| Feature Type: | Range (2) - Group or chain of mountains or hills. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Head of Whiting River, NW of Telegraph Creek (community), Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 58°14'59"N, 132°35'06"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104K/2 |
| Related Maps: |
104K 104K/2 104K/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Chechidla Range adopted 6 May 1954 on 104K. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Misspelled "Chechilda" on 1:20 000 TRIM sheet 104K.036. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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"...means 'mountains of small rocks'. The name was supplied by an old member of the Tahltan tribe, who was familiar with the country and who now lives at Telegraph Creek. His command of English was inadequate to property express the meaning of certain [names]. The spelling....[is phonetic] and may not represent the true interpretation." (January 1954 names list with remarks provided by Army Survey Establishment, file T.5.54) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |