| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows NE into Kechika River, SW of Terminus Mountain, NW of Fort Nelson (Community), Cassiar Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 58°42'44"N, 127°09'32"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 94L/11 |
| Related Maps: |
94L 94L/11 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 30 November 1944 on 94L/11 as proposed by the Hydrographic Survey, Department of Mines and Resources. Submitted as Churchill Creek, but Hizaza was recommended because it flows from a prominent hill in region (L.1.44). Hill subsequently named Hizaza Hill (L.1.53) Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Hizaza recorded as being the Kaska (possibly Danezāgé’?) word for "hill" (Indian Vocabularies in Report of Geological Survey of Canada 1887-1888, p. 211B). Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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May have been labeled as Churchill Creek on early version of 94/NW (dates not cited). Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Headwaters at 58 38 - 127 17. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |