Batchelor Range
| Feature Type: | Range (2) - Group or chain of mountains or hills. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Thompson River and Long Lake, on W side of Kamloops (city), Kamloops Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°46'57"N, 120°23'11"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92I/16 |
| Related Maps: |
92I/16 92I/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Batchelor Range adopted 6 May 1924 on Heffley sheet, not "Garde Lafferty Hills" as labelled on Geological Survey sheet 557, Kamloops, 1895. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Batchelor is the established local name, referring to one Owen S. Batchelor, local prospector and rancher. See also Batchelor Hill (hill). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |