| Pyramid Creek | |
| Pushpin Map: | British Columbia |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Mouth of Pyramid Creek |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | Canada |
| Subdivision Type2: | Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | British Columbia |
| Subdivision Type3: | District |
| Subdivision Name3: | Cassiar Land District |
| Length: | 9km (06miles)[1] |
| Discharge1 Avg: | 0.358m3/s[2] |
| Source1: | Mount Edziza |
| Source1 Location: | Big Raven Plateau |
| Source1 Coordinates: | 57.7686°N -130.5833°W |
| Source1 Elevation: | 1947m (6,388feet) |
| Mouth: | Kakiddi Creek |
| Mouth Location: | Stikine Plateau |
| Mouth Coordinates: | 57.7789°N -130.4528°W |
| Mouth Elevation: | 751m (2,464feet) |
| Basin Size: | 22.1km2 |
| Custom Label: | Topo map |
| Custom Data: | NTS NTS |
Pyramid Creek is a tributary of Kakiddi Creek, which in turn is a tributary of the Klastline River, part of the Stikine River watershed in northwest part of the province of British Columbia, Canada.[3] It generally flows east for about 9km (06miles) to join Kakiddi Creek about 10km (10miles) south of Kakiddi Creek's confluence with the Klastline River.[3] [1] Pyramid Creek's watershed covers 22.1km2 and its mean annual discharge is estimated at 0.358m3/s.[2] The mouth of Pyramid Creek is located about 44km (27miles) southeast of Telegraph Creek, about 26km (16miles) west-southwest of Iskut and about 73km (45miles) southwest of Dease Lake.[1] Pyramid Creek's watershed's land cover is classified as 44.6% conifer forest, 24.1% barren, 16% shrubland, 9.8% snow/glacier, 5.3% herbaceous and small amounts of other cover.[2]
The creek is named after The Pyramid, a lava dome in Mount Edziza Provincial Park near the head of Pyramid Creek.[3] [4] The name of the creek has not been approved by the Geographical Names Board of Canada and does not appear in BC Geographical Names or the Canadian Geographical Names Data Base.[5] [6] It did, however, appear in at least one report and on at least one geologic map by Jack Souther, a volcanologist of the Geological Survey of Canada who studied the Mount Edziza volcanic complex in detail until he retired to the position of an emeritus scientist in 1992.[3] [7] [8] [9]
Pyramid Creek originates from an unnamed glacier on the northeastern side of Mount Edziza, a massive glaciated mountain in the middle of the Big Raven Plateau.[3] [7] From its source between Williams Cone and The Pyramid, Pyramid Creek flows east-northeast about 4km (02miles) through a canyon at the northeastern end of the Big Raven Plateau.[1] [3] It then flows about 6km (04miles) east-southeast down the northeastern side of the plateau into Kakiddi Valley where Pyramid Creek drains into Kakiddi Creek at the northeastern boundary of Mount Edziza Provincial Park.[1] [3] [10]
