{{Short description|Volcanic field in Canada}} {{no footnotes|date=May 2019}} {{Infobox volcanic hotspot | title =Squamish volcanic field | image =Garibaldi Volcanic Belt-en.svg | image_alt =Map showing the location of a zone with related volcanoes. | image_caption =The extent of the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt showing the location of the Squamish field volcanoes. | map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | globe_type = | globe = | country =Canada | state = | province =British Columbia | territory = | region =Garibaldi Volcanic Belt | coordinates = {{coord|50|07|13|N|123|17|26|W|display=it}} | coordinates_footnotes = | diameter = | length ={{convert|3|km|abbr=on}} | width ={{convert|1|km|abbr=on}} | depth = | period = | age = | latest_activity = | last_eruption = | discoverer = | eponym = }} The '''Squamish volcanic field''' is a small north–south trending volcanic field on the South Coast of British Columbia, Canada. It extends for only about {{Convert|3|km|mi|abbr=on}} from the eastern side of Howe Sound northeast of Britannia Beach to the heavily forested slope on the western side of the Squamish River mouth. It forms the southernmost end of the Garibaldi Volcanic Belt, which comprises part of the Canadian Cascade Arc. Its volcanoes are relatively minor to the more voluminous stratovolcanoes found throughout the Garibaldi Belt and are composed of dacite and lesser basaltic andesite. The field gets its name from the nearby community of Squamish at the north end of Howe Sound on the Sea to Sky Highway.

Volcanism in the Squamish field has constructed at least two volcanic zones known as the Watts Point volcanic centre and Monmouth Creek complex. The most recent eruptive activity at these volcanoes is likely Pleistocene in age and are both likely products of glaciovolcanism during the last glacial period.

==See also== *Bridge River Cones *Mount Cayley volcanic field *List of volcanic fields

==References== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20101211095134/http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/volcanoes/cat/volcano_e.php?id=gvb_wpt_046 Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes: Watts Point] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20101211080136/http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/volcanoes/cat/volcano_e.php?id=gvb_tcs_045 Catalogue of Canadian volcanoes: The Castle]

==External links== {{cite gvp|name=Squamish|vn=320812}}

{{Garibaldi Volcanic Belt}}

Category:Volcanic fields of Canada Category:Garibaldi Volcanic Belt Category:Pleistocene volcanism Category:Sea-to-Sky Corridor Category:Pleistocene British Columbia

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