Artifact Ridge
| Feature Type: | Ridge (2) - Elongated stretch of elevated ground. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | N of Artifact Creek at SE end of Mount Edziza Provincial Park, SE of Telegraph Creek (community), Cassiar Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 57°28'29"N, 130°34'31"W at the approximate centre 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, as submitted by Geological Survey of Canada (file T.2.54). Also Artifact Creek. 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 tolls 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 |