Refugium Range
| Feature Type: | Range (2) - Group or chain of mountains or hills. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Central range of Brooks Peninsula, between Kyuquot and Quatsino Sounds, NW side of Vancouver Island, Rupert Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°08'59"N, 127°45'59"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 29 January 1985 on 92 L/4 as submitted by the Provincial Museum's Brooks Peninsula Expedition. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Date of expedition:1981. So-named by expedition members: their research indicates that peaks above approximately 700 m in this range were above glacial ice during the last ice age, and acted as refruges (Refrugium) for unique plants and plant communities. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |