| Feature Type: | Range (2) - Group or chain of mountains or hills. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Comox and Cameron Lakes, E side Vancouver Island, Newcastle Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°25'59"N, 124°54'04"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/7 |
| Related Maps: |
92F/10 92F/11 92F/6 92F/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 5 February 1924, as labelled on British Admiralty Chart 580, 1862 et seq, and on BC map 2A, 1913 et seq. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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This range is within the 2500 feet elevation, and encompasses Mount Schofield and Mount Mark. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named in 1860 by Captain Richards, RN, after Sir Francis Beaufort (1774-1857), who entered the Navy in 1878; later surveyor, Rear-Admiral, and appointed Hydrographer of the Admiralty in July 1832. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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An Indigenous name is Yuts-whol-aht, meaning "walking through the face of the mountain", a reference to the original trail to the east coast of Vancouver Island. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |