The Caribou Range (also known as the Caribou Mountains) is a mountain range in the Rocky Mountains in Bonneville, Bingham, and Caribou counties in Idaho, United States, that extends into Lincoln County, Wyoming.[1]
The mountains are in the Caribou National Forest in Bonneville and Caribou counties, near the Wyoming border.
Named for Cariboo Fairchild, a prospector who had taken part in the gold rush in the Cariboo region of British Columbia in 1860. Fairchild discovered gold in this area of present-day eastern Idaho two years later.[2]
The highest point of the range is 9,803-foot Caribou Mountain.[3]
See also
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Caribou Range
- ^ Idaho.gov - Caribou County Archived August 15, 2009, at the Wayback Machine accessed 2009-05-29
- ^ "Caribou Mountain, Idaho". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2022-09-24.
External links
Media related to Caribou Range at Wikimedia Commons
43°20′N 111°30′W / 43.333°N 111.500°W
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