Cameron Range
| Feature Type: | Range (2) - Group or chain of mountains or hills. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N of Port Chanal, W side Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°36'58"N, 132°50'06"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 103F/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 8 June 1946 on C.3869 as labelled on Geological Survey sheet 176A, Graham Island, 1916, and on BC map 2F, 1927. Origin/significance not known. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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CGDNB entry: "...as labeled on British Admiralty Chart 2168 (1856)." [note: NOT labelled on 1856 edition of BA 2168 in BC collection] Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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"It was the east section [of Cameron Range] which Newton Chittenden in 1884 named Green Mountain, a name never used other than in his report." Source: Dalzell, Kathleen E; Queen Charlotte Islands - Book 2: of places and names; Prince Rupert: Cove Press, 1973 |