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to the south and the Boundary Ranges to the north.

Geography

The Kitimat Ranges lie between the

Nass River The Nass River is a river in northern British Columbia, Canada. It flows from the Coast Mountains southwest to Nass Bay, a sidewater of Portland Inlet, which connects to the North Pacific Ocean via the Dixon Entrance. Nass Bay joins Portland In ...

and

Portland Inlet Portland Inlet is an inlet of the Pacific Ocean on the north coast of British Columbia, Canada, approximately north of Prince Rupert. It joins Chatham Sound opposite the Dixon Entrance. It is long and as much as wide. It drains the Portland Can ...

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 The Hazelton Mountains are a grouping of mountain ranges on the inland lee of the Kitimat Ranges of the Coast Mountains in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, spanning the area of Hazelton south to the Nechako Reservoir. Defined by the Britis ...

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

to the south, they are in some ways more rugged, and are heavily indented by coastal

inlets An inlet is a (usually long and narrow) indentation of a shoreline, such as a small arm, bay, sound, fjord, lagoon or marsh, that leads to an enclosed larger body of water such as a lake, estuary, gulf or marginal sea. Overview In marine geogra ...

as well as by fjord-like lake valleys on the Interior side of the range.

Sub-ranges

Bare Top Range The Bare Top Range is a small subrange of the Kitimat Ranges, running along the east side of Grenville Channel on the north side of Lowe Inlet in British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and thr ...

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 Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provi ...

* Kitlope Range *

North Coastal Archipelago North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating Direction (geometry), direction or geography. Etymology T ...

Bell Range The Bell Range, formerly spelled Belle Range, is a small subrange of the Kitimat Ranges, located east of Welcome Harbour on Porcher Island, British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three ter ...

Burnaby Range The Burnaby Range is a small subrange of the Kitimat Ranges, located on Pit Island, British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific O ...

Cape Range The Cape Range is a small subrange of the Kitimat Ranges, located on the southern end of Calvert Island, British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic O ...

Chismore Range The Chismore Range is a small subrange of the Kitimat Ranges, located on the western edge of Porcher Island, British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlanti ...

** Murphy Range **

Richardson Range The Richardson Range is a small subrange of the Kitimat Ranges, located on the southwestern flank of Princess Royal Island east of Kent Inlet, British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three t ...

Spiller Range The Spiller Range is a small subrange of the Kitimat Ranges, located on the northeastern end of Porcher Island, British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atla ...

Williams Range The Williams Range is a small subrange of the Kitimat Ranges, located on the southwestern end of Denny Island, British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atla ...

Wimbledon Range The Wimbledon Range is a small subrange of the Kitimat Ranges, located on the southern end of Gribbell Island, British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlan ...

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 ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward i ...

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 on p ...

* Tweedsmuir South Provincial Park * Tweedsmuir North Provincial Park and Protected Area *

Kitimat River Provincial Park Kitimat River Provincial Park is a provincial park in 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 ...

* Kleanza Creek Provincial Park *

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 o ...

* Nisga'a Memorial Lava Beds Provincial Park *

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 The Brim River is a river in the North Coast region of British Columbia, Canada, flowing into Owyacumish Bay which is at the west end of the Barrie Reach of the Gardner Canal. At the mouth of the Brim River is the Brim River Hot Springs Protected ...

Dean River The Dean River is one of the major rivers of the Kitimat Ranges subrange of the southern Coast Mountains in British Columbia. It begins at Aktaklin Lake on the Chilcotin Plateau and winds north around the Rainbow Range to enter Dean Channel at th ...

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 The ...

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 t ...

Kitimat River The Kitimat River is a river in the 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 north, then west, then south, emptyi ...

Kitlope River The Kitlope River is a river in the Kitimat Ranges in the North Coast of British Columbia, Canada, flowing north for ,Length measured using Google Maps path tool, BCGNIS coordinates, topographic maps, anTopoQuest into the head of the Gardner Canal ...

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 lowe ...

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 ...

References

Mountain ranges of British Columbia North Coast of British Columbia Coast Mountains {{BritishColumbiaCoast-geo-stub