Kakiddi Creek

{{Use Canadian English|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox river | name = Kakiddi Creek | name_native = | name_native_lang = | name_other = | name_etymology =  | image = | image_caption = | map = | map_size = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = British Columbia | pushpin_map_size = | pushpin_map_caption = Mouth of Kakiddi Creek  | 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 =  | length = {{convert|35|km|abbr=on}}<ref name="KF">Elevation, length and coordinates derived from [[Google Earth]] and the [https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/search Canadian Geographical Names Database]</ref> | width_min = | width_avg = | width_max = | depth_min = | depth_avg = | depth_max = | discharge1_location = | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = {{convert|11.5|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}<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= 2023-09-26}}</ref> | discharge1_max =  | source1 = Kakiddi Lake | source1_location = [[Stikine Plateau]] | source1_coordinates = {{coord|57|37|26|N|130|24|00|W|display=inline}}<ref>{{BCGNIS|2976|Kakiddi Lake|access-date=2023-09-27}}</ref> | source1_elevation = {{convert|789|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="KF"/> | mouth = [[Klastline River]] | mouth_location = | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|57|52|26|N|130|25|29|W|display=inline,title}}<ref name="KF"/> | mouth_elevation = {{convert|655|m|abbr=on}}<ref name="KF"/> | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = {{convert|709|km2|abbr=on}}<ref name=watertool/> | tributaries_left = [[Nido Creek]], [[Pyramid Creek (Kakiddi Creek tributary)|Pyramid Creek]], [[Sorcery Creek]], [[Tenchen Creek]], [[Tennaya Creek]], [[Tsecha Creek]] | tributaries_right = Quash Creek | custom_label = [[Topographic map|Topo map]] | custom_data = [[National Topographic System|NTS]] {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|104|G|9}}<br>[[National Topographic System|NTS]] {{Canada NTS Map Sheet|104|G|16}} | extra = }}

'''Kakiddi Creek''' is a [[tributary]] of the [[Klastline River]] in northwest part of the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|province]] of [[British Columbia]], Canada.<ref name="bcgnis">{{BCGNIS|2974|Kakiddi Creek|access-date=2023-09-27}}</ref> It flows north about {{convert|35|km|abbr=on}} through two lakes in a broad [[hummock]]y [[lowland]] to join the [[Klastline River]], which in turn is a tributary of the [[Stikine River]].<ref name="KF"/><ref name="bcgnis"/><ref name="cgndb">{{cite cgndb|id=JAFMP|title=Kakiddi Creek|access-date=2023-09-27}}</ref><ref name="Souther">{{cite report|last1=Souther|first1=J. G.|author-link1=Jack Souther|title=The Late Cenozoic Mount Edziza Volcanic Complex, British Columbia|work=[[Geological Survey of Canada]]|publisher=Canada Communication Group|series=Memoir 420|year=1992|pages=32, 33, 207, 221, 228|isbn=0-660-14407-7|doi=10.4095/133497|doi-access=free}}</ref> Kakiddi Creek forms the northeastern boundary of [[Mount Edziza Provincial Park]] which lies within the traditional territory of the [[Tahltan]] people.<ref name="HR">{{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><ref>{{cite book|last1=Markey|first1=Sean|last2=Halseth|first2=Greg|last3=Manson|first3=Don|title=Investing in Place: Economic Renewal in Northern British Columbia|publisher=[[University of British Columbia Press]]|page=242|year=2012|isbn=978-0-7748-2293-0}}</ref>

Kakiddi Creek's [[drainage basin|watershed]] covers {{convert|709|km2|abbr=on}} and its estimated mean annual [[Discharge (hydrology)|discharge]] is {{convert|11.5|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}.<ref name=watertool/> The mouth of Kakiddi Creek is located about {{convert|25|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of [[Iskut]], {{convert|44|km|mi|abbr=on}} east of [[Telegraph Creek]] and about {{convert|77|km|mi|abbr=on}} south-southwest of [[Dease Lake]].<ref name="KF"/> Kakiddi Creek's watershed's [[land cover]] is classified as 46.6% [[Conifer|conifer forest]], 17.4% [[Barren vegetation|barren]], 15.4% [[shrubland]], 11.2% [[Herbaceous plant|herbaceous]], 5.4% snow/glacier, and small amounts of other cover.<ref name=watertool/>

==Geography== Kakiddi Creek originates with several small streams flowing into Kakiddi Lake on the northeastern side of the [[Mount Edziza volcanic complex]], a linear group of [[volcano]]es on the [[Tahltan Highland]].<ref name="cgndb"/><ref name="Souther"/><ref name="HR"/> From Kakiddi Lake, the creek flows about {{convert|3|km|mi|abbr=on}} north into Nuttlude Lake from which it continues north for another {{convert|20|km|mi|abbr=on}} before draining into the Klastline River.<ref name="KF"/><ref name="cgndb"/> Both Kakiddi Lake and Nuttlude Lake lie behind large [[alluvial fan]]s deposited by east-flowing tributaries. The glacial and landslide debris comprising these alluvial fans originated from the rapidly eroding [[headwall]]s and steep spurs on the eastern side of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex.<ref name="Souther"/>

Kakiddi Creek contains six named left tributaries. The first one is [[Sorcery Creek]] which flows east into Kakiddi Lake.<ref>{{BCGNIS|20640|Sorcery Creek|access-date=2023-09-27}}</ref> [[Tennaya Creek]] is the second named left tributary which flows northeast into Nuttlude Lake.<ref>{{BCGNIS|15029|Tennaya Creek|access-date=2023-09-27}}</ref> The third named left tributary, [[Nido Creek]], also flows northeast into Nuttlude Lake.<ref>{{BCGNIS|14307|Nido Creek|access-date=2023-09-27}}</ref> [[Tenchen Creek]], the fourth named left tributary, flows northeast into Kakiddi Creek.<ref>{{BCGNIS|15008|Tenchen Creek|access-date=2023-09-27}}</ref> The fifth named left tributary, [[Pyramid Creek (Kakiddi Creek tributary)|Pyramid Creek]], flows east into Kakiddi Creek.<ref>{{cite map|last1=Souther|first1=J. G.|author-link1=Jack Souther|title=Geology, Mount Edziza Volcanic Complex, British Columbia|map=1623A|scale=1:50,000|type=[[Geological map]]|cartography=M. Sigouin, [[Geological Survey of Canada]]|publisher=[[Energy, Mines and Resources Canada]]|year=1988|language=en|doi=10.4095/133498|doi-access=free}}</ref> [[Tsecha Creek]] is the sixth named left tributary which flows northeast into Kakiddi Creek.<ref>{{BCGNIS|23846|Tsecha Creek|access-date=2023-09-27}}</ref> The only named right tributary, Quash Creek, flows west into Kakiddi Creek.<ref>{{BCGNIS|22275|Quash Creek|access-date=2023-09-27}}</ref>

Kakiddi Lake and Nuttlude Lake are well populated with [[rainbow trout]] and provide fishing in Mount Edziza Provincial Park.<ref name="RG">{{cite web|url=https://bcparks.ca/explore/parkpgs/mt_edziza/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230123120553/https://bcparks.ca/explore/parkpgs/mt_edziza/|archive-date=2023-01-23|title=Mount Edziza Provincial Park|publisher=[[BC Parks]]|access-date=2021-10-21}}</ref> Both lakes also provide access to Mount Edziza Provincial Park as they are large enough to be used by float-equipped aircraft.<ref name="Souther"/><ref name="RG"/>

==Geology== Kakiddi Creek is the namesake of the [[Kakiddi Formation]], a [[geological formation]] of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex. It consists of thick [[Pleistocene]] [[trachyte]] lava flows and [[pyroclastic rock]]s that extend into Kakiddi Valley. A [[Holocene]] lava flow from [[Moraine Cone]] on the north slope of [[Mount Edziza]] entered Kakiddi Creek near its junction with the Klastline River. In doing so, the lava flow temporarily blocked Kakiddi Creek to form a lava-dammed lake. Subsequent etching of this [[lava dam]] by Kakiddi Creek has exposed beds of [[lacustrine]] [[silt]] upstream from the lava. Moraine Cone and the associated lava flow are assigned to the [[Big Raven Formation]], the youngest geological formation of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex. A Holocene lava flow from the eastern slope of the Mount Edziza volcanic complex extends almost to Nuttlude Lake and is also part of the Big Raven Formation.<ref name="Souther"/>

==See also== *[[List of rivers of British Columbia]]

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[[Category:Kakiddi Creek| ]] [[Category:Cassiar Land District]] [[Category:Tahltan Highland]] [[Category:Stikine Country]] [[Category:Tahltan]]