# Flyin Creek

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Tribuatary river in the country of Canada

Flyin Creek Mouth of Flyin Creek Location Country Canada Province British Columbia District Cassiar Land District Physical characteristics Source Cache Hill • location Tahltan Highland • coordinates 57°3′27″N 130°40′6″W / 57.05750°N 130.66833°W / 57.05750; -130.66833[3] • elevation 1,900 m (6,200 ft)[4][2] Mouth Walkout Creek • coordinates 57°33′25″N 130°45′51″W / 57.55694°N 130.76417°W / 57.55694; -130.76417[1][2] • elevation 985 m (3,232 ft)[4] Length 7.7 km (4.8 mi)[5] Basin size 16.3 km2 (6.3 sq mi),[6] Discharge • average 0.423 m3/s (14.9 cu ft/s)[6] Basin features Topo map NTS 104G10 Mount Edziza

**Flyin Creek** is a [tributary](/source/Tributary) of [Walkout Creek](/source/Walkout_Creek) and part of the [Stikine River](/source/Stikine_River) [watershed](/source/Drainage_basin) in northwest part of the [province](/source/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada) of [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), [Canada](/source/Canada).[1][7] It flows generally northwest for roughly 7.7 km (4.8 mi)[5] to join Walkout Creek, which flows into [Raspberry Creek](/source/Raspberry_Creek_(British_Columbia)), then [Mess Creek](/source/Mess_Creek), which flows into the Stikine River about 3 km (1.9 mi) downriver from the community of [Telegraph Creek](/source/Telegraph_Creek). Flyin Creek's watershed covers 16.3 km2 (6.3 sq mi),[6] and is entirely in [Mount Edziza Provincial Park](/source/Mount_Edziza_Provincial_Park). The creek's mean annual [discharge](/source/Discharge_(hydrology)) is estimated at 0.423 m3/s (14.9 cu ft/s).[6] The mouth of Flyin Creek is located about 45 km (28 mi) south of [Telegraph Creek](/source/Telegraph_Creek), British Columbia, about 110 km (68 mi) southeast of [Dease Lake](/source/Dease_Lake), British Columbia, and about 230 km (140 mi) southeast of [Juneau, Alaska](/source/Juneau%2C_Alaska). Flyin Creek's watershed's [land cover](/source/Land_cover) is classified as 40.3% [barren](/source/Barren_vegetation), 24,2% [shrubland](/source/Shrubland), 19.7% [conifer forest](/source/Conifer), 13.8% [herbaceous](/source/Herbaceous_plant), and small amounts of other cover.[6]

Flyin Creek is in [Mount Edziza Provincial Park](/source/Mount_Edziza_Provincial_Park), which lies within the traditional territory of the [Tahltan First Nation](/source/Tahltan_First_Nation), of the [Tahltan](/source/Tahltan) people.[8][9]

## Geography

Flyin Creek originates a few kilometres north of Raspberry Pass on the slopes of [Cache Hill](/source/Cache_Hill),[10] about 20 km (12 mi) south of [Mount Edziza](/source/Mount_Edziza).

The creek flows generally northwest through a steep valley. The upper valley is barren, the lower part is mostly conifer forest. After about 7.7 km (4.8 mi)[5] Flyin Creek joins Walkout Creek, which flows about 2.3 km (1.4 mi) to Raspberry Creek, which in turn joins Mess Creek. Mess Creek flows north for over 100 km (62 mi) to empty into the Stikine River near the community of [Telegraph Creek](/source/Telegraph_Creek).[2][11]

## History

The name Flyin Creek comes from local anecdote about an incident in 1954. A well-known [bush pilot](/source/Bush_pilot) from [Atlin](/source/Atlin%2C_British_Columbia), Herman Peterson, mistook the creek's drainage for [Raspberry Pass](/source/Raspberry_Pass) and flew in under a low overcast. Unable to turn out of the narrow valley he crashed and made his way back to Telegraph Creek on foot.[1]

## See also

- [List of rivers of British Columbia](/source/List_of_rivers_of_British_Columbia)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-bcgnis_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-bcgnis_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-bcgnis_1-2) ["Flyin Creek"](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/12946.html). *[BC Geographical Names](/source/BC_Geographical_Names)*. Government of British Columbia – B.C. Geographical Names Office (BCGNO).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-toporama_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-toporama_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-toporama_2-2) ["Toporama (on-line map and search)"](http://atlas.gc.ca/toporama/en/index.html). *[Atlas of Canada](/source/Atlas_of_Canada)*. [Natural Resources Canada](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada). Retrieved 28 September 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Derived from BCGNIS, topographic maps, and [Toporama](https://atlas.gc.ca/toporama/en/index.html)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-geolocator_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-geolocator_4-1) Elevation derived from [ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model](/source/ASTER_Global_Digital_Elevation_Model), using [GeoLocator](http://tools.freeside.sk/geolocator/geolocator.html), BCGNIS coordinates, and topographic maps.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-length_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-length_5-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-length_5-2) Length measured using BCGNIS coordinates, topographic maps, and [Toporama](https://atlas.gc.ca/toporama/en/index.html)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-watertool_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-watertool_6-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-watertool_6-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-watertool_6-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-watertool_6-4) ["Northwest Water Tool"](https://nwwt.bcwatertool.ca). *BC Water Tool*. GeoBC, Integrated Land Management Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Government of British Columbia. Retrieved 28 September 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Flyin Creek"](https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=JAXDT). *[Geographical Names Data Base](/source/GeoBase_(geospatial_data)#Geographical_Names_Data_Base)*. [Natural Resources Canada](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Our Territory"](https://tahltan.org/our-territory). Tahltan Central Government. Retrieved 29 September 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Dah Ki Mi — "Our House""](https://tahltan.ca/nation/territory). Tahltan Band Council. Retrieved 29 September 2023.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** ["Cache Hill"](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/9345.html). *[BC Geographical Names](/source/BC_Geographical_Names)*. Government of British Columbia – B.C. Geographical Names Office (BCGNO).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-mapbook_11-0)** Mussio, Russell; Mussio, Wesley (2018). [*Northern BC Backroad Mapbook*](https://books.google.com/books?id=pBAFEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA99). Mussio Ventures. p. 99. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-926806-87-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-926806-87-7). Retrieved 28 September 2023.

v t e Rivers of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex by drainage basin Iskut River Artifact Creek, Ball Creek, Bourgeaux Creek, Gerlib Creek, Little Iskut River, More Creek, Stewbomb Creek Kakiddi Creek Chakima Creek, Nido Creek, Pyramid Creek, Shaman Creek, Sorcery Creek, Tenchen Creek, Tennaya Creek, Tsecha Creek Mess Creek Crayke Creek, Elwyn Creek, Flyin Creek, Kadeya Creek, Kitsu Creek, Nagha Creek, Raspberry Creek, Sezill Creek, Tadekho Creek, Taweh Creek, Walkout Creek

v t e Mount Edziza volcanic complex Cinder cones The Ash Pit Cache Hill Camp Hill Cinder Cliff Cocoa Crater Coffee Crater Eve Cone Exile Hill Icefall Cone Kana Cone Keda Cone Klastline Cone Mess Lake Cone Moraine Cone Nahta Cone Outcast Hill Ridge Cone Sidas Cone Sleet Cone Source Hill Storm Cone Thaw Hill Triplex Cones Twin Cone Walkout Creek centres Williams Cone Subglacial volcanoes Pillow Ridge Tennena Cone Tsekone Ridge Wetalth Ridge Central volcanoes Armadillo Peak Mount Edziza Ice Peak Spectrum Range Lava domes Glacier Dome IGC Centre Nanook Dome Pharaoh Dome The Pyramid Sphinx Dome Triangle Dome Lava fields Desolation Lava Field Mess Lake Lava Field Snowshoe Lava Field Plateaus Arctic Lake Plateau Big Raven Plateau Kitsu Plateau Ridges Artifact Ridge Cartoona Ridge Idiji Ridge Obsidian Ridge Pillow Ridge Sorcery Ridge Tsekone Ridge Wetalth Ridge Yagi Ridge Mountain passes Destell Pass Raspberry Pass Bluffs Koosick Bluff Ornostay Bluff Glaciers Idiji Glacier Tenchen Glacier Tencho Glacier Tennaya Glacier Streams Artifact Creek Ball Creek Bourgeaux Creek Chakima Creek Crayke Creek Elwyn Creek Flyin Creek Gerlib Creek Kadeya Creek Kitsu Creek Little Iskut River More Creek Nagha Creek Nido Creek Pyramid Creek Raspberry Creek Sezill Creek Shaman Creek Sorcery Creek Stewbomb Creek Tadekho Creek Taweh Creek Tenchen Creek Tennaya Creek Tsecha Creek Walkout Creek Stratigraphic units Armadillo Formation Big Raven Formation (Sheep Track Member) Edziza Formation Ice Peak Formation Kakiddi Formation Klastline Formation Little Iskut Formation Nido Formation (Tenchen Member) Pyramid Formation Raspberry Formation Other Cartoona Peak Gnu Butte Mess Creek Escarpment Volcanism of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex

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