Tchaikazan River
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The Tchaikazan River is an important tributary of the Taseko River
in the Chilcotin District
of the Central Interior of British Columbia
, flowing into it from the southwest at the narrows of the Taseko Lakes
from its source on the north flank Mount Monmouth
. The river's course is ~35 km in length.
Ts^icheza'on, referring to black spire visible from the river's valley. There is a waterfall on the river is called nataghelts'ig (meanings not provided).
Taseko River
The Taseko River , or Desiqox in the original Chilcotin, is a tributary of British Columbia's Chilko River, a tributary of the Chilcotin River which joins the Fraser near the city of Williams Lake....
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 the Central Interior of British Columbia
British Columbia Interior
The British Columbia Interior or BC Interior or Interior of British Columbia, usually referred to only as the Interior, is one of the three main regions of the Canadian province of British Columbia, the other two being the Lower Mainland, which comprises the overlapping areas of Greater Vancouver...
, flowing into it from the southwest at the narrows of the Taseko Lakes
Taseko Lakes
The Taseko Lakes are a pair of lakes, Upper Taseko Lake and Lower Taseko Lake, which are expansions of the upper Taseko River in the southern Chilcotin District of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada...
from its source on the north flank Mount Monmouth
Monmouth Mountain
Monmouth Mountain, commonly known as Mount Monmouth is one of the principal summits of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains of southern British Columbia. At , it is the highest summit of the Chilcotin Ranges. It stands just north of the Lillooet Icecap between the heads of Chilko Lake and the...
. The river's course is ~35 km in length.
Name origin
The name is derived from the Chilcotin languageChilcotin language
Chilcotin is a Northern Athabaskan language spoken in British Columbia by the Tsilhqot’in people....
Ts^icheza'on, referring to black spire visible from the river's valley. There is a waterfall on the river is called nataghelts'ig (meanings not provided).