Description
British Mountains is located at E end of Brooks Range, extend SE into Canada from Kongakut River; bounded on NW by Romanzoff Mts. and on SW by Davidson Mts. 100 miles long.
History
On July 21, 1826, Sir John Franklin (1828, p. 135), Royal Navy (RN), wrote, "This distant range was afterwards distinguished by the name of the British Chain, * * * ."