,404 m, Cheam Range 2,107 m, continuous cluster batches 240-372, McGuire winter ski touring cabin, Irish-Canadian 1880s + Cheam 6 summits 2,100-2,560 m + Fraser Valley farmland 200,000 + Bridal Falls 122 m, Stó:lō Salish Sto'lo Nation 8,000 Halq'eméylem 1858 confederal + Fraser Gold Rush 1858 30,000 in 4 months BC 1858-1863, BC confederation 1866, Canada 1871 + Yale magistrate + Cheam mountain sacred ancestral power spiritual summit.
