| Feature Type: | Range (2) - Group or chain of mountains or hills. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W side Pacific-Arctic Divide, at SW end of the Rocky Mountain Trench, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°25'59"N, 121°48'59"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93I/5 |
| Related Maps: |
93I/12 93I/5 93J/8 93J/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 July 1976 on 93I. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Extends 40+ km; bounded on the northwest by Wichcika Creek, on the southwest by Captain Creek and on the east side by Pacific Lake, Portage Lake, Arctic Lake and Parsnip River. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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After George Vancouver Copley, who did the first detailed survey and timber reconnaissance in this area in 1915. Prior to 1915, Copley had accompanied Frank Swannell on various surveys 1909 - 1914, and was hired by the BC Forest Service for the 1915 timber reconnaissance survey of the upper Parsnip and McGregor River valleys. He continued to work for the BC Forest Service until his retirement. "...Copley, whom I knew well, was a remarkable raconteur..." (1978 information from ret'd BC Surveyor General Gerald Andrews.) Anecdotes & biographical information in a 1975 letter from Mr. Copley (file F.1.36). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |