The Norns Range is a subrange of the
Valkyr Range of the
Selkirk Mountains in southeastern
British Columbia
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,
Canada
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, located southwest of junction of
Little Slocan River and
Slocan River
Slocan may refer to:
Communities
* Slocan, British Columbia or Slocan City, a village in the Slocan Valley, British Columbia, Canada
* Slocan Valley or Slocan Country or Silvery Slocan, a valley in British Columbia, Canada
* Slocan Park, British C ...
north of
Castlegar. The Norns were the Fate in
Scandinavian mythology
Norse, Nordic, or Scandinavian mythology is the body of myths belonging to the North Germanic peoples, stemming from Old Norse religion and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia, and into the Nordic folklore of the modern period ...
.
References
*
Norns Rangein the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia
Selkirk Mountains
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