Park Ranges

Park Ranges
Main Ranges
Lynx Mountain, Rearguard Mountain, Resplendent Mountain, Mount Robson, and Berg Lake
Highest point
Peak	Mount Robson, Rainbow Range
Elevation	3,954 m (12,972 ft) [1]
Listing	Mountains of British Columbia
Coordinates	53°06′38″N119°09′23″W / 53.11056°N 119.15639°W / 53.11056; -119.15639 [2]
Dimensions
Area	33,223 km2 (12,827 sq mi)
Geography
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Country	Canada
Provinces	British Columbia and Alberta
Range coordinates	52°00′00″N117°50′00″W / 52.00000°N 117.83333°W / 52.00000; -117.83333 [3]
Parent range	Continental Ranges

The Park Ranges, also known as the Main Ranges, are a group of mountain ranges in the Canadian Rockies of southeastern British Columbia and southwestern Alberta, Canada. It is one of the three main subranges and the most central of the Continental Ranges, extending from southeast of Mount McGregor to the Fernie Basin.

Subranges

• Ball Range
• Blackwater Range
• Blue Range
• Bow Range
• Chaba Icefield
• Clemenceau-Chaba
• Columbia Icefield
• Drummond Group
• Freshfields
• Harrison Group
• Hooker Icefield
• Kitchen Range
• Le Grand Brazeau
• Massive Range
• McKale-Chalco Divide
• Mitchell Range
• Morkill Ranges
• Ottertail Range
• Rainbow Range
• Royal Group (mountain range)
• Selwyn Range
• Spray Mountains
• Sundance Range
• South Jasper Ranges
  • The Ramparts
  • Trident Range
• Van Horne Range
• Vermilion Range
• Wapta Icefield
• Waputik Icefield
• Waputik Mountains
  • President Range
  • Waputik Range
• Winston Churchill Range

References

1. "Mount Robson Provincial Park". BC Parks. Government of British Columbia. Retrieved 2023-07-09.
2. "Mount Robson". Geographical Names Data Base . Natural Resources Canada . Retrieved 2023-07-09.
3. "Park Ranges". BC Geographical Names . Retrieved 2019-08-19.

• Park Ranges in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia