Murray Range

{{short description|Mountain Range in British Columbia}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name=Murray Range

| photo = Murray Range.jpg|

| photo_caption = Murray Range from Highway 97

| highest=Grant Peak

| elevation_m=2094

| elevation_ref={{Cite web|title=Grant Peak|url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/grant-peak-canada.html|website=PeakVisor|access-date=2023-07-13}}

| prominence_m=942

| prominence_ref=

| range=Hart Ranges

| listing = Mountains of British Columbia

| coordinates={{coord|55|13|02|N|122|16|56|W|type:mountain_region:CA-AB_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline}}

| coordinates_ref={{Cite bcgnis|id=12395|name=Grant Peak|access-date=2020-05-04}}

| country = Canada | region_type = Province | region = British Columbia

| map=Canada British Columbia#Canada

| map_caption =Location in British Columbia##Location in Canada

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Murray Range is a subdivision range of the Hart Ranges, of the Northern Rockies in British Columbia, Canada. The majority of the range lies within the Pine-Lemoray Provincial Park and is noted for its snowmobiling, hiking and ski touring opportunities. The boundaries of the Murray Range generally lie between the Misinchinka River to the west and Mountain Creek to the east; the Pine River to the north and Mount Reynolds to the south.{{Cite book|last=Holland|first=Stuart S|url=http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geoscience/PublicationsCatalogue/BulletinInformation/BulletinsAfter1940/Documents/Bull48-txt.pdf|title=Bulletin 48: Landforms of British Columbia--A Physiographic Outline|publisher=K.M MacDonald, Province of British Columbia|year=1976|pages=89|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185301/http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geoscience/PublicationsCatalogue/BulletinInformation/BulletinsAfter1940/Documents/Bull48-txt.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-04}}

Several mountains in the range are named after local area Canadian soldiers killed in action during World War II and World War I.{{Cite bcgnis|id=8334|name=Murray Range|access-date=2020-05-01}}

Prominent Peaks

class="wikitable sortable"

|+Official peaks in the Murray Range{{Cite web|title=Hart Ranges|url=https://peakvisor.com/range/hart-ranges.html|website=PeakVisor|access-date=2020-05-05}}

!Rank

!Mountain Peak

!Coordinates

!colspan=2|Elevation (m/ft)

!colspan=2|Prominence (m/ft)

!Isolation

!Nearest Higher Neighbour

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|Grant Peak

|{{Titled_coords|Grant Peak (Murray Range)|Grant Peak}}

|{{elevation_cells|2,094|m}}

|{{elevation_cells|942 |m}}

|13.8 km SE

11.6 mi SE

|Alexis W3

style="text-align:center|2

|Mount Hunter

|{{Titled_coords|page=Mount Hunter (British Columbia)|title=Mount Hunter}}

|{{elevation_cells|2,032|m}}

|{{elevation_cells|674|m}}

|11.3 ESE

7.0 mi ESE

|Grant Peak

style="text-align:center|3

|Milburn Peak

|{{Titled_coords|Milburn Peak}}

|{{elevation_cells|2,019|m}}

|{{elevation_cells|503|m}}

|5.1 km WNW

3.1 mi WNW

|Mount Hunter

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|Mount Reynolds

|{{Titled_coords|page=Mount Reynolds (British Columbia)|title=Mount Reynolds}}

|{{elevation_cells|2,004 |m}}

|{{elevation_cells|583|m}}

|5.9 km ENE

3.7 mil ENE

|Grant Peak

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|Mount Murray

|{{Titled_coords|page=Mount Murray (British Columbia)|title=Mount Murray}}

|{{elevation_cells|1,802|m}}

|{{elevation_cells|359|m}}

|18.6 km ESE

11.5 mi ESE

|Unnamed Peak

{{GeoGroup|section=Prominent Peaks}}

References