| Language of origin | Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit, Na-Dene language family Dakelh, Carrier language |
| Feature Type: | Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Mouth of Tachie River, Stuart Lake, Range 5, Coast Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°39'10"N, 124°43'55"W at the approximate population centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93K/10 |
| Related Maps: |
93K 93K/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 November 1937 on 93K/10 as supplied by the topographer as an established name and as likely appears on Geological Survey of Canada Map 630A "Fort Fraser - East, West" (1938). Likely named in association with Tachie River. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Tache recorded as being the Yekooche name for Tachie on First Voices (visited November 6, 2019 : https://www.firstvoices.com/explore/FV/sections/Data/Athabascan/Yekooche/Yekooche/learn/words/categories/7491fcfc-a4fa-4383-9547-5768f6a6b646/10/1) Source: included with note |
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According to Dick Walker of the Summer Institute of Linguistics at Fort St. James, with information submitted by Randy Bouchard of B.C. Indigenous Language Proect, in Dak'elh "ta" means three and "che" means "outlet" or "tail," so "tache" is recorded as translating to three outlets (recorded as being in reference to the 3 outlets of the Tachie River). Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |