Wokkpash Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows NW into Racing River, SE of Muncho Lake, Peace River Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 58°35'21"N, 125°02'51"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 94K/11 |
| Related Maps: |
94K/10 94K/11 94K/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 7 May 1953 on 94K/11 as suggested by the Department of National Defense drawn from Father Petitot's "Dictionary of Sikanni Indian Language" as appears in Geographic Board of Canada Meeting Minutes 2 July 1953 (T.1.53). Likely named in association with Wokkpash Lake. Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Wokkpash was recorded as being a Sekani word meaning "winter" (a Dictionary of Sikanni Indian Language, Father Petitot, 1876; File T.1.53). Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Headwaters at 58 16 - 124 43. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |