DCHP-3

sea of mountains

B.C.
DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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the western mountains.

Quotations

1880
Were it not for the lofty summits that here and there stretch up in the background, one would have little idea that he was in a country that has, for the most part, been fitly described as a "sea of mountains."
1952
The "sea of mountains," topped by ice fields and snow capped peaks . . . form one of the most scenic regions in North America.