Cayoosh Creek

Cayoosh Creek Cayoose Creek
Cayoosh Creek
Etymology	wild ponylocal variant of "cayoose", which ultimately is from Spanish caballo, referring to a certain mountain breed of horse
Location
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
District	Lillooet Land District
Physical characteristics
Source	Cayoosh Range
• location	Coast Mountains
Mouth	Seton River
• location	Lillooet
• coordinates	50°40′7″N 121°58′21″W / 50.66861°N 121.97250°W / 50.66861; -121.97250[2]
• elevation	229 m (751 ft)[3]
Basin size	885 km2 (342 sq mi)[1]
Discharge
• location	mouth[1]
• average	13.9 m3/s (490 cu ft/s)[1]
• minimum	0.377 m3/s (13.3 cu ft/s)
• maximum	211 m3/s (7,500 cu ft/s)

Cayoosh Creek is a northeast-flowing tributary of the Seton River in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The name Cayoosh Creek remains on the bridge-sign crossing the stream on BC Highway 99 and continues in use locally to refer to the final reaches of the Seton River, formerly Seton Creek,^[4] which prior to the renaming ending at the confluence with Cayoosh Creek. The creek is the namesake of Cayoosh Creek Indian Reserve No. 1,^[5] one of the main Indian reserves of the Cayoose Creek Indian Band (aka the Sekwelwas First Nation), which lies adjacent to what was renamed the Seton River without local consultation.