Connelly Range

{{Short description|Mountain range in British Columbia, Canada}} {{Infobox mountain | name=Connelly Range | image= | image_caption= | country=Canada | region_type=Province | region=British Columbia | parent=[[Hogem Ranges]], [[Omineca Mountains]] | highest= | elevation_m= | range_coordinates = {{coord |56|15|N|126|45|W|type:mountain_region:CA-BC_source:BCGNIS|display=inline}} | coordinates = | map=British Columbia | map_caption=Location in British Columbia }}

The '''Connelly Range''' is a subrange of the [[Hogem Ranges]] of the [[Omineca Mountains]], located between [[Bear Lake (Bear River)|Bear Lake]] and the headwaters of the [[Omineca River]] in northern [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]. As the Omineca is in the [[Arctic Ocean]] drainage and Bear Lake that of the [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]], the range is part of the [[Continental Divide of the Americas|Continental Divide]]. It includes a group of volcanic plugs, the largest of which is [[The Thumb (Omineca)|The Thumb]].

The range's named derived from that of Fort Connelly, a Hudson's Bay Company outpost founded by [[James Douglas (governor)|James Douglas]], later Governor of Vancouver Island and British Columbia, during his tenure with the [[North West Company]] in [[New Caledonia (Canada)|New Caledonia]], of which Fort Connelly was at the northwestern edge of. Sources vary as to where it was, either at the outlet of the [[Bear Lake (Bear River)|Bear Lake]] (i.e. at its northern end) or on an island along the eastern shore near Tsaytut Bay. The name Fort Connelly today is associated with the settlement of [[Bear Lake (Fort Connelly)|Bear Lake]].

==References== *{{BCGNIS|8013|Connelly Range}} *[http://www.bivouac.com/ArxPg.asp?ArxId=1506 Connelly Range] in the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia *{{BCGNIS|2719|Bear Lake}}

[[Category:Omineca Mountains]] [[Category:Omineca Country]] [[Category:Great Divide of North America]] [[Category:Cassiar Land District]]