Toodoggone River
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The Toodoggone River is a
tributary A tributary, or an ''affluent'', is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream (''main stem'' or ''"parent"''), river, or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries, and the main stem river into which they ...
of the
Finlay River The Finlay River is a 402 km long river in north-central British Columbia flowing north and thence south from Thutade Lake in the Omineca Mountains to Williston Lake, the impounded waters of the Peace River formed by the completion of the W ...
in the
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,
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, flowing east into the upper reaches of the Finlay just south of the Fishing Lakes. At the head of the Toodoggone is Metsantan Pass, which is at the divide with the
Stikine River The Stikine River ( ) is a major river in northern British Columbia (BC), Canada and southeastern Alaska in the United States. It drains a large, remote upland area known as the Stikine Country east of the Coast Mountains. Flowing west and ...
basin and also on the spine of the
Continental Divide A continental divide is a drainage divide on a continent such that the drainage basin on one side of the divide feeds into one ocean or sea, and the basin on the other side either feeds into a different ocean or sea, or else is endorheic, not ...
.


Name origin

The name is an English adaptation of the older, more aboriginal name Thudegane, which is an adaptation of the
Sekani language The Sekani language or Tse’khene is a Northern Athabaskan language spoken by 135 of the Sekani people of north-central British Columbia, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten pro ...
term ''Tuhda Ughane'', meaning "Two Brothers River" or "eagles nest".''Guzagi K'úgé'', published by Kaska Tribal Council, Watson Lake, 1997


See also

*
List of rivers of British Columbia The following is a partial list of rivers of British Columbia, organized by drainage basin, watershed. Some large creeks are included either because of size or historical importance (See Alphabetical List of British Columbia rivers ). Also includ ...
* List of aboriginal placenames in Canada


References

Rivers of the Omineca Mountains Northern Interior of British Columbia {{BritishColumbiaInterior-river-stub