Telegraph Range
| Feature Type: | Range (2) - Group or chain of mountains or hills. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Chilako and West Road (Blackwater) Rivers, W of Punchaw (locality), NW of Quesnel, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°22'59"N, 123°29'00"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93G/6 |
| Related Maps: |
93G/5 93G/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 9 May 1963 on 93G as a long-established name, and as labelled on BC Lands' map 1G, 1916. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Dr. G.M. Dawson [Geological Survey of Canada] gave this to commemorate the Telegraph line which skirted the northeast flank of the range. See letter dated February 16, 1962 on file 93G. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |