sea of mountains B.C.
the western mountains.
- 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.