Alexis Creek is a creek in the
Chilcotin District
The Chilcotin () region of British Columbia is usually known simply as "the Chilcotin", and also in speech commonly as "the Chilcotin Country" or simply Chilcotin. It is a plateau and mountain region in British Columbia on the inland lee of the Co ...
of
British Columbia
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,
Canada
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, flowing southeast from its source in Alexis Lake into the
Chilcotin River a short distance upstream from the town of
Alexis Creek.
Name origin
The name was conferred by the Geographic Boards Name of Canada in 1911. It was named either for
Alexis Belanger, a
Hudson's Bay Company
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interpreter, or for Chief Alexis, a leader of the
Tsilhqot'in in the mid-19th Century. Alexis remained neutral in the
Chilcotin War
The Chilcotin War, the Chilcotin Uprising or the Bute Inlet Massacre was a confrontation in 1864 between members of the Tsilhqot'in (Chilcotin) people in British Columbia and white road construction workers. Fourteen men employed by Alfred Wadd ...
of 1864 and met with
Governor Seymour during the latter's expedition to the vicinity during that affair. Seymour describes him in his journal:
....Chief Alexis and his men came on at the best pace of their horses, holding their muskets over their heads to show they came in peace. Having ascertained which was the Governor, he threw himself from his horse and at once approached me. He was dressed in a French uniform, such as one sees in pictures of Montcalm[Journals of Governor Seymour, quoted in ''1001 British Columbia Place Names'', Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V, Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973]
See also
*
Alexis Creek First Nation Alexis may refer to:
People Mononym
* Alexis (poet) ( – ), a Greek comic poet
* Alexis (sculptor), an ancient Greek artist who lived around the 3rd or 4th century BC
* Alexis (singer) (born 1968), German pop singer
* Alexis (comics) (1946–1977 ...
, the band government of the Tsi Del Del or Redstone group of the Tsilhqot'in people
*Alexis Creek Indian Reserves Nos. 6, 8 through 18, and 20 through 35, which are under the administration of the Alexis Creek First Nation
References
Rivers of the Chilcotin
Cariboo Land District
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