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The Chehalis River is located in the southwest corner of British Columbia near the city of Vancouver , Canada. It flows south-eastward out of the Douglas Ranges of the Coast Mountains , draining into the Harrison River . Though the river's valley is heavily logged—earlier in the 20th century the area was covered by a dense network of Logging Railway s—the river itself flows through a modest yet picturesque canyon with the clearest water in the area. The Chehalis is a recognized fishing stream and, together with its tributaries such as Statlu Creek, offers tremendous opportunities for class III and IV Whitewater recreation. The river's canyon and the peaks and cliff-faces of the range encircling its basin, which comprises most of the area of the Douglas Ranges , is popular with rock-climbers and hikers, who call the area "the Chehalis". There is a small ski resort, Hemlock Valley , on the eastern side of the Chehalis River basin. A road penetrates the northeast rim of the range into the Harrison Lake basin and on to historic Port Douglas , at the head of that lake, and beyond up the Lillooet River via Skookumchuck Hot Springs to Pemberton – Mount Currie . This road, named the Sasquatch Highway will be paved before the 2010 Winter Olympics to connect Hwy 7 ( Lougheed Highway ) at the community of Chehalis with Hwy 99 (the Sea-to-Sky Highway ) at Mount Currie . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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