| Feature Type: | Canyon (2) - Deep, narrow valley with precipitous walls. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | From approx 130°00' (S of Tsenaglode Lake) west to Telegraph Creek, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 58°04'59"N, 130°45'06"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104J/2 |
| Related Maps: |
104G/14 104J/1 104J/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 14 August 1952 on 104/NE, as labelled on BC map 5C, 1929. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Incorrectly labelled on federal 1:50,000 map 104 I/4, extending too far east. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"Canyon of Stikine extends approximately 45 miles upriver, from a point 2 miles above Telegraph Creek HBC Post." (map 5C, 1929). Today, the extent of Grand Canyon of the Stikine is understood as follows: east/upstream entrance in the vicinity of 58 02 27 x 130 05 31, just above is a series of rapids and riverbends, and extending westward/downstream approximately 80 km or 49 miles to the rapids at 57 55 16 x 131 06 10 near the mouth of Line Creek, above Telegraph Creek (community). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |