| Feature Type: | River - Watercourse of variable size, which has tributaries and flows into a body of water or a larger watercourse. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows NE into Muskwa River, NW of Fort St. John (City), Peace River Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 58°21'49"N, 123°37'25"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 94J/5 |
| Related Maps: |
94F 94J 94J/5 94K 94K/1 94K/16 94K/8 MCR003 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Tuchodi Creek adopted on 94J/5 as listed in 1930 Gazetteer and as appears on Reference Map 1H "B.C., Northern" (1917, 1933). Feature type changed 27 October 1944 as Tuchodi River to reflect distinction between river and creek as appears on Reference Map 1H "B.C., Northern" (1942). May have previously appeared as Tuchade Creek on "Peace River Distict North Eastern Portion Sketch Map of 1913-14." Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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"From [Dene Tha' langauge] words meaning 'the place of big water,' presumably with reference to the Tuchodi Lakes, expansions of the river." (p. 274) Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; "British Columbia Place Names"; University of British Columbia Press 1997 |
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Headwaters at 58 54 - 124 50. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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May have appeared as Tu-cho-di - Big Lake Creek (maps/dates not cited). Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |