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{{Short description|Series of mountain ranges in Vancouver Island}} |
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| name = Vancouver Island Ranges |
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| photo_caption=[[Golden Hinde (mountain)|Golden Hinde]], south aspect, August 2006. |
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| photo_caption = [[Golden Hinde (mountain)|Golden Hinde]], south aspect, August 2006. |
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| country=Canada |
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| region=British Columbia |
| region = [[British Columbia]] |
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| parent=Insular Mountains |
| parent = [[Insular Mountains]] |
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| area_km2=45373 |
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| highest=[[Golden Hinde (mountain)|Golden Hinde]] |
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The '''Vancouver Island Ranges''', formerly called the '''Vancouver Island Mountains''', are a [[mountain range]] extending along the length of [[Vancouver Island]] which has an area of 31,788 |
The '''Vancouver Island Ranges''', formerly called the '''Vancouver Island Mountains''', are a series of [[mountain range|mountain ranges]] extending along the length of [[Vancouver Island]] which has an area of {{cvt|31,788|sqkm|sqmi}}. The Vancouver Island Ranges comprise the central and largest part of the island.<ref>{{cite report|doi=10.13140/RG.2.1.3032.9848 |author=Guthrie, R.H. |year=2005|title=Geomorthology of Vancouver Island: Mass Wasting Potential|publisher=BC Ministry of Environment|issue=Victoria BC Report No RR01}} p 1 (and see map at p 2 for area of Vancouver Island Ranges) {{ISBN|0-7726-5468-9}}</ref> The [[Geological Survey of Canada]] refers to Vancouver Island, Haida Gwaii, and the Alaska Panhandle as the [[Insular Plate|Insular Belt]] including the sea floor out to 100 km (62 mi) west of Vancouver Island.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/cordgeo/insular_e.php |title=Geodetic Survey of Canada, Cordilleran Geoscience Island mountains and sea floor |access-date=2006-10-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061020010959/http://gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/cordgeo/insular_e.php |archive-date=2006-10-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Vancouver Island Ranges are a sub-range of the [[Insular Mountains]]. |
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==Explorations== |
==Explorations== |
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The first European sighting<ref>see Elms, p 17-29 for the sources of this section</ref> of these ranges was likely [[Francis Drake|Sir Francis Drake]]. A sighting of land on June 5, 1579 was recorded by his crew aboard the vessel ''[[Golden Hind]]'' at a latitude of [[48th parallel north|48 degrees north]] but not finding safe harbour, they moved on southward. The highest peak of the Vancouver Island Ranges, the [[Golden Hinde (British Columbia)|Golden Hinde]] is named for his vessel. |
The first European sighting<ref>see Elms, p 17-29 for the sources of this section</ref> of these ranges was likely [[Francis Drake|Sir Francis Drake]]. A sighting of land on June 5, 1579 was recorded by his crew aboard the vessel ''[[Golden Hind]]'' at a latitude of [[48th parallel north|48 degrees north]] but not finding safe harbour, they moved on southward. The highest peak of the Vancouver Island Ranges, the [[Golden Hinde (British Columbia)|Golden Hinde]], is named for his vessel. |
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The first European explorer likely to have observed any of the mountains of the Vancouver Island Ranges would have been [[Juan José Pérez Hernández|Captain Juan José Pérez]] aboard the Spanish frigate Santiago. Although he anchored off [[Estevan Point]], on August 8, 1774 he did not land. [[James Cook|Captain James Cook]] entered [[Nootka Sound]] March 29, 1778 and spent about a month refitting his ships [[HMS Discovery (1774)|Discovery]] and [[HMS Resolution (Cook)|Resolution]]. His logs contain the first recorded reference to the mountains of Vancouver Island. In 1788 British Captain [[John Meares]] began a small settlement at [[Nootka Sound]] and the following year, the Spanish built a permanent fort at Friendly Cove ([[Yuquot, British Columbia|Yuquot]]) in [[Nuu-chah-nulth people|Nuu-chah-nulth]] territory. The Spanish claimed sovereignty and a dispute arose which was resolved with the [[Nootka Convention]] of the 1794. There was little further exploration until the [[Hudson's Bay Company]] was granted rights to Vancouver Island on January 13, 1849 leading to the first attempt, by Captain Hamilton Moffat in 1852 to ascend a major peak on the Island when he attempted [[Rugged Mountain]]. |
The first European explorer likely to have observed any of the mountains of the Vancouver Island Ranges would have been [[Juan José Pérez Hernández|Captain Juan José Pérez]] aboard the Spanish frigate Santiago. Although he anchored off [[Estevan Point]], on August 8, 1774 he did not land. [[James Cook|Captain James Cook]] entered [[Nootka Sound]] March 29, 1778 and spent about a month refitting his ships [[HMS Discovery (1774)|Discovery]] and [[HMS Resolution (Cook)|Resolution]]. His logs contain the first recorded reference to the mountains of Vancouver Island. In 1788 British Captain [[John Meares]] began a small settlement at [[Nootka Sound]] and the following year, the Spanish built a permanent fort at Friendly Cove ([[Yuquot, British Columbia|Yuquot]]) in [[Nuu-chah-nulth people|Nuu-chah-nulth]] territory. The Spanish claimed sovereignty and a dispute arose which was resolved with the [[Nootka Convention]] of the 1794. There was little further exploration until the [[Hudson's Bay Company]] was granted rights to Vancouver Island on January 13, 1849 leading to the first attempt, by Captain Hamilton Moffat in 1852 to ascend a major peak on the Island when he attempted [[Rugged Mountain]]. |
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# '''[[Pelham Range]]''': Between the Sarita River and Alberni Inlet. |
# '''[[Pelham Range]]''': Between the Sarita River and Alberni Inlet. |
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# '''[[Somerset Range]]''': Between The Pacheena-Sarita River basins and the Klanawa River (between Nitinat Lake and Imperial Eagle channel) |
# '''[[Somerset Range]]''': Between The Pacheena-Sarita River basins and the Klanawa River (between Nitinat Lake and Imperial Eagle channel) |
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# '''[[Seymour Range]]''': Between the valley of Cowichan Lake, San Juan River and Gordon River. |
# '''[[Seymour Range]]''': Between the valley of [[Cowichan Lake]], [[San Juan River (Vancouver Island)|San Juan River]] and Gordon River. |
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# '''[[Gowlland Range]]''': Near Victoria between [[Saanich Inlet]] and Brentwood Bay. Includes [[Mount Work Regional Park]]. |
# '''[[Gowlland Range]]''': Near Victoria between [[Saanich Inlet]] and Brentwood Bay. Includes [[Mount Work Regional Park]]. |
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# '''[[Pierce Range]]''': South of Gold River between the Jacklah River and the Burman River. |
# '''[[Pierce Range]]''': South of Gold River between the Jacklah River and the Burman River. |
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The [[Elk River Mountains]], located in [[Strathcona Provincial Park]], are considered a range by some sources.<ref>Stone |
The [[Elk River Mountains]], located in [[Strathcona Provincial Park]], are considered a range by some sources.<ref>Stone |
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[[File:Vancouver Island Ranges 241209.jpg|thumb|center|400px|In the subrange is a prominent hill which can be seen well as far east as [[Sidney, British Columbia|Sidney]], 38 km away. It is heavily exploited by loggers, but has yet to be named on a topographic map. It stands at {{coord|48|38|N|123|56|W}}]] |
<!-- [[File:Vancouver Island Ranges 241209.jpg|thumb|center|400px|In the subrange is a prominent hill which can be seen well as far east as [[Sidney, British Columbia|Sidney]], 38 km away. It is heavily exploited by loggers, but has yet to be named on a topographic map. It stands at {{coord|48|38|N|123|56|W}}]] |
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[[File:Jagged Mountain.jpg|thumb|left|Jagged Mountain as seen from highway 19]] |
[[File:Jagged Mountain.jpg|thumb|left|Jagged Mountain as seen from highway 19]] |
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[[File:SnowyVanIsleRanges.JPG|thumb|This subrange, not named on official maps, lies east of the San Juan River on southern Vancouver Island and forms the horizon in this west-facing view looking across [[Patricia Bay]] from [[North Saanich, British Columbia|North Saanich]].]] |
[[File:SnowyVanIsleRanges.JPG|thumb|This subrange, not named on official maps, lies east of the [[San Juan River (Vancouver Island)|San Juan River]] on southern Vancouver Island and forms the horizon in this west-facing view looking across [[Patricia Bay]] from [[North Saanich, British Columbia|North Saanich]].]] --> |
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|[[Golden Hinde (mountain)|Golden Hinde]]| |
| [[Golden Hinde (mountain)|Golden Hinde]] |
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| {{coord|49.662733|N|125.74703|W|format=dms|name=Golden Hinde}} |
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| 2,201 |
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| 2,195 |
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| [[Elk River Mountains|Elk River]] |
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|[[Elkhorn Mountain]]| |
| [[Elkhorn Mountain]] |
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| {{coord|name=Elkhorn Mountain|49|47.4|N|125|49.7|W}} |
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| 2,195 |
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| 996 |
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| [[Elk River Mountains|Elk River]] |
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|[[Victoria Peak (British Columbia)|Victoria Peak]]| |
| [[Victoria Peak (British Columbia)|Victoria Peak]] |
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| {{coord|name=Victoria Peak|50|03.3|N|126|06.0|W}} |
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| 2,163 |
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| 1,849 |
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| [[Sutton Range|Sutton]] |
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|[[Mount Colonel Foster]] |
| [[Mount Colonel Foster]] |
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| {{coord|name=Mount Colonel Foster|49|45.0|N|125|52.1|W}} |
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| 2,135 |
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| 864 |
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| [[Elk River Mountains|Elk River]] |
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|[[Mount Albert Edward (British Columbia)|Mount Albert Edward]]| |
| [[Mount Albert Edward (British Columbia)|Mount Albert Edward]] |
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| {{coord|name=Mount Albert Edward|49|40.7|N|125|25.9|W}} |
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| 2,093 |
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| 1,203 |
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|[[Rambler Peak]]| |
| [[Rambler Peak]] |
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| {{coord|name=Rambler Peak|49|44.0|N|125|44.8|W}} |
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| 2,092 |
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| 647 |
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| [[Elk River Mountains|Elk River]] |
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|[[Mount McBride]]| |
| [[Mount McBride]] |
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| {{coord|name=Mount McBride|49|43.3|N|125|39.0|W}} |
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| 2,083 |
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| 918 |
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|[[Kings Peak (British Columbia)|Kings Peak]]| |
| [[Kings Peak (British Columbia)|Kings Peak]] |
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| {{coord|name=King's Peak|49|48.7|N|125|50.2|W}} |
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| 2,065 |
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| 328 |
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| [[Elk River Mountains|Elk River]] |
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|[[Mount Celeste]]| |
| [[Mount Celeste]] |
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| {{coord|name=Mount Celeste|49|34|N|125|24|W}} |
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| 2,041 |
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| 369 |
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|[[The Comb]] |
| [[The Comb]] |
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| 2,040 |
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| 0 |
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|[[Mount Filberg]]| |
| [[Mount Filberg]] |
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| {{coord|name=Mount Filberg|49|48|28.1|N|125|43|39.0|W}} |
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| 2,035 |
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| 0 |
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|[[The Red Pillar]]| |
| [[The Red Pillar]] |
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| {{coord|name=The Red Pillar|49|31|32.2|N|125|23|21.1|W}} |
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| 2,035 |
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| 0 |
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|[[Mount Cobb (British Columbia)|Mount Cobb]]| |
| [[Mount Cobb (British Columbia)|Mount Cobb]] |
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| {{coord|name=Mount Cobb|49|47|23.0|N|125|44|51.0|W}} |
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| 2,031 |
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| 0 |
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|[[The Behinde]]||{{coord|name=The Behinde|49|39|51.1|N|125|46|14.2|W}} ||1,989 ||0|| |
|[[The Behinde]]||{{coord|name=The Behinde|49|39|51.1|N|125|46|14.2|W}} ||1,989 ||0|| |
