Wriggle Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows S into lower Chutine River, just NW of junction of Chutine and Stikine Rivers SW of Telegraph Creek (community), Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 57°41'16"N, 131°38'59"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104G/12 |
| Related Maps: |
104G/12 104G/13 |
Ministry of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship - GeoBC Branch
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted in 1935 on Geological Survey sheet 309A, Stikine River Area, as labelled on BC map 5C, 1929 (Ottawa file 1274). Re-approved 6 May 1954 on 104G, and 22 May 1991 on 104G/12 and 104G/13. Altered application 24 March 2004 on 104G/12; the lower channel flows further east through wetlands and enters the Chutine River 1 mile downstream of original location, as shown on new 1:20 000 TRIM maps. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |