Beaufort Range

{{short description|Mountain range in British Columbia, Canada}}

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| name=Beaufort Range

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| photo_caption=The Beaufort Range is marked 12 on map

| country = Canada

| region = British Columbia

| parent = Vancouver Island Ranges

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| area_km2=647

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| highest=Mount Joan

| elevation_m=1556

| coordinates = {{coord|49|24|52.9|N|124|55|10.9|W|type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| topo_maker = NTS

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| map=British Columbia

| map_caption=Location in British Columbia

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The Beaufort Range is a mountain range on southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, located north of Port Alberni and to the west of Qualicum Beach, and running from Horne Lake in the southeast to Comox Lake in the northwest. It has an area of 448 km² and is a subrange of the Vancouver Island Ranges which in turn form part of the Insular Mountains.[http://www.bivouac.com/ArxPg.asp?ArxId=1469 Beaufort Range] in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia

The highest mountain in the Beaufort Range is Mount Joan at {{convert|1556|m|ft|0|abbr=on}}.

The range is named for Sir Francis Beaufort, hydrographer to the Royal Navy.{{Citation | last =Akrigg | first =G.P.V. | last2 =Akrigg | first2 =Helen B. | title =British Columbia Place Names | place =Vancouver | publisher =UBC Press | year =1986 | edition =3rd, 1997 | isbn =0-7748-0636-2 | url-access =registration | url =https://archive.org/details/britishcolumbiap0000akri_w1q9 }}{{rp|16}}