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N (rescinded)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