Kitimat ranges
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 Outline of the Kitimat Ranges in British Columbia |
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 The Kitimat Ranges with the village of Kitimat in the foreground |
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| Highest peak | Howson Peak ( 2759 m ) |
| location | British Columbia (Canada) |
| part of | Coast Mountains |
| Coordinates | 53 ° 50 ′ N , 128 ° 30 ′ W |
| surface | 56,000 km² |
The Kitimat Ranges is the middle sub-chain of the Coast Mountains , which stretch over 380 km in north-south direction and up to 240 km in east-west direction on the Pacific coast in the Canadian province of British Columbia . BC Geographical Names names the Portland Inlet as the northern limit , which is then continued with the Nass River and the Burke Channel as the southern limit . While the Pacific borders to the west, the Interior Plateau with the Nechako Plateau and the Fraser Plateau lies to the east .
geography
Only the Hazleton Mountains are considered as a partial chain of the Kitimat Ranges . The highest mountain in the Kitimat Ranges is Howson Peak , northeast of Kitimat , with a height of 2759 m .
The rivers that originate in the mountain range or pass them on their way to the Pacific include:
Larger settlements can only be found in the Kitimat Ranges on the northern edge along the British Columbia Highway 16 , which runs in east-west direction , the Yellowhead Highway, which is the northern route of the Trans-Canada Highway here and in the southern area along the east-west Westbound British Columbia Highway 20 .
Protected areas
Larger areas of the Kitimat Ranges are protected as Provincial Parks in British Columbia . These provincial parks are larger or more important :
- Anhluut'ukwsim Laxmihl Angwinga'asanskwhl Nisga'a Provincial Park
- Khutzeymateen Provincial Park , which as Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary is known
- Seven Sisters Provincial Park
- Kleanza Creek Provincial Park
- Kitimat River Provincial Park
- Burnie-Shea Provincial Park
- Gitnadoiks River Provincial Park
- Atna River Provincial Park
- Morice Lake Provincial Park
- Nanika-Kidprice Lake Provincial Park
- Entiako Provincial Park
- Itcha Ilgachuz Provincial Park
- Tweedsmuir North Provincial Park
- Tweedsmuir South Provincial Park
Web links
- Kitimat ranges . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
- Kitimat Ranges on Peakbagger.com (English)
- Kitimat Ranges in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia on bivouac.com (English)