| Plateau |
Name official? (Y/N) |
NTS mapsheet |
latitude-longitude |
region (or parent plateau/range) |
approx. size |
avg. elevation |
map-link |
Comments |
| Adams Plateau |
Y |
82M/4 |
51°03′00″N 119°33′00″W / 51.05000°N 119.55000°W / 51.05000; -119.55000 (Adams Plateau) |
Shuswap |
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Between Adams Lake and Shuswap Lake |
| Alberta Plateau |
N (rescinded) |
94I |
58°00′00″N 122°00′00″W / 58.00000°N 122.00000°W / 58.00000; -122.00000 (Alberta Plateau) |
Fort Nelson-Peace |
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| Arctic Lake Plateau |
Y |
104G/7 |
57°18′00″N 130°46′00″W / 57.30000°N 130.76667°W / 57.30000; -130.76667 (Arctic Lake Plateau) |
Stikine |
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| Big Raven Plateau |
Y |
104G/10 |
57°43′00″N 130°45′00″W / 57.71667°N 130.75000°W / 57.71667; -130.75000 (Big Raven Plateau) |
Stikine |
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| Bonaparte Plateau |
Y |
92P/3 |
51°09′00″N 121°17′00″W / 51.15000°N 121.28333°W / 51.15000; -121.28333 (Bonaparte Plateau) |
Thompson-South Cariboo |
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a.k.a. Kamloops Plateau |
| Cariboo Plateau |
N |
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Cariboo |
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Name is unofficial but widely used both today and historically |
| Cariboo Plateau (Shuswap) |
Y |
82L/15 |
50°49′00″N 118°49′00″W / 50.81667°N 118.81667°W / 50.81667; -118.81667 (Cariboo Plateau) |
Shuswap |
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| Clayoquot Plateau |
Y (park name is official) |
92F/3 |
49°13′30″N 125°25′50″W / 49.22500°N 125.43056°W / 49.22500; -125.43056 (Clayoquot Plateau) |
Clayoquot Sound |
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| Coutlee Plateau |
N (rescinded) |
92I/2 |
50°04′00″N 120°56′00″W / 50.06667°N 120.93333°W / 50.06667; -120.93333 (Coutlee Plateau) |
Nicola (SW of Merritt |
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| Dease Plateau |
Y |
104P/11 |
59°35′00″N 129°30′00″W / 59.58333°N 129.50000°W / 59.58333; -129.50000 (Dease Plateau) |
Northern Interior |
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| Dil-Dil Plateau |
y |
92O/3 |
51°13′00″N 123°10′00″W / 51.21667°N 123.16667°W / 51.21667; -123.16667 (Dil-Dil Plateau) |
Chilcotin (W side of upper Big Creek) |
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| Douglas Plateau |
Y |
92I/8 |
50°17′00″N 120°15′00″W / 50.28333°N 120.25000°W / 50.28333; -120.25000 (Douglas Plateau) |
Nicola Country (SE of Douglas Lake) |
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| Etsho Plateau |
Y |
94P/6 |
59°15′00″N 121°30′00″W / 59.25000°N 121.50000°W / 59.25000; -121.50000 (Etsho Plateau) |
Fort Nelson-Liard |
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| Forbidden Plateau |
Y |
92F/11 |
49°41′00″N 125°19′00″W / 49.68333°N 125.31667°W / 49.68333; -125.31667 (Forbidden Plateau) |
Mid-Vancouver Island |
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| Fraser Plateau |
Y |
93B/3 |
52°00′00″N 123°00′00″W / 52.00000°N 123.00000°W / 52.00000; -123.00000 (Fraser Plateau) |
Central Interior |
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| Green Timber Plateau |
Y |
92P/6 |
51°15′00″N 121°30′00″W / 51.25000°N 121.50000°W / 51.25000; -121.50000 (Green Timber Plateau) |
South Cariboo (W of Chasm, N of Clinton |
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| Interior Plateau |
Y |
93B/3 |
52°00′00″N 123°00′00″W / 52.00000°N 123.00000°W / 52.00000; -123.00000 (Interior Plateau) |
BC Interior |
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Includes Fraser, Thompson, Nechako and McGregor Plateaus |
| Kawdy Plateau |
Y |
104O/3 |
59°15′00″N 131°30′00″W / 59.25000°N 131.50000°W / 59.25000; -131.50000 (dec) |
Cassiar-Teslin |
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| Kimberley Plateau |
Y |
82E/2 |
49°12′00″N 118°51′00″W / 49.20000°N 118.85000°W / 49.20000; -118.85000 (Kimberley Plateau) |
East Kootenay |
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| Kitsu Plateau |
Y |
104G/7 |
57°28′00″N 130°45′00″W / 57.46667°N 130.75000°W / 57.46667; -130.75000 (Kitsu Plateau) |
Stikine |
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| Klastline Plateau |
Y |
104G/16 |
57°57′00″N 130°05′00″W / 57.95000°N 130.08333°W / 57.95000; -130.08333 (Klastline Plateau) |
Stikine |
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| Kukwaus Plateau |
Y |
92P/2 |
51°15′00″N 120°45′00″W / 51.25000°N 120.75000°W / 51.25000; -120.75000 (Kukwaus Plateau) |
Bonaparte Plateau (W of Bonaparte Lake |
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| Level Mountain |
N (rescinded) |
104J/6 |
58°23′46″N 131°24′06″W / 58.39611°N 131.40167°W / 58.39611; -131.40167 (Level Mountain) |
Northern Interior |
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Encompasses a lava plateau |
| Liard Plateau |
Y |
94N/12 |
59°40′00″N 125°30′00″W / 59.66667°N 125.50000°W / 59.66667; -125.50000 (Liard Plateau) |
Northern Interior |
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| McGregor Plateau |
Y |
93I/6 |
54°20′00″N 121°00′00″W / 54.33333°N 121.00000°W / 54.33333; -121.00000 (McGregor Plateau) |
Central Interior-Rockies |
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Includes McGregor Range |
| Nahlin Plateau |
Y |
104J/6 |
58°27′00″N 131°25′00″W / 58.45000°N 131.41667°W / 58.45000; -131.41667 (Nahlin Plateau) |
Cassiar-Teslin |
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| Nechako Plateau |
Y |
93L |
54°30′00″N 126°00′00″W / 54.50000°N 126.00000°W / 54.50000; -126.00000 (Nechako Plateau) |
Central Interior |
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| Nicoamen Plateau |
Y |
92I/3 |
50°12′00″N 121°14′00″W / 50.20000°N 121.23333°W / 50.20000; -121.23333 (Nicoamen Plateau) |
Lower Thompson-Cascades |
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| Nicola Plateau |
Y |
92I/7 |
50°20′00″N 120°37′00″W / 50.33333°N 120.61667°W / 50.33333; -120.61667 (Nicola Plateau) |
Thompson-Nicola |
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| Nipple Plateau |
N (rescinded) |
92H/13 |
49°51′00″N 121°38′00″W / 49.85000°N 121.63333°W / 49.85000; -121.63333 (Nipple Plateau) |
Lillooet Ranges-Fraser Canyon |
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Actually a peak/point at the end of a narrow ridge, once seen from below as a plateau, now named "The Nipple" |
| Nisutlin Plateau |
Y |
104N/16 |
59°50′00″N 132°00′00″W / 59.83333°N 132.00000°W / 59.83333; -132.00000 (Nisutlin Plateau) |
Atlin |
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| Rabbit Plateau |
Y |
94M/3 |
59°08′00″N 127°05′00″W / 59.13333°N 127.08333°W / 59.13333; -127.08333 (Rabbit Plateau) |
Northern Rockies-Liard |
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| Red Plateau |
N (rescinded) |
92I/15 |
50°47′00″N 120°36′00″W / 50.78333°N 120.60000°W / 50.78333; -120.60000 (Red Plateau) |
Bonaparte Plateau (immed. N of Kamloops Lake |
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Lower southwestern area now designed Copper Desert Country by TNRD |
| Silwhoiakun Plateau |
Y |
92I/15 |
50°59′00″N 120°33′00″W / 50.98333°N 120.55000°W / 50.98333; -120.55000 (Silwhoiakun Plateau) |
SE Bonaparte Plateau |
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| Sitkum Plateau |
Y |
Y82L/8 |
50°25′00″N 118°15′00″W / 50.41667°N 118.25000°W / 50.41667; -118.25000 (Sitkum Plateau) |
East Kootenay |
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| Skidegate Plateau |
N (rescinded) |
103F/7 |
53°30′00″N 132°30′00″W / 53.50000°N 132.50000°W / 53.50000; -132.50000 (Skidegate Plateau) |
Queen Charlottes |
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| Snowshoe Plateau |
Y |
93A/14 |
52°53′00″N 121°23′00″W / 52.88333°N 121.38333°W / 52.88333; -121.38333 (Snowshoe Plateau) |
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| Spatsizi Plateau |
Y |
104H/16 |
57°50′00″N 128°29′00″W / 57.83333°N 128.48333°W / 57.83333; -128.48333 (Spatsizi Plateau) |
Stikine |
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| Stikine Plateau |
Y |
104I/5 |
58°23′00″N 129°53′00″W / 58.38333°N 129.88333°W / 58.38333; -129.88333 (Stikine Plateau) |
Stikine |
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| Taku Plateau |
Y |
104K/9 |
58°42′00″N 132°30′00″W / 58.70000°N 132.50000°W / 58.70000; -132.50000 (Taku Plateau) |
Taku-Teslin |
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| Tanzilla Plateau |
Y |
104J/8 |
58°22′00″N 130°22′00″W / 58.36667°N 130.36667°W / 58.36667; -130.36667 (Tanzilla Plateau) |
Stikine-Cassiar |
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| Teslin Plateau |
Y |
104N/10 |
59°40′00″N 132°55′00″W / 59.66667°N 132.91667°W / 59.66667; -132.91667 (Teslin Plateau) |
Teslin |
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| Thompson Plateau |
Y |
92I/1 |
50°15′00″N 120°30′00″W / 50.25000°N 120.50000°W / 50.25000; -120.50000 (Thompson Plateau) |
Thompson-Okanagan-South Cariboo |
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| Tranquille Plateau |
Y |
92I/15 |
50°54′00″N 120°35′00″W / 50.90000°N 120.58333°W / 50.90000; -120.58333 (Tranquille Plateau) |
Bonaparte-Kamloops |
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| Trepanege Plateau |
Y |
92H/16 |
49°51′00″N 120°08′00″W / 49.85000°N 120.13333°W / 49.85000; -120.13333 (Trepanege Plateau) |
Eastern Thompson Plateau, between Merritt and Summerland |
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Crossed by Okanagan Connector |
| Yukon Plateau |
Y |
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Far Northern Interior |
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