| Feature Type: | Locality - A named place or area, generally with a scattered population of 50 or less. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N. side of Stikine River at mouth of Tahltan River, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 58°00'59"N, 131°00'06"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104J/2 |
| Related Maps: |
104J 104J/2 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Tahltan (settlement) adopted 14 August 1952 on 104J, as labelled on BC map 1H, 1917. Form of name changed to Tahltan (locality) 29 November 1984 (Ottawa file 203-2). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"An old Indian village which embraces a number of dwellings and a church. It is now largely uninhabited at certain seasons. This is an Indian reservation." Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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"After the Cassiar gold excitement in 1874, the Tahltan tribe built a substantial log village on a level space upward of a mile and a half from the junction of the Tahltan with the Stikine, which is generally known as Tahltan, though its native name is Goon-tdar-shaga ( 'where the spring water stops' ). The only other native settlement is at Telegraph Creek, where a number of small log houses have been built to keep pace with the growth of the white settlement." Source: Handbook of Indians of Canada, published as an Appendix to the 10th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 1912. |