| 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 / 50.66861°N 121.97250°W[1] |
• elevation | 229 m (751 ft)[2] |
| Basin size | 885 km2 (342 sq mi)[3] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | mouth[3] |
| • average | 13.9 m3/s (490 cu ft/s)[3] |
| • minimum | 0.377 m3/s (13.3 cu ft/s) |
| • maximum | 211 m3/s (7,500 cu ft/s) |
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,[4] which prior to the renaming ending at the confluence with Cayoosh Creek. The creek is the namesake of Cayoosh Creek Indian Reserve No. 1,[5] 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.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
bcgniswas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Elevation derived from ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model, using GeoLocator, and BCGNIS coordinates
- ^ a b c "Archived Hydrometric Data Search". Water Survey of Canada. Archived from the original on 24 December 2010. Retrieved 21 August 2013. Search for Station 08ME002 Cayoosh Creek near Lillooet
- ^ Tales from Seton Portage, Irene Edwards, self-publ., Lillooet 1976
- ^ BC Names/GeoBC entry "Cayoosh Creek 1 (Indian reserve)"