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The Kitimat Ranges are one of the three main subdivisions of the Coast Mountains
The Coast Mountains (french: La chaîne Côtière) are a major mountain range in the Pacific Coast Ranges of western North America, extending from southwestern Yukon through the Alaska Panhandle and virtually all of the Coast of British Columbi ...
in British Columbia
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, the others being the Pacific Ranges
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to the south and the Boundary Ranges
The Boundary Ranges, also known in the singular and as the Alaska Boundary Range, are the largest and most northerly subrange of the Coast Mountains. They begin at the Nass River, near the southern end of the Alaska Panhandle in the Canadian pr ...
to the north.
Geography
The Kitimat Ranges lie between the Nass River and Portland Inlet in the north and the Bella Coola River
The Bella Coola River is a major river on the Pacific slope of the Coast Mountains in southern British Columbia. The town of Bella Coola is at its mouth on North Bentinck Arm. Bella Coola Indian Reserve No. 1 the location of the main community ...
and Burke Channel Burke Channel is a channel in the Central Coast region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, separating the south and east coasts of King Island from the mainland. It was first charted in 1792 by James Johnstone, one of George Vancouver's ...
on the south, and are bounded on their east by the Hazelton Mountains and include the mountainous islands of the North Coastal Archipelago, as well as King Island, which lies between Dean Channel Dean Channel is the upper end of one of the longest inlets of the British Columbia Coast, from its head at the mouth of the Kimsquit River. The Dean River, one of the main rivers of the Coast Mountains, enters Dean Channel about below the head o ...
and the aforesaid Burke Channel. Some of those islands are part of a separate formation known as the Coastal Trough.
Although lower than the neighbouring Pacific Ranges
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to the south, they are in some ways more rugged, and are heavily indented by coastal inlets as well as by fjord-like lake valleys on the Interior side of the range.
Sub-ranges
* Bare Top Range
*Countess of Dufferin Range
The Countess of Dufferin Range is a small subrange of the Kitimat Ranges, running along the east side of Grenville Channel on the south side of Lowe Inlet in British Columbia, Canada.
The range was named for Hariot Georgina, wife of the Earl ...
*Kitlope Range
The Kitlope Range is a small subrange of the Kitimat Ranges, located southeast of Kitlope Lake in British Columbia, Canada. It is surrounded by the Tezwa and Kitlope River
The Kitlope River is a river in the Kitimat Ranges in the North Coast ...
* North Coastal Archipelago
** Bell Range
**Burnaby Range
The Burnaby Range is a small subrange of the Kitimat Ranges, located on Pit Island, British Columbia, Canada
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**Cape Range
The Cape Range is a small subrange of the Kitimat Ranges
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**Chismore Range
The Chismore Range is a small subrange of the Kitimat Ranges, located on the western edge of Porcher Island
Porcher Island is an island in Hecate Strait, British Columbia, Canada, near the mouth of the Skeena River and southwest of the port ci ...
** Murphy Range
**Richardson Range
The Richardson Range is a small subrange of the Kitimat Ranges, located on the southwestern flank of Princess Royal Island
Princess Royal Island is the largest island on the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada. It is located amongst the isol ...
**Spiller Range
The Spiller Range is a small subrange of the Kitimat Ranges, located on the northeastern end of Porcher Island, British Columbia, Canada
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**Williams Range
The Williams Range is a small subrange of the Kitimat Ranges
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**Wimbledon Range
The Wimbledon Range is a small subrange of the Kitimat Ranges, located on the southern end of Gribbell Island, British Columbia, Canada
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*Tenaiko Range
The Tenaiko Range is a small subrange of the Kitimat Ranges in British Columbia, Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to ...
Parks
*Exchamsiks River Provincial Park
Exchamsiks River Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located in the Range 5 Coast Land District, on the north side of the Skeena River between Terrace and Prince Rupert. The park's chief conservation role focuses o ...
*Tweedsmuir South Provincial Park
Tweedsmuir South Provincial Park is a provincial park covering parts of the eastern Kitimat Ranges, northern Pacific Ranges, and the Rainbow Range in British Columbia, Canada. It was established on May 21, 1938 in the western interior of the pro ...
*Tweedsmuir North Provincial Park and Protected Area
Tweedsmuir North Provincial Park and Protected Area is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, which along with Tweedsmuir South Provincial Park and Entiako Provincial Park were once part of Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, then B. C.'s largest ...
* Kitimat River Provincial Park
*Kleanza Creek Provincial Park
Kleanza Creek Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. Kleanza Creek is a tributary of the Skeena River. The park occupies over an area of .
The Kleanza Creek Provincial Park is located in the Coast Mountains. The ch ...
*Khutzeymateen Grizzly Bear Sanctuary
Khutzeeymateen Provincial Park, also known as Khutzeymateen/K'tzim-A-Deen Grizzly Sanctuary, is a Class A provincial park located in the North Coast region of British Columbia, Canada. The park, within the purview of BC Parks, was established ...
*Nisga'a Memorial Lava Beds Provincial Park
Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Provincial Park (Nisga'a: ) is a provincial park in the Nass River valley in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, about 80 kilometres north of Terrace, and near the Nisga'a Villages of Gitlakdamix and Gitwinksihlkw. ...
*Kitlope Heritage Conservancy
The Kitlope Heritage Conservancy or Huchsduwachsdu Nuyem Jees ("source of milky blue waters") in the Haisla language, is a conservancy located on the Pacific coast of the province of British Columbia, Canada. It preserves the largest continuous ...
Rivers
Rivers within or originating in, or which transit the Kitimat Ranges, are:
* Brim River
* Dean River
*Ecstall River
The Ecstall River is a tributary of the Skeena River in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It originates in the Kitimat Ranges, and flows about to the lower tidal reach of the Skeena River at Port Essington, about southeast of Prince Ru ...
*Kemano River
The Kemano River is a river in the Kitimat Ranges of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. It flows into Kemano Bay on the Gardner Canal near the Kemano powerhouse and former townsite.
See also
*List of rivers of British Columbia
Th ...
*Khtada River
The Khtada River is a tributary of the Skeena River in the North Coast Regional District of the province of British Columbia, Canada. It originates in the Kitimat Ranges of the Coast Mountains, and flows south about to the lower tidal reach of ...
*Kitimat River
The Kitimat River is a river in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of British Columbia. It originates in the Kitimat Ranges, near the sources of the Dala River, Kemano River, Atna River, and Clore River. It flows in a curve ...
*Kitlope River
The Kitlope River is a river in the Kitimat Ranges in the British Columbia Coast, North Coast of British Columbia, Canada, flowing north for ,Length measured using Google Maps path tool, BCGNIS coordinates, topographic maps, anTopoQuest into the he ...
*McNeil River
The McNeil River is a river on the eastern drainage of the Alaska Peninsula near its base and conjunction with the Alaska mainland. The McNeil emerges from glaciers and alpine lakes in the mountains of the Aleutian Range. The river's destination ...
*Scotia River
The Scotia River is a tributary of the Skeena River in the North Coast Regional District of the province of British Columbia, Canada. It originates in the Kitimat Ranges of the Coast Mountains, and flows north about to the tidally-influenced low ...
*Skeena River
The Skeena River is the second-longest river entirely within British Columbia, Canada (after the Fraser River). Since ancient times, the Skeena has been an important transportation artery, particularly for the Tsimshian and the Gitxsan—whose n ...
See also
*Mountain ranges of British Columbia
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*North American Cordillera
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References
Mountain ranges of British Columbia
North Coast of British Columbia
Coast Mountains
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