Hazelton Mountains

Hazelton Mountains
Location of the Hazelton Mountains
Highest point
Coordinates	54°35′00″N 128°00′00″W / 54.58333°N 128.00000°W / 54.58333; -128.00000
Dimensions
Area	25,118 km2 (9,698 sq mi)
Geography
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Range coordinates	53°44′N 126°24′W / 53.73°N 126.4°W / 53.73; -126.4
Parent range	Interior Mountains

The Hazelton Mountains are a grouping of mountain ranges on the inland lee of the Kitimat Ranges of the Coast Mountains in northwestern British Columbia, Canada, spanning the area of Hazelton south to the Nechako Reservoir. Defined by the British Columbia geographic names office, they span from the Nass River to the Nechako Plateau, and between the Coast Mountains and the Bulkley River,^[1] they are considered by geographers to be part of the Interior Mountains complex, though in local perspective they are considered to be part of the Coast Mountains. They are neighboured on the west by the Kitimat Ranges and on the east by the southernmost section of the Skeena Mountains; beyond the Nass River, which is their northern boundary, are the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains. To their southeast is the Nechako Plateau, including the Quanchus Range on the near-island between Ootsa and Eutsuk Lakes of the Nechako Reservoir (the Quanchus may be considered to be part of the Hazelton Mountains in some classification systems).

The Hazelton Mountains consist of several subranges:^[2][3]

North of the Skeena River:

• Nass Ranges, between the Kitsumkalum (W) and Kitwanga Rivers (E).
  • The Nass Ranges include the Tseax Cone, an active volcano which killed 2,000 Nisga'a people.
• Kispiox Range, east of the Kitwanga River to the Skeena River.
  • The town of Hazelton, British Columbia is at the range's southeast corner.

South of the Skeena River and west of the Bulkley River:

• Bulkley Ranges, the highest summit is Seven Sisters Peaks, 2,786 m (9,140 ft), southwest of Kitwanga, and which is also the highest summit of the Hazelton Mountains. They include the:
  • Bornite Range
  • Howson Range, the highest summit of which is Howson Peak, 2,759 m (9,052 ft)
  • O.K. Range
  • Rocher Déboulé Range
  • Telkwa Range
• Tahtsa Ranges, including the:
  • Chikamin Range
  • Kasalka Range
  • Morice Range
  • Sibola Range
  • Tochquonyalla Range
  • Whitesail Range
• Pattullo Range

References

Interior Mountains
Ranges	Atna Atsutla Axelgold Babine Bait Beady Bornite Bulkley Butler Cariboo Heart Cassiar Chikamin Connelly Cormier Driftwood Eaglenest Espee Finlay Fishing Germansen Hazelton Heart Hogem Horseranch Howson Ingenika Kasalka Kechika Kispiox Klappan Lay Level Mountain McConnell Metsantan Mitchell Morice Nass O.K. Omineca Osilinka Oweegee Pattullo Rocher Déboulé Ruby Russel Samuel Black Sibola Sicintine Sifton Sikanni Sitlika Skeena Skree Slamgeesh Spectrum Stikine Strata Swannell Tahtsa Takla Tatlatui Telkwa Tenakihi Three Sisters Thudaka Tochquonyalla Tucha Tuya Vital Whitesail Wolverine Wrede
Mountains	Ash Cache Camp Caribou Cartoona Castle Rock Chikoida Cronin Dark Edziza Eve Exile Gabrielse Grizzly Gunanoot Howson Ice Icefall Isspah Kana Kawdy Keda Klastline Level Maitland Mathews Meehaz Meszah Moraine Nahlin Nahta Nanook Nuthinaw Outcast Perseus Pharaoh Pillow Ridge Sezill Shedin Shelagyote Sidas Sleet Source South Spatsizi Spectrum Sphinx Storm Tadeda Tadekho Tennena Thomlinson Thudaka Toozaza Triangle Triplex Tseax Tsekone Tutsingale Tuya Twin Volcano West Wetalth Williams Yeda
Parks	Atlin Babine Lake Marine Babine Mountains Babine River Corridor Bear Glacier Boya Lake Bulkley Junction Call Lake Chase Denetiah Driftwood Canyon Dune Za Keyih Ed Bird-Estella Finlay-Russel Iskut River Hot Springs Kinaskan Lake Little Andrews Bay Marine Meziadin Lake Mount Blanchet Mount Edziza Nation Lakes Netalzul Meadows Nilkitkwa Lake Ningunsaw Nisga'a Memorial Lava Bed Rainbow Alley Ross Lake Rubyrock Lake Seeley Lake Seven Sisters Spatsizi Headwaters Spatsizi Plateau Sustut Swan Lake/Kispiox River Tatlatui Todagin South Slope Tuya Mountains Tweedsmuir North Tweedsmuir South Tyhee Lake Wistaria
See also: Geography of Canada portal

Coordinates: 54°35′00″N 128°00′00″W / 54.58333°N 128.00000°W / 54.58333; -128.00000