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Selkirk Mountains are ranges in southeastern British Columbia between the Columbia River on the West and the valley of Kootenay Lake.
Description
Around Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park and North to the Rocky Mountain Trench are many impressive peaks with spectacular relief, including Mt Sir Sandford, the highest at 3,533 m.
Economic Importance
The more accessible southern ranges were settled in the 1880s, when mining activity drew prospectors from the northwestern United States. A mine in the McNaughton Lake (now Kinbasket Lake) region produces copper-zinc ore.
Immigration and Industry
Successive waves of settlers in the Kootenay and Slocan valleys have included religious groups like the Doukhobors. Trail is the industrial centre of the Kootenay region; Nelson and Castlegar are forest-products manufacturing centres.
