Kokanee Range

The Kokanee Range is a subrange of the Selkirk Mountains in the West Kootenay region of southeastern British Columbia, Canada. It is located between the valley of the Slocan River (W) and that of Kootenay Lake (E),^[1] and to the north of the Kootenay River and the West Arm of Kootenay Lake. The range includes Kokanee Glacier Provincial Park, Kokanee Peak, and Grays Peak, notable as the mountain featured on the label of Kokanee beer.^[2] The name "Kokanee" refers to a land-locked variety of Sockeye salmon.

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Cariboo

Major ranges	Mowdish Wavy Premier Christina

Mountains	Sir Wilfrid Laurier Sir John Abbott Sir John Thompson Sir Mackenzie Bowell Stanley Baldwin Arthur Meighen Richard Bennett John Oliver Lester Pearson Louis Saint Laurent Pierre Elliott Trudeau Sir Allan MacNab Mackenzie King

Monashee

Major ranges	Anstey Gold Jordan Kettle River Malton Midway Ratchford Rossland Scrip Whatshan Beaverdell

Mountains	Odin Hallam Dunn

Passes	Eagle Monashee Bonanza

Purcell

Sub-ranges	Farnham Group The Bugaboos

Mountains	Farnham Bugaboo Spire Snowpatch Spire Pigeon Spire Howser Spire

Glaciers	Toby

Selkirk

Major ranges	Battle Big Bend Bonnington Clachnacudainn Dawson Duncan Kokanee Nelson Valhalla Valkyr

Sub-ranges	Adamant Sir Sandford Windy Badshot Ruby Norns

Mountains	Sir Sandford Sir Donald

Passes	Rogers

Glaciers	Illecillewaet

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