Karmutzen Range
| Feature Type: | Range (2) - Group or chain of mountains or hills. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | W side of Nimpkish Lake, S of Port McNeill (municipality), Rupert Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 50°22'47"N, 127°00'46"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92L/6 |
| Related Maps: |
92L/6 92L/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Karmutsen Range adopted 3 June 1947 on 92L/6. Spelling changed to Karmutzen Range 26 April 1965 on 92L, to conform to the spelling of nearby Karmutzen Mountain, in turn identified in G.M. Dawson's 1897 map & report for Geological Survey of Canada. 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 west by Karmutzen Creek; on the north by the lower channel of Kilpapa River; on the east by Nimpkish Lake; on the south by Tlakwa Creek. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |