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{{Short description|Subrange of the Northern Canadian Rockies in British Columbia, Canada}}
{{confuse|Harts Range (Northern Territory)}}
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| name = Hart Ranges
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| country = Canada
| region_type = [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Provinces]]
| region = {{enum|British Columbia|Alberta}}
| parent = Canadian Rockies
| area_km2 = 13584
| border = {{hlist|[[Muskwa Ranges]] (north)|[[Continental Ranges]] (south)}}
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| length_km = 282
| length_orientation = NW-SE
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| width_km = 367
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| highest = [[Mount Ovington]]
| elevation_m =2941
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| listing = [[Ranges of the Canadian Rockies]]
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The '''Hart Ranges''' are a [[mountain range|major subrange]] of the [[Canadian Rockies]] located in northeastern [[British Columbia]] and western [[Alberta]]. The mountains constitute the southernmost portion of the [[Northern Rocky Mountains]].

The Hart Ranges were named in honour of [[Premier of British Columbia|British Columbia Premier]] [[John Hart (Canadian politician)|John Hart]], as is the highway which traverses the [[Pine Pass]] in the northern part of the range, connecting the [[British Columbia Interior|north-central Interior]] of the province to the [[Peace River Regional District]] to the northeast.<ref name=bcgnis>{{cite bcgnis|7728|Hart Ranges|2023-07-06}}</ref>

==Geography==
The boundaries of the Hart Ranges are the [[Rocky Mountain Trench]] and the [[McGregor Plateau]] on the west/southwest, the Peace Reach of [[Williston Lake]] on the north, a certain line of demarcation with the [[Rocky Mountain Foothills]] to the east/northeast, and the Jarvis Creek to the south.<ref name="Landforms of British Columbia">{{cite book|last=Holland|first=Stuart S.|title=Bulletin 48: Landforms of British Columbia--A Physiographic Outline|year=1976|publisher=K. M. MacDonald, Province of British Columbia|pages=84|url=http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geoscience/PublicationsCatalogue/BulletinInformation/BulletinsAfter1940/Documents/Bull48-txt.pdf|access-date=2011-04-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185301/http://www.empr.gov.bc.ca/Mining/Geoscience/PublicationsCatalogue/BulletinInformation/BulletinsAfter1940/Documents/Bull48-txt.pdf|archive-date=2016-03-04|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Glaciers of the Canadian Rockies">{{cite journal|last=Simon|first=C|author2=Ommanney, L.|title=Glaciers of the Canadian Rockies|journal=U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper|year=2002|volume=Satellite Image Atlas of Glaciers of the World|issue=1386–J–1|pages=J272|url=http://pubs.usgs.gov/pp/p1386j/}}</ref>

The Hart Ranges is home to two [[ultra-prominent peak]]s, [[Mount Crysdale]] and [[Mount Ovington]]. [[Mount Ida (Continental Ranges)|Mount Ida]] and [[Mount Sir Alexander]] are south of Jarvis Creek and are in the [[Continental Ranges]], which comprise the main and best-known part of the Rocky Mountains and run all the way south to [[Marias Pass]] in [[Montana]].

;Sub-ranges
Official subdivisions of the Hart Ranges include the:
*[[Misinchinka Ranges|Misinchinka Range]] (from the Peace Arm of the [[Williston Lake|Williston Reservoir]] to [[Monkman Pass]])
**[[Murray Range]]
**[[Pioneer Range]]
**[[Solitude Range]]

Other areas of the Hart Ranges have no subdesignations though the area around Mount Sir Alexander has been dubbed the Mount Sir Alexander Group by The Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia; however, this is not an official designation.

==Industry==
The Hart Ranges are the location of a number of large coal mines focused on the remote communities of [[Tumbler Ridge]] and [[Chetwynd, British Columbia|Chetwynd]].

==Preservation==
The southernmost tip of the mountain range is preserved within [[Kakwa Provincial Park and Protected Area]]. Other provincial parks located within the range include [[Monkman Provincial Park]] and [[Hole-in-the-Wall Provincial Park]].

==References==
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