| Classy Creek | |
| Pushpin Map: | British Columbia |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Mouth of Classy Creek |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | British Columbia |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Cassiar Land District |
| Length: | 20km (10miles) |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 0.808m3/s |
| Source1: | Level Mountain |
| Source1 Location: | Nahlin Plateau |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 58.1828°N -131.01°W[1] |
| Source1 Elevation: | 1218m (3,996feet) |
| Mouth: | Tuya River |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 58.1139°N -130.7894°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 529m (1,736feet)[2] |
| Basin Size: | 108km2, |
| Custom Label: | Topo map |
Classy Creek is a tributary of the Tuya River in northwest part of the province of British Columbia, Canada.[3] It flows generally southeast and south roughly 20km (10miles)[4] to join the Tuya River about 10km (10miles) north of the Tuya River's confluence with the Stikine River in the Grand Canyon of the Stikine, near Telegraph Creek Road, unofficially called Highway 51, a spur of the Stewart–Cassiar Highway.[5]
Classy Creek's watershed covers 108km2, and its mean annual discharge is estimated at 0.808m3/s.[6] The mouth of Classy Creek is located about 32km (20miles) northeast of Telegraph Creek, British Columbia, about 130km (80miles) east of Juneau, Alaska, and about 375km (233miles) southeast of Whitehorse, Yukon. Classy Creek's watershed's land cover is classified as 46.8% shrubland, 23.3% mixed forest, 20.3% conifer forest, and small amounts of other cover.[6]
Classy Creek is in the traditional territory of the Tahltan people.[7]
Classy Creek originates among unnamed lakes on the south flank of the massive Level Mountain shield volcano, near the headwaters of Hartz Creek, Riley Creek, and Mansfield Creek, and about 55km (34miles) southeast of Meszah Peak, the highest peak of the Level Mountain Range, a cluster of bare peaks on the summit of Level Mountain. The creek flows first southwest then south through Level Mountain's high and relatively barren lava plateau. The Indian reserve "Classy Creek 8", of the Tahltan First Nation,[8] is located about halfway along the creek's course where it turns south, just south of Mincho Lake. Near its mouth Classy Creek descends into the canyon of the Tuya River.[9] [10]