Fawnie Range

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The Fawnie Range is a small hill-range located to the south of the Ootsa Lake reservoir and to the north of the West Road River in the Nechako Plateau region of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. [1] The northwest part of the park is within Entiako Provincial Park and includes Mount Swannell, (1821 m /5974 ft), [2] one of the range's main summits, overlooking Natalkuz Lake (part of the Ootsa Reservoir) from the south. Other named summits include Tutial Mountain (1844 m / 6050 ft), [3] Fawnie Dome (1733 m / 5686 ft) [4] and Fawnie Nose (1933 m / 6342 ft), the highest summit in the range. [5]

West Road River river in British Columbia, Canada

The West Road River or Blackwater River is an important tributary of the Fraser River, flowing generally north-eastward from the northern slopes of the Ilgachuz Range and across the Fraser Plateau in the Chilcotin region of central British Columbia, Canada. With only one major tributary, the Nazko River, its confluence with the Fraser is approximately 40 km northwest of Quesnel. It forms the division between the Chilcotin Plateau (S) and the Nechako Plateau (N), which are subdivisions of the Fraser Plateau.

The Nechako Plateau is the northernmost subdivision of the Interior Plateau, one of the main geographic regions of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It spans the basin of the Nechako River and its tributaries the Stuart River and Endako Rivers, and is bounded on the south by the West Road River, south of which is the Chilcotin Plateau and on the north by the Nation River and the valleys of Babine and Takla Lakes, beyond which are the Omineca Mountains (N) and Skeena Mountains (NW). To the west, it abuts the various ranges of the Hazelton Mountains while on its east it is bounded by the pass between Prince George, British Columbia and the Parsnip Arm of Williston Lake, beyond which is the McGregor Plateau, which skirts the Northern Rockies. Some classification systems include the plateau area on the east bank of the Fraser River beyond the city of Prince George; this area neighbours the northernmost reaches of the Quesnel Highland and Cariboo Mountains.

The British Columbia Interior, BC Interior or Interior of British Columbia, usually referred to only as the Interior, is one of the three main regions of the Canadian province of British Columbia, the other two being the Lower Mainland, which comprises the overlapping areas of Greater Vancouver and the Fraser Valley, and the Coast, which includes Vancouver Island and also including the Lower Mainland.

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The Telegraph Range is a small hill-range located on the Nechako Plateau to the south of Ootsa Lake in the Cariboo Land District of the Central Interior of British Columbia. It was named by George M. Dawson to commemorate the route of the Collins Overland Telegraph, which lay along the range's northeast flank. The range is approximately 750 km2 in area.

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Swannell may refer to:

Mount Swannell, 1821 m (5974 ft), prominence 771 m, is a mountain in the Fawnie Range of the Nechako Plateau in the Central Interior region of British Columbia, Canada. It is located to the south of the outlet of the Entiako River into Natalkuz Lake, which is part of the Nechako Reservoir. The northernmost of the summits of the Fawnie Range and is in the northeastern end of Entiako Provincial Park, it is the only named summit of the Fawnie Range within the park.

Fawnie Nose is the highest summit of the Fawnie Range of the Nechako Plateau in the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. The range is located north of the West Road River and to the south of the Natalkuz Lake portion of the Ootsa Lake reservoir.

The Nechako Range, 1795 km2, is a ridge-like hill-range on the Interior Plateau of the Central Interior of British Columbia, located southwest of the city of Prince George and to the east of the similar Fawnie Range. Formerly known as Nechako Mountain, the range lies between the West Road River to its south and the Euchiniko River to the north, and Knewstubb Lake to its northwest.

References

  1. ↑ "Fawnie Range". BC Geographical Names . Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  2. ↑ "Mount Swannell". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  3. ↑ "Tutial Mountain". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  4. ↑ "Fawnie Dome". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2014-12-21.
  5. ↑ "Fawnie Nose". Bivouac.com. Retrieved 2014-12-21.

Coordinates: 53°16′00″N125°03′00″W / 53.26667°N 125.05000°W / 53.26667; -125.05000

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