Kitlope Range
| Feature Type: | Range (2) - Group or chain of mountains or hills. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Between Kitlope and Tezwa Rivers, SE of head of Gardner Canal, between Bella Coola and Kitimat, Range 4 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°04'29"N, 127°40'59"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93E/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Kitlope Range was adopted 10 January 1922 on OBF 0662, as submitted by F.C. Swannell, BCLS. Confirmed 7 September 1950 on 93E. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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The name is of Indian origin, where Kit means people, and Lope means opening in mountains. (Swannell, October 1921); various phonetic spellings: Kitlobe, Kitlup... Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |