Caren Range

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

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| region=British Columbia

| parent=Pacific Ranges

| area_km2=169

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The Caren Range is a low and mostly tree-covered mountain range in the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It lies along the eastern shore of the Sechelt Peninsula, southeast of Sakinaw Lake,[https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/11179.html BCGNIS entry "Caren Range"] about 74 km northwest of Vancouver. It has an area of 169 km² and contains Spipiyus Provincial Park.[http://www.bivouac.com/ArxPg.asp?ArxId=1140 Caren Range] in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia The name of the range is a long-standing misinterpretation of Carew. It was named for Benjamin Hallowell Carew. The range is noted for its ancient trees.{{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|38}}