Pioneer Range
| Feature Type: | Range (2) - Group or chain of mountains or hills. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | NW side of Monkman Provincial Park, S of Tumbler Ridge (municipality), Peace River Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°38'59"N, 121°16'59"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93I/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 26 January 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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Bounded on the north and west by Imperial Creek; bounded on the east by Monkman Creek. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Collective recognition of the numerous participants in the pre-World War II project to construct a transporation route from Beaverlodge, Alberta through Monkman Pass thence to the Fraser River. (see "People of the Pass" published by Beaverlodge & District Historical Association, 1988.) Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |