Chatsquot Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows S into upper Kimsquit River, N of head of Dean Channel, Range 4 Coast Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°08'59"N, 127°17'02"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93E/3 |
| Related Maps: |
93E/16 93E/3 93E/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 11 January 1922 on Ottawa file OBF 0662, as labelled on Sketch Map of the Kimsquit River & Lake System by Frank Swannell, BCLS, 1921. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Various spellings, including Tsatsquot and Tchatsquot. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Headwaters at 53 16 - 127 16 on 93E/16. Named by C.H. Gamsby, an C.P.R. Engineer whose exploration in 1876 reached this fort from Killope River and calls it Chatsquot. C.P.R. report 1877 and 1876. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |