| Language of origin |
Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit, Na-Dene language family
Tāłtān language
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| Feature Type: | Pass (2) - Low opening in a mountain range or hills, offering a route from one side to the other. |
| Status: |
Official
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| Name Authority: |
BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: |
NW of Artifact Ridge at SE end of Mount Edziza Provincial Park, SE of Telegraph Creek (community), Cassiar Land District |
| Tags: |
Indigenous
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| Latitude-Longitude: |
57°28'59"N, 130°38'06"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: |
WGS84 |
| NTS Map: |
104G/7 |
Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 January 1980 on 104G, as submitted by Geological Survey of Canada.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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The Tahltan word for "going to camp" is destell.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
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