# Tsecha Creek

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River in British Columbia, Canada

Tsecha Creek Mouth of Tsecha Creek Location Country Canada Province British Columbia District Cassiar Land District Physical characteristics Source Mount Edziza • location Big Raven Plateau • coordinates 57°46′00″N 130°37′13″W / 57.76667°N 130.62028°W / 57.76667; -130.62028[1] • elevation 2,093 m (6,867 ft)[1] Mouth Kakiddi Creek • location Stikine Plateau • coordinates 57°49′41″N 130°25′55″W / 57.82806°N 130.43194°W / 57.82806; -130.43194[1] • elevation 716 m (2,349 ft)[1] Length 16 km (9.9 mi)[1] Basin size 23.1 km2 (8.9 sq mi)[2] Discharge • average 0.423 m3/s (14.9 cu ft/s)[2] Basin features Topo map NTS 104G15 Buckley Lake NTS 104G9 Kinaskan Lake

**Tsecha Creek** is a [tributary](/source/Tributary) of [Kakiddi Creek](/source/Kakiddi_Creek), which in turn is a tributary of the [Klastline River](/source/Klastline_River), 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.[3] It flows generally west for about 16 km (9.9 mi) to join [Kakiddi Creek](/source/Kakiddi_Creek) about 5 km (3.1 mi) south of Kakiddi Creek's confluence with the Klastline River.[3][1] Tsecha Creek's [watershed](/source/Drainage_basin) covers 23.1 km2 (8.9 sq mi) and its mean annual [discharge](/source/Discharge_(hydrology)) is estimated at 0.423 m3/s (14.9 cu ft/s).[2] The mouth of Tsecha Creek is located about 44 km (27 mi) east-southeast of [Telegraph Creek](/source/Telegraph_Creek), about 26 km (16 mi) west of [Iskut](/source/Iskut) and about 73 km (45 mi) south-southwest of [Dease Lake](/source/Dease_Lake).[1] Tsecha Creek's watershed's [land cover](/source/Land_cover) is classified as 47.8% [barren](/source/Barren_vegetation), 27.5% [conifer forest](/source/Conifer), 13.1% [shrubland](/source/Shrubland), 10.3% snow/glacier, and small amounts of other cover.[2]

Tsecha Creek is in [Mount Edziza Provincial Park](/source/Mount_Edziza_Provincial_Park) which lies within the traditional territory of the [Tahltan](/source/Tahltan) people.[4][5]

## Geography

Tsecha Creek originates from the northern slope of [Mount Edziza](/source/Mount_Edziza), a massive glaciated mountain in the middle of the [Big Raven Plateau](/source/Big_Raven_Plateau).[4][6] From its source between [Pillow Ridge](/source/Pillow_Ridge) and [The Pyramid](/source/The_Pyramid_(British_Columbia)), Tsecha Creek flows northwest about 8 km (5.0 mi) to the northwestern edge of the Big Raven Plateau. It then flows about 8 km (5.0 mi) east-northeast down the northwestern side of the plateau into Kakiddi Valley where Tsecha Creek drains into Kakiddi Creek at the northeastern boundary of Mount Edziza Provincial Park.[1][4]

## Geology

The head of Tsecha Creek lies in an area covered by loose black [cinders](/source/Scoria) and [ash](/source/Volcanic_ash) from [Williams Cone](/source/Williams_Cone), the youngest [cinder cone](/source/Cinder_cone) in the [Desolation Lava Field](/source/Desolation_Lava_Field).[3][7] This [lava field](/source/Lava_field) is one of the youngest volcanic features of the [Mount Edziza volcanic complex](/source/Mount_Edziza_volcanic_complex) which consists of a linear group of [volcanoes](/source/Volcano) on the [Tahltan Highland](/source/Tahltan_Highland).[4][7]

## History

The name of the creek was chosen by surveyors of the [Geological Survey of Canada](/source/Geological_Survey_of_Canada) and was first adopted 2 January 1980 on the [National Topographic System](/source/National_Topographic_System) map 104G/16.[3] Tsecha is a combination of the Tahltan words "tse" and "cha", which mean "rock" and "rain", respectively.[7] The name is a reference to the loose black cinders and ash at the head of the creek which rained down from an [eruption column](/source/Eruption_column) during the eruption of Williams Cone in 630 CE ± 150 years.[7][8]

## 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) 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) [***d***](#cite_ref-bcgnis_3-3) ["Tsecha Creek"](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/23846.html). *[BC Geographical Names](/source/BC_Geographical_Names)*. Government of British Columbia – B.C. Geographical Names Office (BCGNO). Retrieved 2023-10-04.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-HR_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-HR_4-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-HR_4-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-HR_4-3) "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-5)** 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. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Mount Edziza"](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/2256.html). *[BC Geographical Names](/source/BC_Geographical_Names)*. Government of British Columbia – B.C. Geographical Names Office (BCGNO). Retrieved 2023-10-01.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Souther_7-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Souther_7-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-Souther_7-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-Souther_7-3) [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. [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. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** ["Edziza: Eruptive History"](https://web.archive.org/web/20250114000000/https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=320060). *[Global Volcanism Program](/source/Global_Volcanism_Program)*. [Smithsonian Institution](/source/Smithsonian_Institution). Archived from [the original](https://volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?vn=320060) on January 14, 2025.

## External links

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

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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