Cayoosh Creek
Cayoosh Creek is a northeast-flowing tributary of the Seton River in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The name Cayoosh Creek remains on the bridge-sign crossing the stream on BC Highway 99 and continues in use locally to refer to the final reaches of the Seton River, formerly Seton Creek, which prior to the renaming ending at the confluence with Cayoosh Creek. The creek is the namesake of Cayoosh Creek Indian Reserve No. 1, one of the main Indian reserves of the Cayoose Creek Indian Band (aka the Sekwelwas First Nation), which lies adjacent to what was renamed the Seton River without local consultation.
| Cayoosh Creek Cayoose Creek | |
|---|---|
Cayoosh Creek | |
| Etymology | wild ponylocal variant of "cayoose", which ultimately is from Spanish caballo, referring to a certain mountain breed of horse |
| Location | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| District | Lillooet Land District |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Cayoosh Range |
| • location | Coast Mountains |
| Mouth | Seton River |
• location | Lillooet |
• coordinates | 50°40′7″N 121°58′21″W |
• elevation | 229 m (751 ft) |
| Basin size | 885 km2 (342 sq mi) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | mouth |
| • average | 13.9 m3/s (490 cu ft/s) |
| • minimum | 0.377 m3/s (13.3 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 211 m3/s (7,500 cu ft/s) |
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