Tennaya Creek

Tennaya Creek
Icefall Creek
Tennaya Creek is located in British Columbia
Tennaya Creek
Mouth of Tennaya Creek
Location
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
DistrictCassiar Land District
Physical characteristics
SourceTennaya Glacier
 • locationMount Edziza
 • coordinates57°41′30″N 130°35′38″W / 57.69167°N 130.59389°W / 57.69167; -130.59389[2]
 • elevation1,658 m (5,440 ft)[2]
MouthNuttlude Lake
 • location
Stikine Plateau
 • coordinates
57°42′05″N 130°26′14″W / 57.70139°N 130.43722°W / 57.70139; -130.43722[1]
 • elevation
792 m (2,598 ft)[2]
Length16 km (9.9 mi)[2]
Basin size63.3 km2 (24.4 sq mi)[3]
Discharge 
 • average1.50 m3/s (53 cu ft/s)[3]
Basin features
Topo mapNTS 104G10 Mount Edziza
NTS 104G9 Kinaskan Lake

Tennaya Creek is a tributary of Kakiddi Creek, which in turn is a tributary of the Klastline River, part of the Stikine River watershed in northwest part of the province of British Columbia, Canada.[1] It flows generally west for about 16 km (9.9 mi) to join Kakiddi Creek about 19 km (12 mi) south of Kakiddi Creek's confluence with the Klastline River.[1][2] Tennaya Creek's watershed covers 63.3 km2 (24.4 sq mi) and its mean annual discharge is estimated at 1.50 m3/s (53 cu ft/s).[3] The mouth of Tennaya Creek is located about 48 km (30 mi) southeast of Telegraph Creek, about 30 km (19 mi) southwest of Iskut and about 86 km (53 mi) south-southwest of Dease Lake.[2] Tennaya Creek's watershed's land cover is classified as 31.3% barren, 26.0% conifer forest, 17.9% snow/glacier, 12.6% herbaceous, 9.9% shrubland, and small amounts of other cover.[3]

Tennaya Creek is in Mount Edziza Provincial Park and the Tenh Dẕetle Conservancy, both of which lie within the traditional territory of the Tahltan people.[1][4][5][6]

  1. ^ a b c d "Tennaya Creek". BC Geographical Names. Retrieved 2023-10-01.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Elevation, length and coordinates derived from Google Earth and the Canadian Geographical Names Database
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "Conservancy renamed Ice Mountain, reflects Tahltan heritage". Government of British Columbia. 9 February 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-09-27. Retrieved 2023-09-01.