| Kadeya Creek | |
|---|---|
  Mouth of Kadeya Creek | |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| District | Cassiar Land District |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Mount Edziza |
| • location | Big Raven Plateau |
| • coordinates | 57°43′03″N 130°41′25″W / 57.71750°N 130.69028°W[1] |
| • elevation | 2,040 m (6,690 ft)[1] |
| Mouth | Elwyn Creek |
• location | Tahltan Highland |
• coordinates | 57°48′10″N 130°51′54″W / 57.80278°N 130.86500°W[1] |
• elevation | 808 m (2,651 ft)[1] |
| Length | 17 km (11 mi)[1] |
| Basin size | 59 km2 (23 sq mi)[2] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 1.22 m3/s (43 cu ft/s)[2] |
| Basin features | |
| Topo map | NTS 104G15 Buckley Lake |
Kadeya Creek is a tributary of Elwyn Creek, which in turn is a tributary of Mess Creek, part of the Stikine River watershed in northwest part of the province of British Columbia, Canada.[3] It flows generally northwest for roughly 17 km (11 mi) to join Elwyn Creek about 8 km (5.0 mi) east of Elwyn Creek's confluence with Mess Creek.[1][3][4] Kadeya Creek's watershed covers 59 km2 (23 sq mi) and its estimated mean annual discharge is 1.22 m3/s (43 cu ft/s).[2] The mouth of Kadeya Creek is located about 21 km (13 mi) southeast of Telegraph Creek, about 52 km (32 mi) west of Iskut and about 87 km (54 mi) southwest of Dease Lake.[1] Kadeya Creek's watershed's land cover is classified as 48.8% shrubland, 18.2% conifer forest, 11.7% barren, 10.9% herbaceous, 8.8% snow/glacier, and small amounts of other cover.[2]
Kadeya Creek is in Mount Edziza Provincial Park which lies within the traditional territory of the Tahltan people.[5][6]
- ^ a b c d e f g Elevation, length and coordinates derived from Google Earth and the Canadian Geographical Names Database
- ^ a b c d "Northwest Water Tool". BC Water Tool. GeoBC, Integrated Land Management Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Government of British Columbia. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
- ^ a b "Kadeya Creek". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ^ "Kadeya Creek". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
- ^ "A 502" (Topographic map). Telegraph Creek, Cassiar Land District, British Columbia (3 ed.). 1:250,000. 104 G (in English and French). Department of Energy, Mines and Resources. 1989. Archived from the original on 2021-05-02. Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ Markey, Sean; Halseth, Greg; Manson, Don (2012). Investing in Place: Economic Renewal in Northern British Columbia. University of British Columbia Press. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-7748-2293-0.