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Chilko Lake
Chilko may refer to: *Chilko River The Chilko River is a river in the Chilcotin District of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada, flowing northeast from Chilko Lake to the Chilcotin River. Its main tributary is the Taseko River. The Chilko is the Chilcotin River's ma ... * Tŝilhqox Biny, known as Chilko Lake. See also * Nechacco, a paddle steamer re-registered as "Chilco". {{Disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chilko River
The Chilko River is a river in the Chilcotin District of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada, flowing northeast from Chilko Lake to the Chilcotin River. Its main tributary is the Taseko River. The Chilko is the Chilcotin River's main tributary. In fact at their confluence the Chilko River is much larger than the Chilcotin. It is also the main reason why the lower reaches of the Chilcotin are very silty. The Chilko gets most of its silt from the Taseko River, which joins it a few kilometers above the Chilko's mouth. Name origin The name "Chilko" is the product of linguistic anglicisation of the Tŝilhqot’in name ''Tŝilhqóx'', (also spelled without vowel flattening as ''Tsilhqox''). The meaning of the name is contested, and is the subject of much folk etymologising. Some believe the meaning to be "ochre river", but other contenders are "axe river" (from ''tŝinlh yeqox''), "river from the ponderosa pine" (from ''tsilhtsilh yeqox''), or "river with rocks" (from ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tŝilhqox Biny
Tŝilhqox Biny (Pronounced: Tsyle-koh Bee), known as Chilko Lake, is a 180 km2 lake in west-central British Columbia, at the head of the Chilko River on the Chilcotin Plateau. The lake is about 65 km long, with a southwest arm 10 km long. It is one of the largest lakes by volume in the province because of its great depth, and the largest above 1,000 m in elevation. It and Harrison Lake are the largest lakes in the southern Coast Mountains. On March 11, 2019, the Province of British Columbia, working with the Tŝilhqot’in National Government, officially changed the name of the lake from Chilko Lake to Tŝilhqox Biny. Geography The inland equivalent of the many fjords which line the British Columbia Coast on the other side of the Coast Mountains, Tŝilhqox Biny's glacial valley opens not out onto the ocean, but onto a broad lava plateau that lies inland from the highest section of the main range. The mountains at the head of the lake are among the highest in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |