Premier Range

Geobox | Range
name=Premier Range |other_name=Premier Group


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country=Canada
region_type= Province
region=British Columbia
parent=Cariboo Mountains
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highest=Mount Sir Wilfrid Laurier
highest_elevation=3516
highest_lat_d=52|highest_lat_m=48|highest_lat_s=05|highest_lat_NS=N
highest_long_d=119|highest_long_m=43|highest_long_s=54|highest_long_EW=W


map_caption=The Premier Range is a group of mountains within the Cariboo Mountains of east-central British Columbia, Canada. The range (also known as the Premier Group) is bounded by the Rausch River and the North Thompson River on the south and west and the Fraser River and its tributaries to the east and north.

In 1927, the year of Canada's Diamond Jubilee, it was decided that the names of the higher peaks in this range would be reserved to pay tribute to prime ministers of Canada, prime ministers of the United Kingdom, and premiers of the province of British Columbia. In practice, however, only one British prime minister and one British Columbia premier have been so honoured, and recent changes to Canadian geographic naming regulations make it unlikely that any British prime minister or other non-Canadian will receive such an honour in the future.

The named summits of the Premier Range are, in order of elevation:

Before the Premier Range was selected, many mountains outside this area were named after Canadian prime ministers. Mount Mackenzie, Mount Tupper, Mount Macdonald and Mount Laurier rise over the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks that travel through the Rogers Pass near Golden, British Columbia. Mount Robert in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia honours Sir Robert Borden. Other than Laurier (who was also honoured with the name of a mountain in Yukon), none of these prime ministers have received the honour of also having a mountain named for them in the Premier Range.

External References

* [http://bivouac.com/ArxPg.asp?ArxId=66 Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia] on the Premier Range
* [http://www.spiralroad.com/sr/pn/p/premier_range.html Place Names in the Canadian Rockies]
* [http://srmwww.gov.bc.ca/bcgn-bin/bcg10?name=19249 Government of British Columbia Information Services data sheet on Premier Range]
* [http://www.cangeo.ca/Magazine/SO01/mtn_names.asp Mountains of Canada] from Canadian Geographic