Délin Chú
| Language of origin | Athabaskan-Eyak-Tlingit, Na-Dene language family |
| Feature Type: | River - Watercourse of variable size, which has tributaries and flows into a body of water or a larger watercourse. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Teslin RiverOfficial, Whiteswan River |
| Relative Location: | Flows NW through Teslin Lake, thence into Yukon River, Yukon, Cassiar Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 59°36'22"N, 132°05'30"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104N/9 |
| Related Maps: |
104J/13 104J/14 104N/16 104N/8 104N/9 104O/4 104O/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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"Délin Chú" is an Alternate name for this river in the Yukon. It is a Dän Kʼí, Northern Tutchone name, the language spoken below (north of) Teslin Lake in the Yukon, and means "water running out from the lake" (translation from Yukon Geographical Names Program). Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |