Artifact Creek
| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SE into Stewbomb Creek at SE side Mount Edziza Provincial Park, Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 57°25'17"N, 130°31'44"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 104G/7 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 2 January 1980 on 104 G, 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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Piles of chips left from the manufacture of obsidian tools and points by early Tahltan hunters are abundant in this area. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |