Mosely Creek is a large creek in the

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of the Coast Mountains in

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, flowing southwest to join the

Homathko River The Homathko River is one of the major rivers of the southern Coast Mountains of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is one of the few rivers that penetrates the range from the interior Chilcotin Country to the coastal inlets of the P ...

in its canyon downstream from

Tatlayoko Lake Tatlayoko Lake is a lake on the Homathko River in the western Chilcotin District of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada, located on a north-south axis just upstream of the entrance of the series of canyons of the Homathko, including ...

, and a short distance above Murderers Bar at , which is the site of the opening events of 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. Tiedemann Creek, which begins at the Tiedemann Glacier on

Mount Waddington Mount Waddington, once known as Mystery Mountain, is the highest peak in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada. Although it is lower than Mount Fairweather and Mount Quincy Adams, which straddle the United States border between Alask ...

, is a tributary of Mosley Creek, flowing east from its source to the confluence at , just above the confluence with the Homathko. The creek is named for Edwin Mosley or Mosely who was one of three settler survivors of the

of 1864. Also flowing into Mosley Creek is Tellot Creek at , flowing southeast, which was named for one of the war chiefs of the Tsilhqot'in who took part in the massacre of

Alfred Waddington Alfred Penderell Waddington (October 2, 1801 – February 26, 1872), during his later years, was actively involved in the Colony of Vancouver Island in what later became the province of British Columbia, Canada. From 1860 to 1861 he was a re ...

's work party that touched off the Chilcotin War.BC Names/GeoBC entry "Tellot Creek"
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