The Taseko Lakes are a pair of lakes, Upper Taseko Lake and Lower Taseko Lake , which are expansions of the upper Taseko River in the southern Chilcotin District of the Central Interior of British Columbia , Canada . Their name is based on the original in the Chilcotin language , Dasiqox Biny , where "Desiqox" means "Mosquito River" and is cognate to the name of the river as in English; the Chilcotin name refers to both lakes as one lake, which was also originally the case with the English usage until official designation of the separate lakes in 1954. The lakes are separated by the short Taseko Narrows, the name of which in Chilcotin is nanats'akash , and is an important crossing place for deer. The Tchaikazan River flows the area between the upper & lower lake from the southwest, while the Taseko River feeds it from the southeast, while the equally large Lord River joins it from the south, at the head of the lake.
14-589: The Taseko Lakes were proposed to be part of a massive hydroelectric development which would have seen the flow of the Taseko River dammed and diverted westward via a tunnel to Chilko Lake , which would have been also dammed and diverted through further tunnels to Tatlayoko Lake on the Homathko River , which unlike the Taseko and Chilko Rivers drains directly to the ocean at Bute Inlet rather than via
28-608: A location in the Cariboo Regional District , Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Chilko Lake Tŝilhqox Biny (Pronounced: Tsyle-koh Bee), known as Chilko Lake , is a 180 km lake in west-central British Columbia , at the head of the Chilko River on the Chilcotin Plateau . The lake is about 65 km long, with a southwest arm 10 km long. It
42-546: Is one of the largest lakes by volume in the province because of its great depth, and the largest above 1,000 m in elevation. It and Harrison Lake are the largest lakes in the southern Coast Mountains . On March 11, 2019, the Province of British Columbia, working with the Tŝilhqot’in National Government , officially changed the name of the lake from Chilko Lake to Tŝilhqox Biny. The inland equivalent of
56-665: The Chilcotin and Fraser Rivers . Fisheries and aboriginal land claims concerns have derailed the Taseko diversion, although the Chilko diversion remains as a possibility. The Taseko Lakes are now part of Tsʼilʔos Provincial Park , which also includes Chilko Lake and the intervening country, including Nemaiah Valley and Yohetta Valley , which form wide alpentals connecting the two lake valleys. 51°15′33″N 123°35′26″W / 51.25917°N 123.59056°W / 51.25917; -123.59056 This article about
70-596: The Chilko River , both of them converging with the Chilcotin River which is a tributary of the Fraser . Tatlayoko Lake , to the west across another range, is not part of the Chilcotin-Fraser drainage, however, but is part of the Homathko River drainage to Bute Inlet . The area spanning the head of Tŝilhqox Biny and Taseko Lake basins and the two valleys between the two lakes has been preserved as
84-533: The Lillooet Icecap between the heads of Chilko Lake and the Taseko Lakes . West of Chilko Lake 's south arm is Mount Good Hope 3,242 m (10,636 ft) and, beyond it, the massif surrounding Mount Queen Bess 3,298 m (10,820 ft), which is the highest summit east of the Homathko River . The namesake of this peak was HMS Monmouth , an aging British armoured cruiser which
98-679: The Tsʼilʔos Provincial Park , which is co-administered by the Parks Branch of the provincial government and by the Xeni Gwet'in , who are the residents of Nemaia Valley and one of the component bands of the Tsilhqot'in (Chilcotin) people ; Nemaia is the more northerly of the two east–west valleys, the southerly one is Yohetta Valley . Tsi'lʔos is the Tsilhqot'in name for Mount Tatlow 3,063 m (10,049 ft), which stands in
112-619: The Brittany Triangle area between the Chilko and Taseko Rivers , which is currently (2005) a subject of preservationist vs resource industry controversy, though not as high profile as other regions of the province. In the 1950s, Tŝilhqox Biny and River were passed over as a potential hydropower resource for Alcan due to the salmon presence. Projected hydroelectric plans to divert the Taseko Lakes into Tŝilhqox Biny, and
126-486: The combined Chilko and Taseko flows into Tatlayoko Lake and via a series of dams down the Homathko River , have been scrapped because of the provincial park status enjoyed by Chilko and Taseko Lakes. The area between Tatlayoko and Tŝilhqox Biny is not protected, however, and plans for the dams and power plants in the canyon the Homathko River are still possible. One, the largest, would be built immediately atop
140-584: The many fjords which line the British Columbia Coast on the other side of the Coast Mountains, Tŝilhqox Biny's glacial valley opens not out onto the ocean, but onto a broad lava plateau that lies inland from the highest section of the main range. The mountains at the head of the lake are among the highest in the province, and two broad, deep glacial valleys connect east to the smaller Taseko Lakes , which drains northwards parallel to
154-466: The ranges between Chilko and Taseko Lakes. Higher still are the mountains at the head of Tŝilhqox Biny, crowned by 3,182 m (10,440 ft) Monmouth Mountain , and to the southwest of the lake, between the two arms, is Mount Good Hope 3,242 m (10,636 ft), with the range rising west from there towards Mount Queen Bess 3,298 m (10,820 ft), to the south of Tatlayoko Lake and higher still beyond to Mount Waddington . The area around Tŝilhqox Biny
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#1732782893937168-728: The site of the first "battle" of the Chilcotin War, marked on government maps as "Murderer's Bar". Monmouth Mountain Monmouth Mountain , commonly known as Mount Monmouth is one of the principal summits of the Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains of southern British Columbia . At 3,182 m (10,440 ft), it is the highest summit of the Chilcotin Ranges . It stands just north of
182-586: Was sunk at the Battle of Coronel in 1914 along with HMS Good Hope (for which Good Hope Mountain is named) off the coast of South America by German cruisers under Admiral Von Spee . This article related to a mountain, mountain range, or peak in British Columbia , Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a location on the Coast of British Columbia , Canada
196-669: Was where some of the backwoods maneuverings and sit-outs of the Chilcotin War of 1864 took place, and the Tsilhqot'in people who live here, the Xeni Gwet'in, are said to include descendants of Klatsassin , the main leader of the war. The vicinity of the lake is also the habitat of some of the last holdouts of the Chilcotin Country's once-numerous herds of wild horses , especially in the plateau-terrain area known as
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