Classy Creek is a tributary of the Tuya River in northwest part of the province of British Columbia, Canada.[1][6] It flows generally southeast and south roughly 20 km (12 mi)[4] to join the Tuya River about 10 km (6.2 mi) north of the Tuya River's confluence with the Stikine River in the Grand Canyon of the Stikine,[7] near Telegraph Creek Road, unofficially called Highway 51, a spur of the Stewart–Cassiar Highway.[8]
| Classy Creek | |
|---|---|
  Mouth of Classy Creek | |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| District | Cassiar Land District |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Level Mountain |
| • location | Nahlin Plateau |
| • coordinates | 58°10′58″N 131°0′36″W / 58.18278°N 131.01000°W[2] |
| • elevation | 1,218 m (3,996 ft)[3] |
| Mouth | Tuya River |
• coordinates | 58°6′50″N 130°47′22″W / 58.11389°N 130.78944°W[1] |
• elevation | 529 m (1,736 ft)[3] |
| Length | 20 km (12 mi)[4] |
| Basin size | 108 km2 (42 sq mi),[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 0.808 m3/s (28.5 cu ft/s)[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Topo map | NTS 104J2 Classy Creek |
Classy Creek's watershed covers 108 km2 (42 sq mi),[5] and its mean annual discharge is estimated at 0.808 m3/s (28.5 cu ft/s).[5] The mouth of Classy Creek is located about 32 km (20 mi) northeast of Telegraph Creek, British Columbia, about 130 km (81 mi) east of Juneau, Alaska, and about 375 km (233 mi) southeast of Whitehorse, Yukon. Classy Creek's watershed's land cover is classified as 46.8% shrubland, 23.3% mixed forest, 20.3% conifer forest, and small amounts of other cover.[5]
Classy Creek is in the traditional territory of the Tahltan people.[9]
Geography
editClassy Creek originates among unnamed lakes on the south flank of the massive Level Mountain shield volcano, near the headwaters of Hartz Creek, Riley Creek, and Mansfield Creek, and about 55 km (34 mi) southeast of Meszah Peak, the highest peak of the Level Mountain Range, a cluster of bare peaks on the summit of Level Mountain. The creek flows first southwest then south through Level Mountain's high and relatively barren lava plateau. The Indian reserve "Classy Creek 8", of the Tahltan First Nation,[10] is located about halfway along the creek's course where it turns south,[11] just south of Mincho Lake.[12] Near its mouth Classy Creek descends into the canyon of the Tuya River.[13][14]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Classy Creek". BC Geographical Names.
- ^ Derived from BCGNIS, topographic maps, and Toporama
- ^ a b Elevation derived from ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model, using GeoLocator, BCGNIS coordinates, and topographic maps.
- ^ a b Length measured using Google Maps path tool, BCGNIS coordinates, topographic maps, and Toporama
- ^ a b c d e "Northwest Water Tool". BC Water Tool. GeoBC, Integrated Land Management Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Government of British Columbia. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ "Classy Creek". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ "Grand Canyon of the Stikine". BC Geographical Names.
- ^ "Landmark Kilometre Inventory" (PDF). British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure. July 2019. p. 754. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ "Our Territory". Tahltan Central Government. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Classy Creek 8 Indian Reserve". Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. Government of Canada. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ "Classy Creek 8". BC Geographical Names.
- ^ "Mincho Lake". BC Geographical Names.
- ^ "Toporama (on-line map and search)". Atlas of Canada. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ Mussio, Russell; Mussio, Wesley (2018). Northern BC Backroad Mapbook. Mussio Ventures. p. 96. ISBN 978-1-926806-87-7. Retrieved 20 August 2021.