Stikine (disambiguation)

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Stikine, meaning "great river" in the Tlingit language, may refer to:

Geography and locations
  • the Stikine River, a major river in British Columbia and Alaska
  • Stikine Strait, a marine waterway in Alaska offshore from the mouth of the Stikine River, near Wranbell, Alaska
  • Fort Stikine, a trading post and fortification of the Hudson's Bay Company at what is now Wrangell, Alaska
  • the Stikine Country, aka the Stikine District, a geographic region of the Canadian province of British Columbia, roughly equivalent to the Stikine Mining Division aka Stikine Mining District of the British Columbia Dept. of Mines
  • the Stikine Plateau, a large regional landform in northwestern British Columbia, inclusive of the Stikine and Taku River basins
  • the Stikine Ranges, a major subgrouping of the Cassiar Mountains of northern British Columbia
  • Stikine, British Columbia, aka Boundary, an unincorporated locality and former customs post on the lower Stikine River
  • Stikine River Provincial Park, a provincial park protecting the Grand Canyon of the Stikine River
  • Stikine Hot Springs, a hot spring on the lower Stikine River protected by Choquette Hot Springs Provincial Park
  • the Stikine Volcanic Belt, a subgrouping of volcanoes within the Northern Cordilleran Volcanic Province in British Columbia
  • the Stikine Icecap, a large icefield in the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains, spanning the British Columbia-Alaska border
  • Stikine-LeConte Wilderness, a park in the Alaska Panhandle
  • Tongass/Stikine National Forest, aka the Tongass National Forest, a US national forest in Alaska
Political units
  • the Stikine Territory, formally the Stickeen Territories, a former British overseas territory established in 1861, absorbed into the Colony of British Columbia in 1863
  • the Stikine Region, an administrative region of the Canadian province of British Columbia
  • the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine, a regional district in northwestern British Columbia
  • Stikine (provincial electoral district), a provincial electoral district in northwestern British Columbia
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