Alexis Creek is a creek in the Chilcotin District

Chilcotin District

The Chilcotin District of British Columbia is usually known simply as "the Chilcotin", and also in speech commonly as "the Chilcotin Country" or simply Chilcotin. It is a plateau and mountain region in British Columbia on the inland lea of the Coast Mountains on the west side of the Fraser River....

 of British Columbia

British Columbia

British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

, Canada

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

, flowing southeast from its source in Alexis Lake into the Chilcotin River

Chilcotin River

The Chilcotin River is a long tributary of the Fraser River in southern British Columbia, Canada. It drains the Chilcotin Plateau, which lies between the Fraser River and the Coast Mountains...

 a short distance upstream from the town of Alexis Creek

Alexis Creek, British Columbia

Alexis Creek, also known as Anaham, is an unincorporated community in the Chilcotin District of the western Central Interior of the Canadian province of British Columbia, on Highway 20 between Williams Lake and Bella Coola...

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Name origin

The name was conferred by the Geographic Boards Name of Canada in 1911. It was named either for Alexis Belanger

Alexis Bélanger

Alexis Bélanger was a Roman Catholic priest and missionary; born at Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies, Lower Canada and died at Sandy Point, Newfoundland....

, a Hudson's Bay Company

Hudson's Bay Company

The Hudson's Bay Company , abbreviated HBC, or "The Bay" is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and one of the oldest in the world. A fur trading business for much of its existence, today Hudson's Bay Company owns and operates retail stores throughout Canada...

 interpreter, or for Chief Alexis, a leader of the Tsilhqot'in

Tsilhqot'in

The Tsilhqot'in are a Northern Athabaskan First Nations people that live in British Columbia, Canada...

 in the mid-19th Century. Alexis remained neutral in the Chilcotin War

Chilcotin War

The Chilcotin War, Chilcotin Uprising or Bute Inlet Massacre was a confrontation in 1864 between members of the Tsilhqot'in people in British Columbia and white road construction workers...

 of 1864 and met with Governor Seymour

Frederick Seymour

Frederick Seymour was a colonial administrator. He served as the second Governor of the Colony of British Columbia from 1864 to 1866, and the first governor of the union of the two colonies, also named the Colony of British Columbia from 1866 to 1869.Seymour was the son of Henry Augustus Seymour,...

 during the latter's expedition to the vicinity during that affair. Seymour describes him in his journal:

"....Chief Alexis and his men came on at the best pace of their horses, holding their muskets over their heads to show they came in peace. Having ascertained which was the Governor, he threw himself from his horse and at once approached me. He was dressed in a French uniform, such as one sees in pictures of Montcalm"

See also

• Alexis Creek First Nation
  Alexis Creek First Nation
  The Alexis Creek First Nation is the band government of the Tsi Del Del subgroup of the Tsilhqot'in people, located in the Chilcotin District in the western Central Interior region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is a member of the Tsilhqot'in Tribal Council.The Alexis Creek First...
  
  , the band government of the Tsi Del Del or Redstone group of the Tsilhqot'in people
• Alexis Creek Indian Reserves Nos. 6, 8 through 18, and 20 through 35, which are under the administration of the Alexis Creek First Nation