North Cascades

North Cascades
Canadian Cascades
Mount Shuksan, one of the most picturesque peaks of the North Cascades
Highest point
Peak	Mount Baker
Elevation	3,286 m (10,781 ft)
Dimensions
Length	434.5 km (270.0 mi) North-South
Width	241 km (150 mi) East-West
Geography
Location map of the North Cascades and the Canadian Cascades
Countries	Canada United States
Province/State	British Columbia Washington
Parent range	Cascade Range
Borders on	Lillooet Ranges, Skagit Range

The North Cascades are a section of the Cascade Range of western North America. They span the border between the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. state of Washington and are officially named in the U.S. and Canada^[1] as the Cascade Mountains.^[2] The portion in Canada is known to Americans as the Canadian Cascades, a designation that also includes the mountains above the east bank of the Fraser Canyon as far north as the town of Lytton, at the confluence of the Thompson and Fraser Rivers.

They are predominantly non-volcanic, but include the stratovolcanoes Mount Baker, Glacier Peak and Coquihalla Mountain, which are part of the Cascade Volcanic Arc.