The Fawnie Range is a small hill-range located to the south of the

Ootsa Lake The Nechako Reservoir, sometimes called the Ootsa Lake Reservoir, is a hydroelectric reservoir in British Columbia, Canada that was formed by the Kenney Dam making a diversion of the Nechako River through a 16-km intake tunnel in the Kitimat Range ...

reservoir and to the north of the

West Road River The West Road River or Blackwater River or Tiyakoh is an important tributary of the Fraser River, flowing generally north-eastward from the northern slopes of the Ilgachuz Range and across the Fraser Plateau in the Chilcotin region of central B ...

in the

Nechako Plateau The Nechako Plateau is the northernmost subdivision of the Interior Plateau, one of the main geographic regions of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It spans the basin of the Nechako River and its tributaries the Stuart River and Endako ...

region of the

Central Interior of British Columbia Central is an adjective usually referring to being in the center of some place or (mathematical) object. Central may also refer to: Directions and generalised locations * Central Africa, a region in the centre of Africa continent, also known as ...

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. The northwest part of the park is within

Entiako Provincial Park Entiako Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the south flank of the Nechako River watercourse . History In 1956, the boundaries of Tweedsmuir Provincial Park Tweedsmuir South Provincial Park is a provinc ...

and includes

Mount Swannell Mount Swannell, 1821 m (5974 ft), prominence 771 m, is a mountain in the Fawnie Range of the Nechako Plateau in the Central Interior region of British Columbia, Canada. It is located to the south of the outlet of the Entiako River int ...

, (1821 m /5974 ft), one of the range's main summits, overlooking Natalkuz Lake (part of the Ootsa Reservoir) from the south. Other named summits include Tutial Mountain (1844 m / 6050 ft), Fawnie Dome (1733 m / 5686 ft) and

Fawnie Nose Fawnie Nose (1933 m / 6342 ft, prominence 872 m) is the highest summit of the Fawnie Range of the Nechako Plateau in the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. The range is located north of the West Road River and to the south of the Natalk ...

(1933 m / 6342 ft), the highest summit in the range.

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Nechako Country Interior Plateau Mountain ranges of British Columbia {{BritishColumbiaInterior-geo-stub

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