Russel Range
Feature Type:Range (2) - Group or chain of mountains or hills.
Status: Official
Name Authority: BC Geographical Names Office
Relative Location: Between Finlay River and Pelly Creek, N. of Ingenika River, Cassiar Land District
Latitude-Longitude: 57°09'59"N, 125°50'05"W at the approximate centre of this feature.
Datum: WGS84
NTS Map: 94F/4
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Origin Notes and History:

Adopted 31 October 1942 on 94F, as labelled on BC map 1H, 1917.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

According to Hugh Gabrielse, Geological Survey of Canada, geologist R.G. McConnell named Russel Range, Creek & Lake c1900 after his assistant, H.Y. Russel (Canoma, 1992)

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

Identified as "Sawtooth Range" on early maps. The Sekani name for Russel Range is Tse Bàjè' (Guzagi K'úgé, published by Kaska Tribal Council, Watson Lake, 1997). Origin/meaning not provided.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office