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{{short description|Landform of the western coast of North America}}
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The '''Tagish Highland''' is an upland area on the inland side of the northernmost [[Boundary Ranges]] of the [[Coast Mountains]], spanning far northwestern [[British Columbia]] from [[Atlin Lake]] to the area of the pass at [[Champagne, Yukon]] between the [[Alsek River|Alsek]] and [[Yukon River]]s.  In some classification systems, and <!--most likely--> in local terminology, the Tagish Highland is considered to be part of the Boundary Ranges, as is the neighbouring [[Tahltan Highland]] to its south.  As classified by the Canadian Mountain Encyclopedia per S. Holland, the Tagish Highland is part of the system unofficially described as the [[Interior Mountains]] (also the Northern Interior Mountains).

It is not as high or glacial as the neighbouring areas of the Boundary Ranges, but it is very rugged with extreme variations in relief.  Historically it is notable as the location of the network of valleys leading inland from the [[Chilkoot Pass|Chilkoot]] and [[White Pass]]es from the [[Yukon Port]]s of [[Skagway, Alaska|Skagway]] and [[Haines, Alaska]] to the headwaters of the Yukon River, downstream from which prospectors voyaged to the legendary goldfields of the [[Klondike Gold Rush]].

==Sub-ranges==

*[[Bennett Range]]
*[[Sloko Range]]
*[[White Range]]

==References==
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*{{BCGNIS|35254|Tagish Highland}}
*S. Holland.  ''Landforms of British Columbia'', Province of British Columbia (1976).

{{Plateaus and highlands of British Columbia}}

[[Category:Mountain ranges of British Columbia]]
[[Category:Boundary Ranges]]
[[Category:Mountain ranges of Yukon]]
[[Category:Stikine Plateau]]

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