Potato Range
| Feature Type: | Range (2) - Group or chain of mountains or hills. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Telhiqox Biny (lake) and N end of Tŝilhqox Biny (lake), Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°35'14"N, 124°19'24"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92N/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Potato Mountains adopted 6 May 1924. Form of name changed to Potato Range in the 19th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1928. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Extends northward from Cheshi Pass and Cheshi Creek to the valley that contains Lincoln Lake and Choelquoit Lake Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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So named because the Indians here dig the roots of the tubers Claytonia, which they call potatoes. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |