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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A range of southeast British Columbia, Canada, rising to 3,519 m (11,545 ft).
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- noun a range of the Rocky Mountains in southeastern British Columbia
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THELMA GUTIERREZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Nestled in the shadow of the Selkirk Mountains is the town of Nelson British Columbia.
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THELMA GUTIERREZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT (on camera): Nestled in the shadow of the Selkirk Mountains is the town of Nelson, British Columbia.
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THELMA GUTIERREZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Nestled in the shadow of the Selkirk Mountains is the town of Nelson British Columbia.
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The dissected, partly glaciated Selkirk Mountains ecoregion is rugged, covered in mixed coniferous forest, and mantled by volcanic ash that increases forest productivity.
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Grizzly Bear Ranch, in the Selkirk Mountains, is a full day's drive from Calgary or Vancouver, or a half-day's drive from Spokane, Wash.
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Breathe in the scenery of Idaho's 65-mile-long Lake Pend Oreille and the Selkirk Mountains during an all-day outing that includes a barbecue lunch ($125; idahooutdoorexperience. com).
Horsepower 2007
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Attempts were also made to close by explosions the tunnels through which the Canadian Pacific Railroad passes under the Selkirk Mountains in
History of the World War An Authentic Narrative of the World's Greatest War Richard Joseph Beamish 1895
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While hunting in the Selkirk Mountains last fall, the
The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 Theodore Roosevelt 1888
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Location: Selkirk Mountains of Pend Oreille County, in the extreme northeastern corner of Washington.
The Seattle Times 2011
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On Aug. 8, in the Selkirk Mountains, an Idaho man, Jeremy Hill, was charged with a federal crime for killing a grizzly bear cub about 40 yards from his back door in May.
NYT > Home Page By JIM ROBBINS 2011
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