{{Short description|Group of mountain ranges and mountainous plateaus in British Columbia, Canada}} The '''Stikine Ranges''' are a group of [[mountain range]]s and mountainous [[plateau]]s in northwestern [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]. They are the northernmost subdivision of the [[Cassiar Mountains]]<ref>{{BCGNIS|35896|Stikine Ranges}}</ref><ref>[http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geoscience/PublicationsCatalogue/BulletinInformation/BulletinsAfter1940/Documents/Bull48-txt.pdf S. Holland, ''Landforms of British Columbia'', Province of British Columbia (1976). p. 61]</ref> and among the least explored and most undeveloped parts of the province.

The [[Sifton Ranges]], which are also part of the Cassiar Mountains, lie immediately east of the Stikine Ranges just north of the Finlay River; northwest of there the larger Kechika Ranges lie between the Stikine Ranges and the [[Rocky Mountain Trench]]. The [[Stikine Plateau]] lies to the west of the Stikine Ranges.<ref>[http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geoscience/PublicationsCatalogue/BulletinInformation/BulletinsAfter1940/Documents/Bull48-physiographic-map.pdf S. Holland, ''Landforms of British Columbia'', Province of British Columbia (1976). p. 61]</ref>

==Extent== The ranges run on a NW-SE axis from the Yukon boundary, adjacent to the [[Nisutlin Plateau]] at c. {{coord|60|00|00|N|131|45|00|W}}, to the [[Finlay River]] at c. {{coord|57|40|N|126|30|W}}.<ref>[http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geoscience/PublicationsCatalogue/BulletinInformation/BulletinsAfter1940/Documents/Bull48-physiographic-map.pdf S. Holland, ''Landforms of British Columbia'', Map appendix, Province of British Columbia (1976)]</ref>

==Sub-ranges==

*[[Beady Range]] *[[Nisutlin Plateau]]* *[[Skree Range]] *[[Three Sisters Range]] *[[Thudaka Range]] *[[Tuya Range]] *Holland's map shows the Nisutlin Plateau as part of the [[Yukon Plateau]], though in the text describes it as part of the Stikine Ranges.

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[[Category:Stikine Ranges| ]] [[Category:Cassiar Land District]]

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