Shaman Creek

Shaman Creek
Shaman Creek is located in British Columbia
Shaman Creek
Mouth of Shaman Creek
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
DistrictCassiar Land District
Physical characteristics
SourceNear Mount Edziza
 • locationTahltan Highland
 • coordinates57°38′51″N 130°38′5″W / 57.64750°N 130.63472°W / 57.64750; -130.63472[3]
 • elevation2,015 m (6,611 ft)[2]
MouthKakiddi Lake, Kakiddi Creek
 • coordinates
57°36′55″N 130°24′38″W / 57.61528°N 130.41056°W / 57.61528; -130.41056[1][2]
 • elevation
790 m (2,590 ft)[2]
Length20 km (12 mi)[4]
Basin size153 km2 (59 sq mi)[5]
Discharge 
 • average2.43 m3/s (86 cu ft/s)[5]
Basin features
Topo mapNTS 104G9 Kinaskan Lake

Shaman Creek is a tributary of Kakiddi Lake, the source of Kakiddi Creek, and part of the Stikine River watershed in northwest part of the province of British Columbia, Canada.[1] From its source in the glaciers south of Mount Edziza it flows generally east for roughly 20 km (12 mi)[4] to empty into Kakiddi Lake, an expansion of Kakiddi Creek, a tributary of the Klastline River, which in turn is a tributary of the Stikine River.[1]

Shaman Creek's mean annual discharge is estimated at 2.43 m3/s (86 cu ft/s). Its watershed covers 153 km2 (59 sq mi) and is mostly within Mount Edziza Provincial Park. The watershed's land cover is classified as 44.9% conifer forest, 20.7% shrubland, 16.8% barren, 10.8% herbaceous, 3.1% snow/glacier, 2.3% wetland, and small amounts of other cover.[5]

The mouth of Shaman Creek is located about 55 km (34 mi) southeast of Telegraph Creek, British Columbia, about 70 km (43 mi) north of Bob Quinn Lake, British Columbia, and about 250 km (160 mi) east of Juneau, Alaska.[4]

Shaman Creek is in Mount Edziza Provincial Park, which lies within the traditional territory of the Tahltan First Nation, of the Tahltan people.[6][7]

  1. ^ a b c "Shaman Creek". BC Geographical Names.
  2. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference toporama was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Derived from BCGNIS, topographic maps, and Toporama
  4. ^ a b c Lengths and distances measured using BCGNIS coordinates, topographic maps, online map servers, and Toporama
  5. ^ a b c "Northwest Water Tool". BC Water Tool. GeoBC, Integrated Land Management Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Government of British Columbia. Retrieved 10 October 2023.
  6. ^ "Our Territory". Tahltan Central Government. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Dah Ki Mi — "Our House"". Tahltan Band Council. Retrieved 29 September 2023.