Lizard Range
| Feature Type: | Range (2) - Group or chain of mountains or hills. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Just W of Fernie, between Elk River and Rocky Mountain Trench, Kootenay Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°25'59"N, 115°10'03"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 82G/6 |
| Related Maps: |
82G/11 82G/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Lizard Mountains" adopted in the 14th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1915, and so-labelled on BC Lands' map 1EM, 1915. Form of name changed to Lizard Range 6 April 1950. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Origin/significance not recorded, but nearby Lizard Creek was an established name by 1898, and the mountains may have acquired their name because of relative proximity. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |