The Toodoggone River is a

tributary A tributary, or affluent, is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage ...

of the

Finlay River The Finlay River is a 402 km long river in north-central British Columbia flowing north and thence south from Thutade Lake in the Omineca Mountains to Williston Lake, the impounded waters of the Peace River formed by the completion of the W. ...

in the

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, flowing east into the upper reaches of the Finlay just south of the Fishing Lakes. At the head of the Toodoggone is

Metsantan Pass Metsantan Pass, , is a mountain pass in the Metsantan Range of the Omineca Mountains in the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is located between Metsantan Lake, in the drainage basin of the Stikine River (NW) and the headwaters o ...

, which is at the divide with the

Stikine River The Stikine River is a major river in northern British Columbia (BC), Canada and southeastern Alaska in the United States. It drains a large, remote upland area known as the Stikine Country east of the Coast Mountains. Flowing west and south f ...

basin and also on the spine of the

Continental Divide A continental divide is a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a different ocean or sea, or else is endorheic, not ...

Name origin

The name is an English adaptation of the older, more aboriginal name Thudegane, which is an adaptation of the

Sekani language The Sekani language or Tse’khene is a Northern Athabaskan language spoken by the Sekani people of north-central British Columbia, Canada. Phonology Consonants Sekani has 33 consonants: Vowels Tone Sekani has two tones: low and high. Hig ...

term ''Tuhda Ughane'', meaning "Two Brothers River" or "eagles nest".''Guzagi K'úgé'', published by Kaska Tribal Council, Watson Lake, 1997

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Rivers of the Omineca Mountains Northern Interior of British Columbia {{BritishColumbiaInterior-river-stub

Name origin

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