Template talk:Plateaus and highlands of British Columbia

Organization
I'm not good at fiddling with template layouts, so if someone could organize these by the major groupings that would be great; i.e. the Interior Plateau should be a section, and the Fraser Plateau and Thompson Plateau subsections of it; the Stikine Plateau should be its own section also; the Tagish Highland should be part of it, the Shuswap and Okanagan Highlands should be part of the Thompson Plateau, the Quesnel Highland attached to the Fraser Plateau/Cariboo Plateau. NB the Cariboo Plateau is the most common use of that name, but there is a small plateau, officially by that name, on the east side of the Spallumcheen Valley (between Sicamous and Enderby) which does not have an article yet - presumably its titles would be Cariboo Plateau (Shuswap Highland). In some reckonings the Thompson Plateau, normally a subdivision of the Interior Plateau, is included as part of the Fraser Plateau; and the Highlands are often considered part of the adjoining mountain ranges - Holland is not clear on that, btw.Skookum1 (talk) 20:43, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
 * I'm trying to figure out how to sub-groups for each field on the left-hand side headings - not sure if its possible. Agree organisation by parent articles is best. The Interior  (Talk) 20:51, 2 February 2011 (UTC)

Full list of officially-named plateaus from BCGNIS
No time to format it, maybe later, but here's a copy-paste of the full list resulting from a search of BCGNIS using "% plateau" ("%" is a wildcard).

No.	Feature Name	Feature Type	NTS map	Latitude	Longitude	Status
 * 1) 	Adams Plateau	Plateau 	82M/4 	51°03'00" 	119°33'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 2) 	Alberta Plateau	Plateau 	94I 	58°00'00" 	122°00'00" 	RESCINDED
 * 3) 	Arctic Lake Plateau	Plateau 	104G/7 	57°18'00" 	130°46'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 4) 	Big Raven Plateau	Plateau 	104G/10 	57°43'00" 	130°45'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 5) 	Bonaparte Plateau	Plateau 	92P/3 	51°09'00" 	121°17'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 6) 	Cariboo Plateau	Plateau 	82L/15 	50°49'00" 	118°49'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 7) 	Clayoquot Plateau Park	Provincial Park 	92F/3 	49°13'30" 	125°25'50" 	ADOPTED
 * 8) 	Coutlee Plateau	Plateau 	92I/2 	50°04'00" 	120°56'00" 	RESCINDED
 * 9) 	Dease Plateau	Plateau 	104P/11 	59°35'00" 	129°30'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 10) 	Dil-Dil Plateau	Plateau 	92O/3 	51°13'00" 	123°10'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 11) 	Douglas Plateau	Plateau 	92I/8 	50°17'00" 	120°15'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 12) 	Etsho Plateau	Plateau 	94P/6 	59°15'00" 	121°30'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 13) 	Forbidden Plateau	Plateau 	92F/11 	49°41'00" 	125°19'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 14) 	Fraser Plateau	Plateau 	93B/3 	52°00'00" 	123°00'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 15) 	Green Timber Plateau	Plateau 	92P/6 	51°15'00" 	121°30'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 16) 	Interior Plateau	Plateau 	93B/3 	52°00'00" 	123°00'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 17) 	Kawdy Plateau	Plateau 	104O/3 	59°15'00" 	131°30'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 18) 	Kimberley Plateau	Plateau 	82E/2 	49°12'00" 	118°51'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 19) 	Kitsu Plateau	Plateau 	104G/7 	57°28'00" 	130°45'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 20) 	Klastline Plateau	Plateau 	104G/16 	57°57'00" 	130°05'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 21) 	Kukwaus Plateau	Plateau 	92P/2 	51°15'00" 	120°45'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 22) 	Liard Plateau	Plateau 	94N/12 	59°40'00" 	125°30'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 23) 	McGregor Plateau	Plateau 	93I/6 	54°20'00" 	121°00'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 24) 	Nahlin Plateau	Plateau 	104J/6 	58°27'00" 	131°25'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 25) 	Nechako Plateau	Plateau 	93L 	54°30'00" 	126°00'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 26) 	Nicoamen Plateau	Plateau 	92I/3 	50°12'00" 	121°14'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 27) 	Nicola Plateau	Plateau 	92I/7 	50°20'00" 	120°37'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 28) 	Nipple Plateau	Mountain 	92H/13 	49°51'00" 	121°38'00" 	RESCINDED
 * 29) 	Nisutlin Plateau	Plateau 	104N/16 	59°50'00" 	132°00'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 30) 	Plateau Creek	Creek (1) 	104N/5 	59°28'00" 	133°53'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 31) 	Plateau Icefield	Icefield 	92J/12 	50°32'06" 	123°53'12" 	ADOPTED
 * 32) 	Plateau Lake	Lake 	92I/8 	50°19'00" 	120°16'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 33) 	Plateau Peak	Peak (2) 	92N/2 	51°02'37" 	124°33'58" 	ADOPTED
 * 34) 	Plateau Ponds	Ponds (1) 	92J/15 	50°54'00" 	122°48'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 35) 	Rabbit Plateau	Plateau 	94M/3 	59°08'00" 	127°05'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 36) 	Red Plateau	Plateau 	92I/15 	50°47'00" 	120°36'00" 	RESCINDED
 * 37) 	Silwhoiakun Plateau	Plateau 	92I/15 	50°59'00" 	120°33'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 38) 	Sitkum Plateau	Plateau 	82L/8 	50°25'00" 	118°15'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 39) 	Skidegate Plateau	Plateau 	103F/7 	53°30'00" 	132°30'00" 	RESCINDED
 * 40) 	Snowshoe Plateau	Plateau 	93A/14 	52°53'00" 	121°23'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 41) 	Spatsizi Plateau	Plateau 	104H/16 	57°50'00" 	128°29'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 42) 	Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Park	Provincial Park 	104H/9 	57°32'00" 	128°30'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 43) 	Stikine Plateau	Plateau 	104I/5 	58°23'00" 	129°53'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 44) 	Taku Plateau	Plateau 	104K/9 	58°42'00" 	132°30'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 45) 	Tanzilla Plateau	Plateau 	104J/8 	58°22'00" 	130°22'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 46) 	Teslin Plateau	Plateau 	104N/10 	59°40'00" 	132°55'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 47) 	Thompson Plateau	Plateau 	92I/1 	50°15'00" 	120°30'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 48) 	Tranquille Plateau	Plateau 	92I/15 	50°54'00" 	120°35'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 49) 	Trepanege Plateau	Plateau 	92H/16 	49°51'00" 	120°08'00" 	ADOPTED
 * 50) 	Yukon Plateau	Plateau 	104N/11 	59°40'00" 	133°05'00"

NB the Cariboo Plateau given is not the best-known one, which for some mysterious reason is not in BCGNIS, but its staffer tells me it's incomplete anyway; a curious omission for a term so widely-used though, likewise Chilcotin Plateau. The Edziza Plateau also isn't listed, though it includes the Arctic Lake and Big Raven Plateaus....the Snowshoe is part of the Dease Plateau, I think (the Dease Plateau being another "major" division like the Stikine and Interior/Fraser Plateaus, the Silwhoaikun and Bonaparte I'm not sure if they belogn to the Fraser or Thompson Plateaus, the Nicola and Nicoamen certainly do. Plateau-like formations like Tahaetkun Mountain and the Spa Hills and so on are not given, of course (Takhaetkun is the height of the Thompson Plateau about West Kelowna, the Spa Hills is a high flattopped plateau immediately west of Salmon Arm).Skookum1 (talk) 22:52, 2 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Thank you Skookum. The Interior  (Talk) 22:59, 2 February 2011 (UTC)