# Premier Range
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{{Short description|Mountain range in British Columbia, Canada}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name=Premier Range
| other_name=Premier Group
| image=Premier Range.JPG
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| country=Canada
| region_type= Province
| region=British Columbia
| parent=Cariboo Mountains
| geology=
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| orogeny=
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| highest=Mount Sir Wilfrid Laurier
| elevation_m=3516
| coordinates = {{coord|52|48|05|N|119|43|54|W|type:mountain_region:CA_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline}}
| coordinates_ref=[{{cite cgndb|id=JBMDB|name=Mount Sir Wilfrid Laurier|accessdate=2021-01-31}}]
| map=Canada British Columbia
| map_caption=Location in British Columbia
| range_coordinates = {{coord|52|45|N|119|33|W|type:mountain_region:CA_scale:300000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| range_coordinates_ref=[{{cite cgndb|id=JBIEA|name=Premier Range|accessdate=2021-01-31}}]
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The '''Premier Range''' is a group of mountains within the [Cariboo Mountains](/source/Cariboo_Mountains) of east-central [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), Canada. The range (also known as the Premier Group[) is bounded by the [Raush River](/source/Raush_River) and [Kiwa Creek](/source/Kiwa_Creek) to the north, the [North Thompson River](/source/North_Thompson_River) on the south and west and the [Fraser River](/source/Fraser_River) and its tributaries to the east.
In 1927, the year of Canada's [Diamond Jubilee](/source/Diamond_Jubilee), it was decided that the names of the higher peaks in this range would be reserved to pay tribute to [prime ministers of Canada](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Canada),][ [prime ministers of the United Kingdom](/source/Prime_Ministers_of_the_United_Kingdom), and [premiers of the province of British Columbia](/source/Premier_of_British_Columbia). In practice, however, only one British prime minister and one British Columbia premier have been so honoured, and recent{{when|date=December 2014}} changes to Canadian geographic naming regulations make it unlikely that any British prime minister or other non-Canadian will receive such an honour in the future.{{citation needed|date=December 2014}}
The named summits of the Premier Range are, in order of elevation:{{GeoGroupTemplate}}
{|class="wikitable sortable"
! Mountain
! Height (m)
! Height (ft)
! Naming
! Coordinates
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||[Mount Sir Wilfrid Laurier](/source/Mount_Sir_Wilfrid_Laurier) ||align=center|3516||align=center|11535||Sir [Wilfrid Laurier](/source/Wilfrid_Laurier) - 7th Prime Minister ||{{coord|52|48|05|N|119|43|54|W|type:mountain_region:CA|display=inline|name=Mount Sir Wilfrid Laurier}}][
|--
||[Mount Sir John Abbott](/source/Mount_Sir_John_Abbott) ||align=center|3398||align=center|11148||Sir [John Abbott](/source/John_Abbott) - 3rd Prime Minister ||{{coord|52|48.6|N|119|47.7|W|type:mountain_region:CA-BC|display=inline|name=Mount Sir John Abbott}}
|--
||[Mount Sir John Thompson](/source/Mount_Sir_John_Thompson) ||align=center|3349||align=center|10988||Sir [John Thompson](/source/John_Sparrow_David_Thompson) - 4th Prime Minister || {{coord|52|44|N|119|44|W|type:mountain_region:CA-BC|display=inline|name=Mount Sir John Thompson}}
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||[Mount Sir Mackenzie Bowell](/source/Mount_Sir_Mackenzie_Bowell) ||align=center|3301||align=center|10830||Sir [Mackenzie Bowell](/source/Mackenzie_Bowell) - 5th Prime Minister || {{coord|52|49|54|N|119|43|48|W|region:CA-BC_type:mountain|name=Mount Sir Mackenzie Bowell|display=inline}}
|--
||[Mount Stanley Baldwin](/source/Mount_Stanley_Baldwin) ||align=center|3256||align=center|10682||[Stanley Baldwin](/source/Stanley_Baldwin) - British Prime Minister || {{coord|52|49|28|N|119|36|21|W|type:mountain_region:CA|display=inline|name=Mount Stanley Baldwin}}
|--
||[Mount Mackenzie King](/source/Mount_Mackenzie_King) ||align=center|3234||align=center|10610||[Mackenzie King](/source/William_Lyon_Mackenzie_King) - 10th Prime Minister ||{{coord|52|46|32.9|N|119|45|02.9|W|display=inline|name=Mount Mackenzie King}}
|--
||[Mount Arthur Meighen](/source/Mount_Arthur_Meighen) ||align=center|3205||align=center|10515||[Arthur Meighen](/source/Arthur_Meighen) - 9th Prime Minister ||{{coord|52|48|11.9|N|119|33|11.9|W|region:CA_type:mountain|display=inline|name=Mount Arthur Meighen}}
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||[Mount Richard Bennett](/source/Mount_Richard_Bennett) ||align=center|3190||align=center|10466||[Richard Bennett](/source/R._B._Bennett) - 11th Prime Minister || {{coord|52|49|48|N|119|47|36|W|region:CA-BC_type:mountain|display=inline|name=Mount Richard Bennett}}
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||[Mount John Oliver](/source/Mount_John_Oliver) ||align=center|3123||align=center|10246||[John Oliver](/source/John_Oliver_(British_Columbia_politician)) - B.C. Premier ||{{coord|52|53|00|N|119|41|06|W|display=inline|name=Mount John Oliver}}
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||[Mount Lester Pearson](/source/Mount_Lester_Pearson) ||align=center|3086||align=center|10125||[Lester B. Pearson](/source/Lester_B._Pearson) - 14th Prime Minister ||{{coord|52|46|48|N|119|32|42|W|region:CA-BC_type:mountain|display=inline|name=Mount Lester Pearson}}
|--
||[Mount Louis Saint Laurent](/source/Mount_Louis_Saint_Laurent) ||align=center|3045||align=center| 9990||[Louis St. Laurent](/source/Louis_St._Laurent) - 12th Prime Minister || {{coord|52|45|34|N|119|47|07|W|region:CA-BC_type:mountain|display=inline|name=Mount Louis Saint Laurent}}
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||[Mount Pierre Elliott Trudeau](/source/Mount_Pierre_Elliott_Trudeau)||align=center|2640||align=center|8661||[Pierre Trudeau](/source/Pierre_Trudeau) - 15th Prime Minister || {{coord|52|48|10|N|119|25|31|W|name=Mount Pierre Elliott Trudeau|display=inline}}
|--
||[Mount Sir Allan MacNab](/source/Mount_Sir_Allan_MacNab) ||align=center|2297||align=center|7535||Sir [Allan MacNab](/source/Allan_MacNab) - Premier of the colonial-era [Province of Canada](/source/Province_of_Canada) || {{coord|52|31|12|N|119|12|11|W|type:mountain_region:CA|display=inline|name=Mount Sir Allan McNab}}
|}
Before the Premier Range was selected, many mountains outside this area were named after Canadian prime ministers. [Mount Mackenzie](/source/Mount_Mackenzie), [Mount Tupper](/source/Mount_Tupper), [Mount Macdonald](/source/Mount_Macdonald) and [Mount Laurier](/source/Mount_Laurier) rise over the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks that travel through the [Rogers Pass](/source/Rogers_Pass_(British_Columbia)) near [Golden, British Columbia](/source/Golden%2C_British_Columbia). [Mount Robert](/source/Mount_Robert_(British_Columbia)) in the [Coast Mountains](/source/Coast_Mountains) of British Columbia honours [Sir Robert Borden](/source/Sir_Robert_Borden). There is also a Mount John Diefenbaker in British Columbia named after [John Diefenbaker](/source/John_Diefenbaker). Other than Laurier (who was also honoured with the name of a mountain in [Yukon](/source/Yukon)), none of these prime ministers have received the honour of also having a mountain named for them in the Premier Range.
==See also==
* [Mica Mountain](/source/Mica_Mountain_(British_Columbia))
== References ==
][{{cite bcgnis|id=19249|name=Premier Range|access-date=2021-01-31}}]
==External links==
*[http://bivouac.com/ArxPg.asp?ArxId=66 Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia] on the Premier Range
*[http://www.spiralroad.com/sr/pn/p/premier_range.html Place Names in the Canadian Rockies]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050328210321/http://www.cangeo.ca/Magazine/SO01/mtn_names.asp Mountains of Canada] from Canadian Geographic
{{Interior Ranges of British Columbia}}
Category:Cariboo Mountains
Category:Robson Valley
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