Muskwa Ranges

Muskwa Ranges
Range
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Part of	Canadian Rockies
Highest point	Ulysses Mountain
- elevation	3,024 m (9,921 ft)
Area	66,987 km2 (25,864 sq mi)
Location map of Muskwa Ranges

The Muskwa Ranges are a group of mountain ranges in northern British Columbia, Canada. They are part of the Northern Rockies section of the Rocky Mountains and are bounded on their west by the Rocky Mountain Trench and on their east by the Rocky Mountain Foothills. They are delimited on the north by the Liard River and on the south by the Peace Reach of the Lake Williston reservoir (formerly the Peace River), south of which the next major grouping of the Rockies is the Hart Ranges.

The Muskwa Ranges cover a surface of 97,388 km² and stretch for 424 km from north to south.^[1]

Mountains and peaks

1. Ulysses Mountain- 3,024 m (9,921 ft)
2. Mount Sylvia- 2,940 m (9,646 ft)
3. Mount Lloyd George- 2,938 m (9,639 ft)
4. Great Rock Peak- 2,929 m (9,610 ft)
5. Mount Roosevelt- 2,814 m (9,232 ft)
6. Great Snow Mountain- 2,813 m (9,229 ft)
7. Mount Peck- 2,807 m (9,209 ft)
8. Churchill Peak- 2,770 m (9,088 ft)
9. Yedhe Mountain- 2,717 m (8,914 ft)
10. Gataga Peak- 2,533 m (8,310 ft)

Sub-ranges

The Alaska Highway crossing the Muskwa Ranges

• Akie Range
• Battle of Britain Range
• Deserters Range
• Gataga Ranges
• Rabbit Plateau
• Sentinel Range
• Stone Range
• Terminal Range
• Tochieka Range
• Tower of London Range
• Truncate Range

See also

• Ranges of the Canadian Rockies

References

• "Muskwa Ranges". BC Geographical Names. http://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/8362.html. 

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