Caren Range
| Feature Type: | Range (2) - Group or chain of mountains or hills. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Sechelt Peninsula, SE. of Sakinaw Lake, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°37'59"N, 123°54'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 5 February 1924, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart A579, 1865, and on BC map 2D, 1923. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named c1860 by Captain Richards, RN. Understood to be a long-standing misinterpretation or misprint for "Carew", after Sir Benjamin Hallowell Carew (1760-1843), one of Nelson's admirals; named at the same time as Nelson Island, Mount Hallowell, etc. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |