Karmutzen Range
Hankin Range
Franklin Range
The Franklin Range is a small mountain range located south of the Johnstone Strait and Robson Bight, Vancouver Island. It has an area of 200 sq km (77.2 sq miles).
The Franklin Range is a subrange of Vancouver Island, offering a beautiful area for nature enthusiasts and mountaineers intending to experience perfect mountain climbing.
The range was named after eminent Admiral Sir John Franklin, who died exploring the arctic and his wife, Lady Franklin, by Captain Richards in 1861. The Johnstone Strait offers perfect paddling while enjoying watching whales passing by and salmon run, making adventurers fascinated. Visitors can start a fantastic adventure by launching a boat at Telegraph Cove, having fun exploring the water. Pleasant hiking through gorgeous forest and the Franklin Range's breathtaking ambiance shrouded with clouds hovering on mountains and trees covering hillsides make mountaineers and hikers visit the range again and again.
The Franklin Range is located north of Vancouver Island, south of the Johnstone Strait and Robson Bight. The 200 sq km (77.2 sq miles) range offers perfect hiking and climbing. They can be done in the beautiful area of the range covered with gorgeous trees dotted with lakes and tarns for mountaineers to have a soul-refreshing tour.
Telegraph Cove is located to the northwest of Franklin Range, and the nearby Lower Tsitika River Provincial Park is to the north of the range, where you can have some nice time spending by the water.
The Bonanza Range is south of the Franklin Range near Bonanza Lake, where visitors can camp on the northeast end of the lake with two boat launches to put your boat into the water and enjoy the lake's breathtaking view.
At Nimpkish Lake Provincial Park to the southwest of the Franklin Range, visitors would be entertained by several activities near the gorgeous Nimpkish Lake. Franklin Range's nearby town and regions are Telegraph Cove and Port McNeill to the northwest and Woss to the south.
Access to the Franklin Range is possible from Tsitika Mountain.
From Nanaimo:
The fastest route to get to Tsitika Mountain from Nanaimo is via BC-19 N, a 352km (218.7 miles) route that takes about 4 hours and 8 minutes of driving.
Take Third St to BC-19 N for 3.3 km (2 miles). Turn right onto BC-19 N (signs for Campbell R) and continue for 302 km (187.6 miles). Continue onto Upper Steel Rd for 46.9 km (29.1 miles) to your destination in Garden Bay.
From Victoria:
The fastest route to get to Tsitika Mountain is BC-19 N. It is 462 km (287 miles) and takes almost 5 hours and 26 minutes.
Take Government St to Trans-Canada Hwy/BC-1 N. after driving 1.2 km (0.7 miles), Take BC-19 N to Steele Creek Rd/Upper Steel Rd in Woss for 449km (278.9miles). Continue on Upper Steel Rd to your destination in Garden Bay.
There is no designated hiking trail to get to the Franklin Range.
The Franklin Range is home to the traditional territory of Namgis First Nation. The deep and rich legends and culture of Namgis People are rooted in the area and mountains.
While visiting the Franklin Range, several activities would be entertaining at the range and nearby Lower Tsitika River and Nimpkish Lake Provincial Parks. Mountaineers will experience perfect climbing offered by the range's peaks with spectacular sights of mountains and hillsides covered by trees.
Have a visit to the beautiful Lower Tsitika River Provincial Park and be amused by fishing, cycling, and backcountry camping in the wilderness. There at the park, roadways are provided to have enjoyable cycling. Bicycle helmets are mandatory. Random camping is allowed in the park with no facilities for enthusiasts to have a great time camping in the rustic wilderness.
To the west of the range at Nimpkish River Provincial Park and Nimpkish Lake, you would be entertained by activities such as canoeing, kayaking, swimming, and windsurfing outside of the park in the lake. Also, fishing is available at the park and lake besides biking, hunting, and skiing in the park, lake, and mountains' beautiful ambiance.
While winding your way through the forest surrounded by snow-capped mountain peaks to Bonanza Lake, enthusiasts would spend some recreational time camping on the northeast end of the lake. Two boat launches are provided for boaters to put their boat into the water and get fascinated by the breathtaking lake's atmosphere.
