Toodoggone River
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The Toodoggone River is a tributary
of the Finlay River
in the Northern Interior of British Columbia
, Canada
, flowing east into the upper reaches of the Finlay just south of the Fishing Lakes. At the head of the Toodoggone is Metsantan Pass
, which is at the divide with the Stikine River
basin and also on the spine of the Continental Divide.
term Tuhda Ughane, meaning "Two Brothers River" or "eagles nest".
Tributary
A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean...
of the Finlay River
Finlay River
The Finlay River is a 402 km long river in north-central British Columbia flowing north and thence south from Thutade Lake in the Omineca Mountains to Williston Lake, the impounded waters of the Peace River formed by the completion of the W.A.C. Bennett Dam in 1968. Prior to this, the Finlay...
in the Northern 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...
, 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 east into the upper reaches of the Finlay just south of the Fishing Lakes. At the head of the Toodoggone is Metsantan Pass
Metsantan Pass
Metsantan Pass, 1270 m , is a mountain pass in the Metsantan Range of the Omineca Mountains in the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada...
, which is at the divide with the Stikine River
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...
basin and also on the spine of the Continental Divide.
Name origin
The name is an English adaptation of the older, more aboriginal name Thudegane, which is an adaptation of the Kaska languageKaska language
Kaska is a Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Kaska people in the southeastern Yukon territory and northern British Columbia in Canada.-References:***...
term Tuhda Ughane, meaning "Two Brothers River" or "eagles nest".