{{Short description|Tribuatary river in the country of Canada}} {{Infobox river | name = Tadekho 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 Tadekho 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|18|km|abbr=on}}<ref name=length/> | discharge1_location = | discharge1_min = | discharge1_avg = {{convert|2.58|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}<ref name=watertool/> | discharge1_max = <!---------------------- BASIN FEATURES --> | source1 = [[Kuno Peak]] | source1_location = [[Spectrum Range]] | source1_coordinates = {{coord|57|22|24|N|130|42|50|W|display=inline}}<ref>Derived from BCGNIS, topographic maps, and [https://atlas.gc.ca/toporama/en/index.html Toporama]</ref> | source1_elevation = {{convert|2030|m|abbr=on}}<ref name=toporama/> | mouth = [[Mess Creek]] | mouth_location = | mouth_coordinates = {{coord|57|26|32|N|130|54|4|W|display=inline,title}}<ref name=bcgnis/><ref name=toporama/> | mouth_elevation = {{convert|715|m|abbr=on}}<ref name=toporama/> | progression = | river_system = | basin_size = {{convert|87.1|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|7}} | extra = }} '''Tadekho 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|16745|Tadekho Creek}}</ref> It flows generally northwest for roughly {{convert|18|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 just north of Mess Lake.
Tadekho Creek's mean annual [[Discharge (hydrology)|discharge]] is estimated at {{convert|2.58|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}. Its [[Drainage basin|watershed]] covers {{convert|87.1|km2|abbr=on}} and is almost entirely in [[Mount Edziza Provincial Park]]. Only a small part of the upper reaches of one of the creek's southernmost tributaries extends outside the park boundary. The watershed's [[land cover]] is classified as 37.8% [[Barren vegetation|barren]], 22.3% [[shrubland]], 21.7% [[Conifer|conifer forest]], 13.0% [[Herbaceous plant|herbaceous]], 4.8% [[snow]]/[[glacier]], 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 Tadekho Creek is located about {{convert|55|km|abbr=on}} south of [[Telegraph Creek]], British Columbia, about {{convert|64|km|abbr=on}} northwest of [[Bob Quinn Lake]], British Columbia, and about {{convert|230|km|abbr=on}} southeast of [[Juneau, Alaska]].<ref name=length/>
Tadekho 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>
The name "Tadekho" is a compound word created by Geological Survey of Canada from the Tahltan words ''tade'' meaning "three", and ''kho'' meaning "grizzly bear". The survey party had been forced to relocate their camp adjacent to this creek because of a mother grizzly bear and two curious cubs.<ref name=bcgnis/>
==Geography== Tadekho Creek originates on the slopes of [[Kuno Peak]] in the [[Spectrum Range]], about {{convert|38|km|mi|abbr=on}} south of [[Mount Edziza]].<ref>{{BCGNIS|6312|Kuno Peak}}</ref> From its source, Tadekho Creek flows north of [[Tadekho Hill]] and [[Exile Hill]], and south of [[Outcast Hill]] on the northern end of the [[Arctic Lake Plateau]].<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|archive-date=May 2, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{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=108, 199|isbn=0-660-14407-7|doi=10.4095/133497|doi-access=free}}</ref> Flowing generally northwest, Tadekho Creek receives numerous small tributaries and one large but unnamed tributary that originates from the vicinity of [[Yeda Peak]] and flows north of Kuno Peak and Outcast Hill. After receiving this tributary, Tadekho Creek flows another {{convert|5|km|abbr=on}} before emptying into Mess Creek just south of Mess Lake.<ref>{{BCGNIS|22554|Mess Lake}}</ref><ref name=length/>
Tadekho Creek's watershed is within the southern part of the [[Mount Edziza volcanic complex]].<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>
==See also== *[[List of rivers of British Columbia]]
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{cite cgndb|id=JBDVQ|title=Tadekho Creek}}
{{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 place names]] [[Category:Mount Edziza Provincial Park]] [[Category:Spectrum Range]] [[Category:Arctic Lake Plateau]]