Fountain is an unincorporated rural area and First Nations reserve, about 22 kilometers north of Lillooet on Highway #99 in the semi-arid, Fountain Valley. Fountain lies at the southern apex of the double horseshoe-shaped bend at the Fraser Canyon of where both of the Fraser and Yalakom Faults meet. Both of these faults created the Fountain ridge, which rises above the community and forms a natural wall between it and the town of Lillooet. The climate of Fountain is extremely desert-like with temperatures that are slightly warmer and hotter than that of Lillooet’s that exceed almost 35 degrees Celcius. Known vegetation is Ponderosa Pine, Cacti, Sagebrush and tumbleweed. Fountain is referred to the huge fountain-like rapids that cut a creek and a small flat into a deep gulch and then cascade into the Fraser River below.
FOUNTAIN’S POPULATION: 165
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