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Russel Range
The Russel Range is a subrange of the Finlay Ranges of the Omineca Mountains, located between Finlay River and Pelly Creek 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 .... Geologist R.G. McConnell named Russel Range after his assistant, H.Y. Russel. References *Russel Rangein the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia Omineca Mountains {{Canada-mountain-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelly Peak
Pelly Peak, is a mountain summit in the Russel Range of the Omineca Mountains in northern British Columbia, Canada. The mountain is situated west of the head of Finlay Reach of Williston Lake, and a remote south of Fort Ware in the Cassiar Land District. It rises above the south shore of Pelly Lake. Its nearest higher peak is Barrier Peak, to the east. Precipitation Surface runoff, runoff from the mountain drains into Pelly Creek, a tributary of the Ingenika River. Sir John Pelly (1777–1852) served as Governor of Hudson's Bay Company for three decades, and his name is attached to many geographic features in Canada, including but not limited to Pelly River, Pelly Mountains, Pelly Island, Pelly Bay, Mount Pelly, and Fort Pelly. The peak's name was officially adopted June 4, 1953, by the Geographical Names Board of Canada. Based on the Köppen climate classification, Pelly Peak is located in a subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Temperatures can d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelly Lake
Pelly may refer to: Places Canada *Pelly, Saskatchewan **Fort Pelly, a former Hudson's Bay Company fur trading post **Pelly (Saskatchewan electoral district) *Pelly Island, in the Beaufort Sea *Pelly Peak, a mountain in British Columbia *Pelly River, in Yukon United States * Pelly, Texas, now merged into Baytown People *Pelly (surname) *Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu (born 1993), English footballer *Pelly baronets, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom See also * * *Kpelle (other) *Pel (other) Pel or PEL may refer to: People * Albert Pel (born 1849), a French serial killer * David Pel (born 1991), a Dutch tennis player * Hendrik Pel (1818-1876), a Dutch zoologist and government official * Pieter Klazes Pel (1852–1919), a Dutch physi ... * Pell (other) * Pelley, a surname * Pelli, a surname * Pellyton, Kentucky, U.S. {{dab, geo, given name ... [...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] |
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] |
Finlay Ranges
The Finlay Ranges are a mountain range in northern British Columbia, Canada. It has an area of 4818 km2 and is a subrange of the Omineca Mountains which in turn form part of the Interior Mountains. in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia Sub-ranges * Butler Range *See also *Interior Mountains
The Interior Mountains or Northern Interior Mountains are the semi-official names for an expansive collection of moun ...
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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] |
Finlay River
The Finlay River is a 402 km long river in north-central British Columbia flowing north and thence south from Thutade Lake in the Omineca Mountains to Williston Lake, the impounded waters of the Peace River formed by the completion of the W.A.C. Bennett Dam in 1968. Prior to this, the Finlay joined with the Parsnip River to form the Peace. The headwaters of the Finlay at Thutade Lake are considered the ultimate source of the Mackenzie River. is located just north of Williston Lake. The Finlay drains an area of 43,000 square kilometres and discharges at a mean rate of 600 cubic metres per second. Majo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelly Creek
Pelly may refer to: Places Canada *Pelly, Saskatchewan **Fort Pelly, a former Hudson's Bay Company fur trading post **Pelly (Saskatchewan electoral district) *Pelly Island, in the Beaufort Sea *Pelly Peak, a mountain in British Columbia *Pelly River, in Yukon United States * Pelly, Texas, now merged into Baytown People *Pelly (surname) *Pelly Ruddock Mpanzu (born 1993), English footballer *Pelly baronets, a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom See also * * *Kpelle (other) *Pel (other) Pel or PEL may refer to: People * Albert Pel (born 1849), a French serial killer * David Pel (born 1991), a Dutch tennis player * Hendrik Pel (1818-1876), a Dutch zoologist and government official * Pieter Klazes Pel (1852–1919), a Dutch physi ... * Pell (other) * Pelley, a surname * Pelli, a surname * Pellyton, Kentucky, U.S. {{dab, geo, given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Russel
Hugh Yelverton "Bert" Russel (December 27, 1872 – November 11, 1924), occasionally misnamed Herbert Russell, was a Canadian ice hockey player who played for the Ottawa Hockey Club in the 1890s. He was captain of the team that won three successive Ontario championships and held the Canadian championship in 1892. Playing career Russel played ice hockey and football at McGill University, where he studied mining engineering. Later, while living in Ottawa, he continued playing both sports as a member of the Ottawa Hockey Club and the Ottawa Football Club. Russel played for the Ottawa Hockey Club from 1890 until 1896 and was captain from 1891 through 1893. His best offensive seasons for that club were in 1893–94 and 1894–95 when in both seasons he scored 10 goals in eight games. Russel left Ottawa in 1896 for an engineering position in Colorado. Career outside sport A draftsman for the Geological Survey of Canada during his time in Ottawa, he served as field assistant to geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
