Chakima Creek
| Language of origin | Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit, Na-Dene language family Tāłtān language |
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows E and N into Shaman Creek, just E of Mowdade Lake at E side Mount Edziza Provincial Park, Cassiar Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 57°36'40"N, 130°24'48"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104G/9 |
| Related Maps: |
104G/10 104G/9 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 January 1980 on 104G as submitted by Geological Survey of Canada (file T.2.54). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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This creek terminates in a maze of beaverponds; Chakima is a created name, combining the Talhtan words for beaver, (cha), and house, (kima). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |