{{Short description|Tribuatary river in the country of Canada}} {{Infobox river | name = Crayke Creek | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology = <!---------------------- IMAGE & MAP --> | image = | image_caption = | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = British Columbia | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption = Mouth of Crayke Creek <!---------------------- LOCATION --> | subdivision_type1 = Country | subdivision_name1 = [[Canada]] | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = [[British Columbia]] | subdivision_type3 = District | subdivision_name3 = [[Cassiar Land District]] | subdivision_type4 = | subdivision_name4 = | subdivision_type5 = | subdivision_name5 = <!---------------------- PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS --> | length = {{convert|7|km|abbr=on}}<ref name=length/> | discharge1_location = | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = {{convert|0.135|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}<ref name=watertool/> | discharge1_max = <!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES --> | source1 = West of [[Big Raven Plateau]] | source1_location = [[Tahltan Highland]] | source1_coordinates = {{coord|57|44|9|N|130|52|3|W|display=inline}}<ref>Derived from BCGNIS, topographic maps, and [https://atlas.gc.ca/toporama/en/index.html Toporama]</ref> | source1_elevation = {{convert|1340|m|abbr=on}}<ref name=toporama/> | mouth = [[Mess Creek]] | mouth_location = | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|57|44|38|N|130|57|48|W|display=inline,title}}<ref name=bcgnis/><ref name=toporama/> | mouth_elevation = {{convert|507|m|abbr=on}}<ref name=toporama/> | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = {{convert|15.3|km2|abbr=on}}<ref name=watertool/> | tributaries_left = | tributaries_right = | custom_label = [[Topographic map|Topo map]] | custom_data = [[National Topographic System|NTS]] {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|104|G|10}} | extra = }} '''Crayke Creek''' is a [[tributary]] of [[Mess Creek]] and part of the [[Stikine River]] [[drainage basin|watershed]] in northwest part of the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|province]] of [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]].<ref name=bcgnis>{{BCGNIS|4820|Crayke Creek}}</ref><ref>{{cite cgndb|id=JAISL|title=Crayke Creek}}</ref> It flows generally west for roughly {{convert|7|km|abbr=on}}<ref name=length>Lengths and distances measured using BCGNIS coordinates, topographic maps, online map servers, and [https://atlas.gc.ca/toporama/en/index.html Toporama]</ref> to join Mess Creek, a tributary of the Stikine River.
Crayke Creek's mean annual [[Discharge (hydrology)|discharge]] is estimated at {{convert|0.135|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}. Its [[Drainage basin|watershed]] covers {{convert|15.3|km2|abbr=on}} and is entirely in [[Mount Edziza Provincial Park]]. The watershed's [[land cover]] is classified as 78.4% [[Conifer|conifer forest]], 17.6% [[shrubland]], 2.2% [[wetland]], and small amounts of other cover.<ref name=watertool>{{cite web |url= https://nwwt.bcwatertool.ca |title= Northwest Water Tool |work= BC Water Tool |publisher= GeoBC, Integrated Land Management Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Government of British Columbia |accessdate= 4 October 2023}}</ref>
The mouth of Crayke Creek is located about {{convert|21|km|abbr=on}} south of [[Telegraph Creek]], British Columbia, about {{convert|95|km|abbr=on}} southwest of [[Dease Lake]], British Columbia, and about {{convert|210|km|abbr=on}} southeast of [[Juneau, Alaska]].<ref name=length/>
Crayke Creek is in [[Mount Edziza Provincial Park]], which lies within the traditional territory of the [[Tahltan First Nation]], of the [[Tahltan]] people.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://tahltan.org/our-territory |title= Our Territory |publisher= Tahltan Central Government |accessdate= 29 September 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= https://tahltan.ca/nation/territory |title= Dah Ki Mi — "Our House" |publisher= Tahltan Band Council |accessdate= 29 September 2023}}</ref>
==Geography== Crayke Creek originates on the lower slopes of the western side of the [[Big Raven Plateau]], about {{convert|14|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of the summit of [[Mount Edziza]]. From its source it flows west for about {{convert|7|km|abbr=on}} through wetlands and conifer forests before emptying into Mess Creek.<ref name=toporama>{{cite web |url= http://atlas.gc.ca/toporama/en/index.html |title= Toporama (on-line map and search) |work= [[Atlas of Canada]] |publisher= [[Natural Resources Canada]] |accessdate= 28 September 2023}}</ref><ref name=mapbook>{{cite book |last1= Mussio |first1= Russell |last2= Mussio |first2= Wesley |title= Northern BC Backroad Mapbook |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pBAFEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA99 |accessdate= 28 September 2023 |date= 2018 |publisher= Mussio Ventures |isbn= 978-1-926806-87-7 |page= 99}}</ref><ref>{{cite map|url=https://volcano.si.edu/maps/GVAlaskaCanada/G910509-006.jpg|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502071600/https://volcano.si.edu/maps/GVAlaskaCanada/G910509-006.jpg|title=Telegraph Creek, Cassiar Land District, British Columbia|scale=1:250,000|series=104 G|map=A 502|edition=3|type=Topographic map|publisher=[[Department of Energy, Mines and Resources]]|year=1989|language=en,fr|access-date=2021-09-25|archive-date=2021-05-02}}</ref>
==History== Crayke Creek was officially named "Nigger Creek" in 1954, based on that name being used in the early 20th century. In 1967 the name was officially changed to Crayke Creek, after the Crayke family of Telegraph Creek. Mess Creek was the Crayke family [[trapline]] and John Crayke still had a trapline there in 1967.<ref name=bcgnis/>
==See also== *[[List of rivers of British Columbia]]
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{Rivers of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex}} {{Mount Edziza volcanic complex}}
[[Category:Cassiar Land District]] [[Category:Rivers of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex]] [[Category:Tributaries of Mess Creek]] [[Category:Stikine Country]] [[Category:Tahltan]] [[Category:Mount Edziza Provincial Park]]