Chokatah 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 N into Jennings River, E of Kahan Creek, Cassiar Land District |
| Tags: | Indigenous |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 59°21'58"N, 131°02'27"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104O/6 |
| Related Maps: |
104O 104O/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 23 March 1944 on Tuya-Teslin sheet, as submitted by Mines Department. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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After a well-known Tahltan figure, noted for always having a pocket full of string. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Headwaters at 59 14 - 131 08. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |