Tachie Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako, British Columbia

Community - An unincorporated populated place, generally with a population of 50 or more, and having a recognized central area that might contain a post office, store and/or community hall, etc, intended for the use of the general public in the region. Mouth of Tachie River, Stuart Lake, Range 5, Coast Land District

Mapped Location

Tachie: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on Tachie

  • Feature Type: Place

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Tachie

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
Tachie Official

 

Origin Notes and History of Tachie

References to Tachie that document the origin of its place name

Adopted 2 November 1937 on 93K/10 as supplied by the topographer as an established name and as likely appears on Geological Survey of Canada Map 630A "Fort Fraser - East, West" (1938). Likely named in association with Tachie River.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.  |  Province of British Columbia

Tache recorded as being the Yekooche name for Tachie on First Voices (visited November 6, 2019 : https://www.firstvoices.com/explore/FV/sections/Data/Athabascan/Yekooche/Yekooche/learn/words/categories/7491fcfc-a4fa-4383-9547-5768f6a6b646/10/1)

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
included with note  |  Province of British Columbia

According to Dick Walker of the Summer Institute of Linguistics at Fort St. James, with information submitted by Randy Bouchard of B.C. Indigenous Language Proect, in Dak'elh "ta" means three and "che" means "outlet" or "tail," so "tache" is recorded as translating to three outlets (recorded as being in reference to the 3 outlets of the Tachie River).

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Regional District of Bulkley-Nechako

Political Boundaries

Last updated: 2023-09-27