Oweegee Range
| Feature Type: | Range (2) - Group or chain of mountains or hills. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | E side Bell-Irving River, NE of Bowser Lake, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 56°39'59"N, 129°30'06"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104A/12 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 24 July 1945 on 104A, as labelled on BC map 5C, 1929. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Oweegee Smokehouse was located in this vicinity along the Bell-Irving River, in the 1920's and earlier. "An Indian name - meaning not known." (P.M. Monckton, BCLS) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Extends from 56 35 - 129 20 to 56 45 - 129 40. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |