Tennaya Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows NE into Nuttlude Lake, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 57°42'05"N, 130°26'14"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104G/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 January 1980 on 104G/9 as submitted by Geological Survey of Canada (L.I. 15 November 1979). Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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The name was selected because the field name for the feature was "Ice Fall" and the Tahltan word for ice is recorded as being "Ten" and "be come down" is "naya". Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |