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Lay Range
The Lay Range is a small subrange of the Swannell Ranges of the Omineca Mountains, located between Lay Creek and Swannell River in northern British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot .... References *Lay Rangein the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia Swannell Ranges {{BritishColumbiaInterior-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swannell Ranges
The Swannell Ranges are a mountain range between the Finlay and Nation Rivers and between the Hogem Ranges and the Finlay Ranges of northern British Columbia, Canada. It has an area of 22932 km2 and is a subrange of the Omineca Mountains which in turn form part of the Interior Mountains. in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia They are named in honour of legendary surveyor/explorer Frank Swannell. Sub-ranges * Espee Range * Fishing Range * Germansen Range * ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omineca Mountains
The Omineca Mountains, also known as "the Ominecas", are a group of remote mountain ranges in the Boreal Cordillera of north-central British Columbia, Canada. They are bounded by the Finlay River on the north, the Rocky Mountain Trench (here filled by Lake Williston) on the east, the Nation Lakes on the south, and the upper reaches of the Omineca River on the west. They form a section of the Continental Divide, that, in this region, separates water drainage between the Arctic and Pacific Oceans. The lower course of the Omineca River flows through the heart of the range. To the south of the Ominecas is the Nechako Plateau, to the west the Skeena Mountains and Hazelton Mountains, to the north the Spatsizi Plateau and the Stikine Ranges, while east across the Rocky Mountain Trench are the Muskwa Ranges. "The Omineca" or "the Omineca Country" is the entire area plus some of the northern Nechako Plateau adjacent to the Ominecas, where there has been more settlement and, in the past, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lay Creek
Lay Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of Colorado. Some say Lay Creek has the name of a pioneer settler named Lay, while others believe the creek took its name from the nearby military command known as Camp Lay. See also *List of rivers of Colorado References Rivers of Moffat County, Colorado Rivers of Colorado {{Colorado-river-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swannell River (born 1950), British businessman
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Swannell may refer to: * Swannell Ranges, a subrange of the Omenica Ranges in British Columbia, Canada * Mount Swannell, a summit in the Fawnie Range of the Nechako Plateau of British Columbia * Swannell River, a river of British Columbia People with the surname *Blair Swannell (1875–1915), English rugby union player *Frank Swannell (1880–1969), Canadian surveyor, after whom the Canadian geographic items are named * John Swannell (born 1946), English photographer *Robert Swannell Robert William Ashburnham Swannell (born November 1950) is a British businessman and former banker, and the chairman of Marks & Spencer from 2011 until September 2017. Early life Swannell was born in November 1950. Career Swannell worked in in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, forests, lakes, mountains, inland deserts and grassy plains, and borders the province of Alberta to the east and the Yukon and Northwest Territories to the north. With an estimated population of 5.3million as of 2022, it is Canada's third-most populous province. The capital of British Columbia is Victoria and its largest city is Vancouver. Vancouver is the third-largest metropolitan area in Canada; the 2021 census recorded 2.6million people in Metro Vancouver. The first known human inhabitants of the area settled in British Columbia at least 10,000 years ago. Such groups include the Coast Salish, Tsilhqotʼin, and Haida peoples, among many others. One of the earliest British settlements in the area was Fort Victoria, established ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by total area. Its southern and western border with the United States, stretching , is the world's longest binational land border. Canada's capital is Ottawa, and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. Indigenous peoples have continuously inhabited what is now Canada for thousands of years. Beginning in the 16th century, British and French expeditions explored and later settled along the Atlantic coast. As a consequence of various armed conflicts, France ceded nearly all of its colonies in North America in 1763. In 1867, with the union of three British North American colonies through Confederation, Canada was formed as a federal dominion of four provinces. This began an accretion of provinces an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
