The Britannia Range is a small mountain range of the Coast Mountains that runs along the eastern shore of Howe Sound just north of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It is a subrange of the Pacific Ranges and often considered part of the North Shore Mountains. The range is bounded by the Howe Sound to the west, the Stawamus River to the north, Loch Lomond on the upper Seymour River to the east, and Deeks Lake to the south.[5] However, some official maps extend the range further south of these boundaries[6] and many local sources such as hiking guidebooks will often include all of the peaks along the Howe Sound between Deeks Lake and Cypress Mountain as part of the range.[7]
Britannia Range
Official (orange) and colloquial (purple) boundaries of the Britannia Range
The geology of the Britannia Range is different to the surrounding highly granitic North Shore Mountains due to the high prevalence of volcanic rock (such as at Watts Point volcanic centre) and sedimentary rock like sandstone and shale.[8][9]
The tallest mountain in the Britannia Range is Sky Pilot Mountain, a horn-shaped summit prominently visible to southbound traffic on BC Highway 99 on the descent from Whistler to Squamish.
^Centre for Topographic Information, Natural Resources Canada (2002). North Vancouver 92 G/6 0600 (Topographic Map)(6th ed.). 1:50,000. Retrieved May 2, 2023.
^Crerar, David; Crerar, Harry; Maurer, Bill (2018). The Glorious Mountains of Vancouver’s North Shore: A Peakbagger’s Guide. Victoria, BC: Rocky Mountain Books. ISBN9781771602754.
^B.C. Geological Survey (2005). "Geology of British Columbia: Geological Legend" (PDF).
^James, H T (1929). "Britannia Beach map area, British Columbia".
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