Spatsizi River
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The Spatsizi River is a tributary of the Stikine River
, rising near Mount Gunanoot
in the southeastern Spatsizi Plateau
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"Spatsizi" is a phrase from the Sekani language
meaning "red goat", a reference to the habit of mountain goats in the region of rolling in the red dust of a particular mountain, making their coat-hair red.
Stikine River
The Stikine River is a river, historically also the Stickeen River, approximately 610 km long, in northwestern British Columbia in Canada and southeastern Alaska in the United States...
, rising near Mount Gunanoot
Mount Gunanoot
Mount Gunanoot is a mountain in the Spatsizi Plateau of the North-Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada, located just east of the headwaters of the Spatsizi River. It is named for Simon Gunanoot, a Gitxsan packer, entrepreneur and erstwhile fugitive who was hunted for several years before...
in the southeastern Spatsizi Plateau
Spatsizi Plateau
The Spatsizi Plateau is a plateau in the upper basin of the Stikine River in north-central British Columbia, Canada. Most of the plateau, which is a sub-plateau of the Stikine Plateau, is enshrined in either Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial Park or Spatsizi Headwaters Provincial Park...
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"Spatsizi" is a phrase from the Sekani language
Sekani language
The Sekani language is a Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Sekani people of north-central British Columbia, Canada.-Consonants:Sekani has 33 consonants:* *Sekani, like other Athabaskan languages, does not contrast fricatives with approximants....
meaning "red goat", a reference to the habit of mountain goats in the region of rolling in the red dust of a particular mountain, making their coat-hair red.
See also
- Spatsizi Headwaters Provincial ParkSpatsizi Headwaters Provincial ParkSpatsizi Headwaters Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. It was established in 2001 and contains ~427 ha., protecting the headwaters of the Spatsizi River. It is located just east of Mount Gunanoot and to the south of the Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial...
- Spatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial ParkSpatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial ParkSpatsizi Plateau Wilderness Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, protecting most of the Spatsizi Plateau, the southeasternmost subplateau of the Stikine Plateau, and the upper reaches of the basin of the Stikine River.-History:...
- Spatsizi MountainSpatsizi MountainSpatsizi Mountain is a mountain in the Spatsizi Plateau, a sub-plateau of the Stikine Plateau in north-central British Columbia, Canada. The name "Spatsizi" derives from the Sekani language and means "red goat", as mountain goats in this region are known to roll on a particular red mountain,...