Tellot Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SE into lower Mosley Creek, W side of Homathko River below Telhiqox Biny (lake), Range 2 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 51°21'06"N, 124°53'39"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92N/7 |
| Related Maps: |
92N/6 92N/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Tellot Creek" adopted 1 August 1922 for BC map 2D, Powell Lake, as recommended by BC Geographic Division; not "Grizzly Creek" as had been labelled on BC map 18, 1912. Confirmed 6 April 1950 on 92NW. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Named after the Chilcotin Chief who had played a prominent part in the destruction of Alfred Waddington's road-building party, 1864. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Headwaters at 51 23 - 125 02 on 92N/6. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |