Kakuchuya Creek
| Kakuchuya Creek | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| District | Cassiar Land District |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Level Mountain |
| • location | Nahlin Plateau |
| • coordinates | 58°24′45″N 131°25′17″W / 58.41250°N 131.42139°W |
| • elevation | 1,805 m (5,922 ft) |
| Mouth | Dudidontu River |
• coordinates | 58°35′18″N 131°46′55″W / 58.58833°N 131.78194°W |
• elevation | 933 m (3,061 ft) |
| Length | 56 km (35 mi) |
| Basin size | 362 km2 (140 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 6.94 m3/s (245 cu ft/s) |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Matsatu Creek |
| Topo map | NTS 104J12 Dudidontu River NTS 104J5 Ketchum Lake NTS 104J6 Beatty Creek |
Kakuchuya Creek, historically called the Kakuchuya River, is a tributary of the Dudidontu River and part of the Taku River watershed in northwest part of the province of British Columbia, Canada.
From its source at Level Mountain, where the creek has cut a large gorge into its western escarpment, Kakuchuya Creek flows generally west then north for roughly 56 km (35 mi) to join the Dudidontu River, the main tributary of the Nahlin River, which in turn is a tributary of the Inklin River, which joins the Nakina River to form the Taku River.
Kakuchuya Creek's mean annual discharge is estimated at 6.94 m3/s (245 cu ft/s). Its watershed covers 362 km2 (140 sq mi). The watershed's land cover is classified as 41.6% shrubland, 32.5% barren, 17.3% conifer forest, 3.8% herbaceous, and small amounts of other cover.
The mouth of Kakuchuya Creek is located about 85 km (53 mi) south of the community of Telegraph Creek, British Columbia, about 105 km (65 mi) west of Dease Lake, British Columbia, and about 155 km (96 mi) east of Juneau, Alaska.
Kakuchuya Creek's watershed is within the traditional territory of the Tahltan First Nation, of the Tahltan people, as well as the Tlingit Taku River Tlingit First Nation.