Premier Range


The Premier Range is a group of mountains within the Cariboo Mountains of east-central British Columbia, Canada. The range is bounded by the Raush River and Kiwa Creek to the north, the North Thompson River on the south and west and the Fraser River and its tributaries to the east.
In 1927, the year of Canada's Diamond Jubilee, it was decided that the names of the higher peaks in this range would be reserved to pay tribute to prime ministers of Canada, prime ministers of the United Kingdom, and premiers of the province of British Columbia. In practice, however, only one British prime minister and one British Columbia premier have been so honoured, and recent changes to Canadian geographic naming regulations make it unlikely that any British prime minister or other non-Canadian will receive such an honour in the future.
The named summits of the Premier Range are, in order of elevation:
MountainHeight Height NamingCoordinates
Mount Sir Wilfrid Laurier351611535Sir Wilfrid Laurier - 7th Prime Minister
Mount Sir John Abbott339811148Sir John Abbott - 3rd Prime Minister
Mount Sir John Thompson334910988Sir John Thompson - 4th Prime Minister
Mount Sir Mackenzie Bowell330110830Sir Mackenzie Bowell - 5th Prime Minister
Mount Stanley Baldwin325610682Stanley Baldwin - British Prime Minister
Mount Mackenzie King323410610Mackenzie King - 10th Prime Minister
Mount Arthur Meighen320510515Arthur Meighen - 9th Prime Minister
Mount Richard Bennett319010466Richard Bennett - 11th Prime Minister
Mount John Oliver312310246John Oliver - B.C. Premier
Mount Lester Pearson308610125Lester B. Pearson - 14th Prime Minister
Mount Louis Saint Laurent30459990Louis St. Laurent - 12th Prime Minister
Mount Pierre Elliott Trudeau26408661Pierre Trudeau - 15th Prime Minister
Mount Sir Allan MacNab22977535Sir Allan MacNab - Canadian industrialist and Premier of the colonial-era Province of Canada

Before the Premier Range was selected, many mountains outside this area were named after Canadian prime ministers. Mount Mackenzie, Mount Tupper, Mount Macdonald and Mount Laurier rise over the Canadian Pacific Railway tracks that travel through the Rogers Pass near Golden, British Columbia. Mount Robert in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia honours Sir Robert Borden. There is also a Mount John Diefenbaker in British Columbia named after John Diefenbaker. Other than Laurier, none of these prime ministers have received the honour of also having a mountain named for them in the Premier Range.