The Stikine Ranges are a group of

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. They are the northernmost subdivision of the Cassiar Mountains and among the least explored and most undeveloped parts of the province. The Sifton Ranges, which are also part of the Cassiar Mountains, lie immediately east of the Stikine Ranges just north of the Finlay River; northwest of there the larger Kechika Ranges lie between the Stikine Ranges and the Rocky Mountain Trench. The Stikine Plateau lies to the west of the Stikine Ranges.

Extent

The ranges run on a NW-SE axis from the Yukon boundary, adjacent to the

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Sub-ranges

Beady Range The Beady Range is a subrange of the Stikine Ranges of mountains, located northeast of northern Dease Lake in northern British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from ...

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Skree Range The Skree Range is a subrange of the Stikine Ranges, located between the Dease River and Eagle River in northern British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the ...

Three Sisters Range The Three Sisters Range is a subrange of the Stikine Ranges, located northwest of junction of the Stikine and McBride Rivers in northern British Columbia, Canada and to the southeast of the community of Dease Lake Dease Lake is a small ...

Thudaka Range The Thudaka Range is a mountain range located east of the Rocky Mountain Trench in British Columbia, Canada bounded by the Obo River on the east, the Frog River on the west, and on the south by the pass between Geese and Thudaka Creeks. The hig ...

Tuya Range The Tuya Range is a mountain range in the Stikine Ranges of the Cassiar Mountains in the far north of the Canadian province of British Columbia, near its border with the Yukon Territory and to the southwest of Watson Lake, Yukon, which is the nea ...

*Holland's map shows the Nisutlin Plateau as part of the

Yukon Plateau The Yukon Plateau is a plateau (also defined as a plain) located in the Yukon Territory, comprising much of the central and southern Yukon Territory and the far northern part of British Columbia, Canada between Tagish Lake (W) and the Cassiar Moun ...

, though in the text describes it as part of the Stikine Ranges.

References

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