| Feature Type: | Village (1) - A populated place with legally defined boundaries, incorporated as a village municipality under the provincial Municipal Act. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Junction of Bulkley and Telkwa Rivers, just SE of Smithers, Range 5 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 54°41'47"N, 127°03'03"W at the approximate location of the Municipal Hall. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93L/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Telkwa (Post Office) adopted 6 October 1936, as labelled on BC Lands' map 3D, 1919 & 1937. Incorporated as Village Municipality 18 July 1952. Boundary amendment effective 19 May 1993, gazette date 22 July 1993; Telkwa (Village) confirmed 13 July 1994 on 93L/11. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Telkwa Post Office was opened 1 August 1910. See also the municipalty's own website. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"The traditional name is Dehilkwa, and it means where the rivers flow west." (information shared February 2005 by Gary R. George, as told by Rita A. George and the late Andrew George Sr., all Bulkley Valley residents of Wet'suwet'en ancestry.) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |