Spatsizi Plateau
| Feature Type: | Plateau - Extensive, elevated region, with either level terrain, or nearly uniform summit levels. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Headwaters of Stikine River, East of Klappan River, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 57°49'59"N, 128°29'06"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104H/16 |
| Related Maps: |
104H
104H/14
104H/15
104H/16
104H/9
104I
94D/10
94D/14
94D/15
94E
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Origin Notes and History:
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Previously approved on January 17, 1952 on 94E and 104I. Confirmed 4 September 1952 on 104H. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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Derived from a Sekani phrase meaning "red goat" (tspah=goat, tsije=red), as there is a red mountain and the goats roll in the dust, making their hair look red. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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This is the habitat for British Columbia's largest herd of woodland caribou, as well as mountain goats, moose, grizzlies and wolves. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |