Classy Creek
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| name = Classy Creek
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| pushpin_map_caption = Mouth of Classy Creek
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| subdivision_name1 = Canada
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| subdivision_name2 = British Columbia
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| subdivision_name3 = Cassiar Land District
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| source1 = Level Mountain
| source1_location = Nahlin Plateau
| source1_coordinates = {{coord|58|10|58|N|131|0|36|W|display=inline}}Derived from BCGNIS, topographic maps, and [https://atlas.gc.ca/toporama/en/index.html Toporama]
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| mouth = Tuya River
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| mouth_elevation = {{convert|529|m|abbr=on}}Elevation derived from ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model, using [http://tools.freeside.sk/geolocator/geolocator.html GeoLocator], BCGNIS coordinates, and topographic maps.
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Classy Creek is a tributary of the Tuya River in northwest part of the province of British Columbia, Canada.{{BCGNIS|2561|Classy Creek}}{{cite cgndb|id=JAESH|title=Classy Creek}} It flows generally southeast and south roughly {{convert|20|km|mi|abbr=on}}Length measured using Google Maps path tool, BCGNIS coordinates, topographic maps, and [https://atlas.gc.ca/toporama/en/index.html Toporama] to join the Tuya River about {{convert|10|km|abbr=on}} north of the Tuya River's confluence with the Stikine River in the Grand Canyon of the Stikine,{{BCGNIS|11639|Grand Canyon of the Stikine}} near Telegraph Creek Road, unofficially called Highway 51, a spur of the Stewart–Cassiar Highway.{{cite web |url= https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/driving-and-transportation/transportation-infrastructure/engineering-standards-and-guidelines/traffic-engineering-and-safety/highway-safety/lki/lki_bc_201907.pdf |title= Landmark Kilometre Inventory |publisher= British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure |date= July 2019 |page= 754 |accessdate= 25 August 2021}}
Classy Creek's watershed covers {{convert|108|km2|abbr=on}}, and its mean annual discharge is estimated at {{convert|0.808|m3/s|cuft/s|abbr=on}}.{{cite web |url= https://nwwt.bcwatertool.ca |title= Northwest Water Tool |work= BC Water Tool |publisher= GeoBC, Integrated Land Management Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture and Lands, Government of British Columbia |accessdate= 25 August 2021}} The mouth of Classy Creek is located about {{convert|32|km|abbr=on}} northeast of Telegraph Creek, British Columbia, about {{convert|130|km|abbr=on}} east of Juneau, Alaska, and about {{convert|375|km|abbr=on}} southeast of Whitehorse, Yukon. Classy Creek's watershed's land cover is classified as 46.8% shrubland, 23.3% mixed forest, 20.3% conifer forest, and small amounts of other cover.
Classy Creek is in the traditional territory of the Tahltan people.{{cite web |url= https://tahltan.org/our-territory |title= Our Territory |publisher= Tahltan Central Government |accessdate= 20 August 2021}}
Geography
Classy Creek originates among unnamed lakes on the south flank of the massive Level Mountain shield volcano, near the headwaters of Hartz Creek, Riley Creek, and Mansfield Creek, and about {{convert|55|km|abbr=on}} southeast of Meszah Peak, the highest peak of the Level Mountain Range, a cluster of bare peaks on the summit of Level Mountain. The creek flows first southwest then south through Level Mountain's high and relatively barren lava plateau. The Indian reserve "Classy Creek 8", of the Tahltan First Nation,{{cite web |url= https://fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/FNP/Main/Search/RVDetail.aspx?RESERVE_NUMBER=07657&lang=eng |website= Crown–Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada |publisher= Government of Canada |title= Classy Creek 8 Indian Reserve |accessdate= 25 August 2021}} is located about halfway along the creek's course where it turns south,{{BCGNIS|64826|Classy Creek 8}} just south of Mincho Lake.{{BCGNIS|24227|Mincho Lake}} Near its mouth Classy Creek descends into the canyon of the Tuya River.{{cite web |url= http://atlas.gc.ca/toporama/en/index.html |title= Toporama (on-line map and search) |work= Atlas of Canada |publisher= Natural Resources Canada |accessdate= 20 August 2021}}{{cite book |last1= Mussio |first1= Russell |last2= Mussio |first2= Wesley |title= Northern BC Backroad Mapbook |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pBAFEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA106 |accessdate= 20 August 2021 |date= 2018 |publisher= Mussio Ventures |isbn= 978-1-926806-87-7 |page= 96}}
See also
References
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{{Rivers of Level Mountain}}
Category:Cassiar Land District