Fraser Plateau

The Fraser Plateau is an intermontane plateau. It is one of the main subdivisions of the Interior Plateau located in the Central Interior of British Columbia, and includes the Cariboo and Chilcotin Plateaus and the adjoining Marble, Clear and Camelsfoot Ranges on its southwestern edge. It is defined as lying between the Bonaparte River on its southeast, beyond which is the Bonaparte or Kamloops Plateau, part of the Thompson Plateau, and by a line formed by the Dean and West Road Rivers on its northwest (the Nechako Plateau lies to the north of the West Road). Also included in the Fraser Plateau are the Itcha and Ilgachuz Ranges and the adjoining Rainbow Range, which adjoin the Coast Mountains. The Fraser Plateau consists of basaltic lava of the Chilcotin Group, a group of related volcanic rocks that is nearly parallel with the Fraser Plateau.^[1]

Notes

↑ Chasm and Dog Creek lithofacies, Chilcotin Group basalt, Bonaparte Lake map area, British Columbia

References

"Fraser Plateau". BC Geographical Names.
Landforms of British Columbia, S. Holland, BC Govt publication, 1976

Plateaus and Highlands of British Columbia

Interior Plateau	Fraser Chilcotin Cariboo Bonaparte Shuswap Quesnel Okanagan Thompson Nechako McGregor Dil-Dil

Stikine Plateau	Tahltan Tagish Tanzilla Klastline Nahlin Kawdy Taku Spatsizi Arctic Lake Big Raven Kitsu Nicoamen

Yukon Plateau	Dease Nisutlin Teslin

Vancouver Island	Forbidden

Coordinates: 52°00′00″N 123°00′00″W / 52.00000°N 123.00000°W / 52.00000; -123.00000

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