Sophia Range

The Sophia Range is a low, small mountain range on southern Nootka Island, forming a peninsula west of Tahsis Inlet, between Esperanza Inlet and Nuchatlitz Inlet, British Columbia, Canada. It is made up of hills and has an area of 150 km2 and is a subrange of the Vancouver Island Ranges which in turn form part of the Insular Mountains.[1]

Sophia Range
The Sophia Range is marked 2 on map.
Dimensions
Area150 km2 (58 sq mi)
Geography
CountryCanada
RegionBritish Columbia
Range coordinates49°49′N 126°51′W
Parent rangeVancouver Island Ranges

In the 1850s five daughters of Captain Edward E. Langford were the belles of Victoria. Captain George H. Richards named this range after Sophia Elizabeth, the fourth daughter of Langford.[2]:250

See also

References

  1. Sophia Range in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia
  2. Akrigg, G.P.V.; Akrigg, Helen B. (1986), British Columbia Place Names (3rd, 1997 ed.), Vancouver: UBC Press, ISBN 0-7748-0636-2


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