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|[[Mount Flannigan]]|| {{coord|49|55.2|N|125|43.9|W|type:mountain_region:CA|name=Mount Flannigan}}||1,550 ||0|| |
|[[Mount Flannigan]]|| {{coord|49|55.2|N|125|43.9|W|type:mountain_region:CA|name=Mount Flannigan}}||1,550 ||0|| |
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|[[Mount ʻAlava]]||{{coord|49|53.4|N|126|29.8|W|type:mountain_region:CA|name=Mount ʻAlava}} ||1,550 ||0|| |
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|[[Pinder Peak]]|| {{coord|50|11.7|N|126|55.8|W|type:mountain_region:CA|name=Pinder Peak}}||1,542 ||0|| |
|[[Pinder Peak]]|| {{coord|50|11.7|N|126|55.8|W|type:mountain_region:CA|name=Pinder Peak}}||1,542 ||0|| |
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|[[Pretty Girl Peak]]||{{coord|name=Pretty Girl Peak|49|31.0|N|126|15.0|W}} ||1,020 ||0|| |
|[[Pretty Girl Peak]]||{{coord|name=Pretty Girl Peak|49|31.0|N|126|15.0|W}} ||1,020 ||0|| |
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| Mount Pickering |
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| {{coord|name=Mount Pickering|50|22.4|N|127|34|W}} |
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| 1,006 |
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| 0 |
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|[[Sydney Cone]] |
| [[Sydney Cone]] |
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| {{coord|name=Sydney Cone|49|31.2|N|126|19.2|W}} |
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| 996 |
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| 0 |
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|[[Mount Seaton]] |
| [[Mount Seaton]] |
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| 957 |
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| 0 |
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|[[Mount Crespi]]| |
| [[Mount Crespi]] |
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| {{coord|name=Mount Crespi|49|36.1|N|126|27.9|W}} |
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| 920 |
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| 0 |
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|[[Mount Lombard (Vancouver Island)|Mount Lombard]]| |
| [[Mount Lombard (Vancouver Island)|Mount Lombard]] |
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| {{coord|name=Mount Lombard|49|34.5|N|126|30.5|W}} |
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| 920 |
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| Unnamed peak |
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| 920 ({{abbr|est.|Estimation}}) |
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| [[Nunatak Mountain]] |
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| 909 |
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| 0 |
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| [[Refugium Range|Refugium]] |
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| [[Saxifrage Mountain]] |
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| [[Doom Mountain]] |
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| 762 |
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| [[Refugium Range|Refugium]] |
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| [[Mount Finlayson]] |
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| 419 |
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| 249 |
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| [[Gowlland Range|Gowlland]] |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
Latest revision as of 20:39, 1 August 2024
Vancouver Island Ranges | |
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Highest point | |
Peak | Golden Hinde |
Elevation | 2,195 m (7,201 ft) |
Coordinates | 49°39′43.8″N 125°44′48.6″W / 49.662167°N 125.746833°W |
Dimensions | |
Area | 45,373 km2 (17,519 sq mi) |
Geography | |
Country | Canada |
Province | British Columbia |
Range coordinates | 49°40′N 125°49′W / 49.667°N 125.817°W |
Parent range | Insular Mountains |
The Vancouver Island Ranges, formerly called the Vancouver Island Mountains, are a series of mountain ranges extending along the length of Vancouver Island which has an area of 31,788 km2 (12,273 sq mi). The Vancouver Island Ranges comprise the central and largest part of the island.[1] The Geological Survey of Canada refers to Vancouver Island, Haida Gwaii, and the Alaska Panhandle as the Insular Belt including the sea floor out to 100 km (62 mi) west of Vancouver Island.[2] The Vancouver Island Ranges are a sub-range of the Insular Mountains.
Explorations
[edit]The first European sighting[3] of these ranges was likely Sir Francis Drake. A sighting of land on June 5, 1579 was recorded by his crew aboard the vessel Golden Hind at a latitude of 48 degrees north but not finding safe harbour, they moved on southward. The highest peak of the Vancouver Island Ranges, the Golden Hinde, is named for his vessel.
The first European explorer likely to have observed any of the mountains of the Vancouver Island Ranges would have been Captain Juan José Pérez aboard the Spanish frigate Santiago. Although he anchored off Estevan Point, on August 8, 1774 he did not land. Captain James Cook entered Nootka Sound March 29, 1778 and spent about a month refitting his ships Discovery and Resolution. His logs contain the first recorded reference to the mountains of Vancouver Island. In 1788 British Captain John Meares began a small settlement at Nootka Sound and the following year, the Spanish built a permanent fort at Friendly Cove (Yuquot) in Nuu-chah-nulth territory. The Spanish claimed sovereignty and a dispute arose which was resolved with the Nootka Convention of the 1794. There was little further exploration until the Hudson's Bay Company was granted rights to Vancouver Island on January 13, 1849 leading to the first attempt, by Captain Hamilton Moffat in 1852 to ascend a major peak on the Island when he attempted Rugged Mountain.
Adam Grant Horne located a trail across the island from the Qualicum River to the Alberni Inlet in 1856 and Joseph Despard Pemberton, Surveyor General of the Colony of Vancouver Island explored much of the southern half of the Island in 1857. The southern Island was further explored by the Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition in 1865. By the mid-1880s the southern half of the island had been explored and by 1890 the northern region had been explored as well. The central part of the island, the area now within Strathcona Provincial Park, was explored by Reverend William Washington Bolton, Headmaster of the Victoria School for Boys, in 1894 and 1896.
Ranges
[edit]Only a few of the many subranges of the Vancouver Island Ranges have official names. These are:
- Refugium Range: On the Brooks Peninsula.
- Sophia Range: On Nootka Island, on the peninsula between Esperanza Inlet and Nuchatlitz Inlet.
- Genevieve Range: Nootka Island.
- Karmutzen Range: Between Nimpkish Lake, Tlakwa Creek and Karmuzten Creek.
- Hankin Range: Between Nimpkish Lake and Bonanza Lake.
- Franklin Range: Near Robson Bight on the Johnstone Strait between the Tsitika River and Kokish River.
- Bonanza Range: Between the Nimpkish River and the Tsitika River by Bonanza Lake.
- Sutton Range: Between Nimpkish River, White River, ktwanch River, Gold River.
- Newcastle Ridge: Johnstone Strait, west of Sayward-Kelsey Bay and east/north of Adams River
- Prince of Wales Range: East coast of Vancouver Island 40 km (25 mi) north of Campbell River.
- Halifax Range: Along Johnstone Strait between Amor de Cosmos Creek and Pye Creek.
- Beaufort Range: North of Port Alberni and west of Qualicum Beach.
- Pelham Range: Between the Sarita River and Alberni Inlet.
- Somerset Range: Between The Pacheena-Sarita River basins and the Klanawa River (between Nitinat Lake and Imperial Eagle channel)
- Seymour Range: Between the valley of Cowichan Lake, San Juan River and Gordon River.
- Gowlland Range: Near Victoria between Saanich Inlet and Brentwood Bay. Includes Mount Work Regional Park.
- Pierce Range: South of Gold River between the Jacklah River and the Burman River.
- Haihte Range: Between Tashsis River, the Nomash River, Zeballos Lake and Woss Lake.
The Elk River Mountains, located in Strathcona Provincial Park, are considered a range by some sources.[4]
Peaks of the Vancouver Island Ranges
[edit]See also
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Philip Stone (2003). Island Alpine, A Guide to the Mountains of Strathcona Park and Vancouver Island. Wild Isle Publications: Heriot Bay, BC. ISBN 0-9680766-5-3.
- Lindsay Elms (1996). Beyond Nootka, A Historical Perspective of Vancouver Island Mountains. Misthorn Press: Courtenay, BC. ISBN 0-9680159-0-5.
References
[edit]- ^ Guthrie, R.H. (2005). Geomorthology of Vancouver Island: Mass Wasting Potential (Report). BC Ministry of Environment. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3032.9848. p 1 (and see map at p 2 for area of Vancouver Island Ranges) ISBN 0-7726-5468-9
- ^ "Geodetic Survey of Canada, Cordilleran Geoscience Island mountains and sea floor". Archived from the original on 2006-10-20. Retrieved 2006-10-16.
- ^ see Elms, p 17-29 for the sources of this section
- ^ Stone