Beaufort Range
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
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Origin Notes and History:

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

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

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

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