| Feature Type: | Range (2) - Group or chain of mountains or hills. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E side of Howe Sound, SW of Squamish, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°31'59"N, 123°12'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/11 |
| Related Maps: |
92G/11 92G/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 5 Feburary 1924 as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 579, 1865 et seq, and on BC map 2B, 1914. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named c1859 by Captain Richards, RN, after HMS Britannia, 100 guns, built at Portsmouth in 1792 - the 3rd ship of that name in the British navy - which was in the battle of St. Vincent, 1797, and at Trafalgar, 1805. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Limits: S of Stawamus River; W of Loch Lomond, Seymour River; N of Sheba Creek, Andrews Creek, Hanover Creek, Deeks Lake & Creek. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |