# Taweh Creek

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River in British Columbia, Canada

Taweh Creek Big Sheep Creek Mouth of Taweh Creek Location Country Canada Province British Columbia District Cassiar Land District Physical characteristics Source Big Raven Plateau • location Tahltan Highland • coordinates 57°37′08″N 130°39′09″W / 57.61889°N 130.65250°W / 57.61889; -130.65250[1] • elevation 1,870 m (6,140 ft)[1] Mouth Mess Creek • coordinates 57°41′53″N 130°57′35″W / 57.69806°N 130.95972°W / 57.69806; -130.95972[1] • elevation 558 m (1,831 ft)[1] Length 25 km (16 mi)[1] Basin size 159 km2 (61 sq mi)[2] Discharge • average 4.32 m3/s (153 cu ft/s)[2] Basin features Tributaries • right Sezill Creek Topo map NTS 104G10 Mount Edziza

**Taweh Creek** is a [tributary](/source/Tributary) of [Mess Creek](/source/Mess_Creek), which in turn is a tributary of the [Stikine River](/source/Stikine_River) in northwest part of the [province](/source/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada) of [British Columbia](/source/British_Columbia), Canada.[3][4] It flows generally northwest for about 25 km (16 mi) to join Mess Creek about 15 km (9.3 mi) northwest of Mess Creek's confluence with [Raspberry Creek](/source/Raspberry_Creek_(British_Columbia)).[1][3] Taweh Creek's [watershed](/source/Drainage_basin) covers 159 km2 (61 sq mi) and its mean annual [discharge](/source/Discharge_(hydrology)) is estimated at 4.32 m3/s (153 cu ft/s).[2] The mouth of Taweh Creek is located about 25 km (16 mi) southeast of [Telegraph Creek](/source/Telegraph_Creek), about 60 km (37 mi) west-southwest of [Iskut](/source/Iskut) and about 100 km (62 mi) southwest of [Dease Lake](/source/Dease_Lake).[1] Taweh Creek's watershed's [land cover](/source/Land_cover) is classified as 41.3% [barren](/source/Barren_vegetation), 21.1% [shrubland](/source/Shrubland), 20.7% [conifer forest](/source/Conifer), 8.4% [herbaceous](/source/Herbaceous_plant), 8.1% snow/glacier, and small amounts of other cover.[2]

Taweh Creek is in [Mount Edziza Provincial Park](/source/Mount_Edziza_Provincial_Park) which lies within the traditional territory of the [Tahltan](/source/Tahltan) people.[5][6]

## Geography

Taweh Creek originates on the southern end of the [Big Raven Plateau](/source/Big_Raven_Plateau).[5] From its source just south of [Mount Edziza](/source/Mount_Edziza) between [Coffee Crater](/source/Coffee_Crater) and [Cartoona Peak](/source/Cartoona_Peak), Taweh Creek flows about 2 km (1.2 mi) southwest to the northern base of [Keda Cone](/source/Keda_Cone).[1][5][7] It then flows about 3 km (1.9 mi) west to near the southwestern end of the Big Raven Plateau. From there, Taweh Creek flows about 6 km (3.7 mi) northwest to Hola Bluff where it flows north-northwest through a valley on the eastern edge of the Big Raven Plateau for an additional 8 km (5.0 mi). Taweh Creek then flows about 6 km (3.7 mi) west through a [gorge](/source/Gorge) to empty into Mess Creek.[1][5]

Taweh Creek's only named tributary, [Sezill Creek](/source/Sezill_Creek), is about 6 km (3.7 mi) east of Taweh Creek's confluence with Mess Creek.[1][7] It is about 11 km (6.8 mi) long and flows northwest into Taweh Creek from the western side of Mount Edziza.[1][8][9]

## Geology

Taweh Creek flows from a linear group of [volcanoes](/source/Volcano) called the [Mount Edziza volcanic complex](/source/Mount_Edziza_volcanic_complex). As a result, Taweh Creek has been engulfed by tongues of [lava](/source/Lava) from the neighbouring [Snowshoe Lava Field](/source/Snowshoe_Lava_Field). Most of this lava issued from [cinder cones](/source/Cinder_cone) but one of the youngest lava flows to enter Taweh Creek originated from a [fissure vent](/source/Fissure_vent) known as [The Saucer](/source/The_Saucer). While the majority of this lava converged into the [head](/source/River_source) of Taweh Creek, some of it formerly extended more than 15 km (9.3 mi) downstream to near Mess Creek. An erosional remnant of this lava forms the lip of an 18-metre-high (59-foot) waterfall at an elevation of 730 m (2,400 ft). The Taweh Creek lava flows are of [Holocene](/source/Holocene) age and form part of the [Big Raven Formation](/source/Big_Raven_Formation).[10]

## History

The historic [Yukon Telegraph Trail](/source/Yukon_Telegraph_Trail) crosses Taweh Creek in Mess Creek valley.[11] It was built to serve the nearly 3,000 km-long (1,900 mi) Yukon Telegraph Line which was constructed by the Dominion Government Telegraph Service between 1897 and 1901 to send messages from [Ashcroft, British Columbia](/source/Ashcroft%2C_British_Columbia) in the south to [Dawson City](/source/Dawson_City), [Yukon](/source/Yukon) in the north.[12] The telegraph trail crosses other tributaries along the eastern side of Mess Creek, including [Crayke Creek](/source/Crayke_Creek) about 4 km (2.5 mi) north of Taweh Creek.[1][11]

Taweh Creek was formerly called Big Sheep Creek which appeared on a BC Lands map published in 1929. Its current name was suggested by the BC Geographic Division to avoid confusion with other similarly-named features; it first appeared on maps in 1945. Taweh means [mountain sheep](/source/Mountain_sheep) in the [Tagish language](/source/Tagish_language).[3]

## See also

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

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-KF_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-KF_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-KF_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-KF_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-KF_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-KF_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-KF_1-6) [***h***](#cite_ref-KF_1-7) [***i***](#cite_ref-KF_1-8) [***j***](#cite_ref-KF_1-9) [***k***](#cite_ref-KF_1-10) [***l***](#cite_ref-KF_1-11) Elevation, length and coordinates derived from [Google Earth](/source/Google_Earth) and the [Canadian Geographical Names Database](https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/search)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-watertool_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-watertool_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-watertool_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-watertool_2-3) ["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 2023-09-26.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-bcgnis_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-bcgnis_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-bcgnis_3-2) ["Taweh Creek"](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/18502.html). *[BC Geographical Names](/source/BC_Geographical_Names)*. Government of British Columbia – B.C. Geographical Names Office (BCGNO). Retrieved 2023-09-28.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Mess Creek"](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/22550.html). *[BC Geographical Names](/source/BC_Geographical_Names)*. Government of British Columbia – B.C. Geographical Names Office (BCGNO). Retrieved 2023-09-26.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-HR_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-HR_5-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-HR_5-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-HR_5-3) "A 502" (Topographic map). [*Telegraph Creek, Cassiar Land District, British Columbia*](https://web.archive.org/web/20210502071600/https://volcano.si.edu/maps/GVAlaskaCanada/G910509-006.jpg) (3 ed.). 1:250,000. 104 G (in English and French). [Department of Energy, Mines and Resources](/source/Department_of_Energy%2C_Mines_and_Resources). 1989. Archived from [the original](https://volcano.si.edu/maps/GVAlaskaCanada/G910509-006.jpg) on 2021-05-02. Retrieved 2021-09-25.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Markey, Sean; Halseth, Greg; Manson, Don (2012). *Investing in Place: Economic Renewal in Northern British Columbia*. [University of British Columbia Press](/source/University_of_British_Columbia_Press). p. 242. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-7748-2293-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7748-2293-0).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-cgndb_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-cgndb_7-1) ["Taweh Creek"](https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=JBGWU). *[Geographical Names Data Base](/source/GeoBase_(geospatial_data)#Geographical_Names_Data_Base)*. [Natural Resources Canada](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada). Retrieved 2023-09-29.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Sezill Creek"](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/15312.html). *[BC Geographical Names](/source/BC_Geographical_Names)*. Government of British Columbia – B.C. Geographical Names Office (BCGNO). Retrieved 2023-09-29.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["Sezill Creek"](https://geonames.nrcan.gc.ca/search-place-names/unique?id=JBBIP). *[Geographical Names Data Base](/source/GeoBase_(geospatial_data)#Geographical_Names_Data_Base)*. [Natural Resources Canada](/source/Natural_Resources_Canada). Retrieved 2023-09-29.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Souther_10-0)** [Souther, J. G.](/source/Jack_Souther) (1992). The Late Cenozoic Mount Edziza Volcanic Complex, British Columbia. *[Geological Survey of Canada](/source/Geological_Survey_of_Canada)* (Report). Memoir 420. Canada Communication Group. pp. 27, 230, 233. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.4095/133497](https://doi.org/10.4095%2F133497). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-660-14407-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-660-14407-7).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Mussio_11-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Mussio_11-1) Mussio, Russell, ed. (2018). *Northern BC Backroad Mapbook*. Mussio Ventures. p. 88. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-926806-87-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-926806-87-7).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Yukon Telegraph Trail"](https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=17944). [Canadian Register of Historic Places](/source/Canadian_Register_of_Historic_Places). Retrieved 2023-09-26.

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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