Hopkins Lake

Tl’el Tāna – Above the Flint – Hopkins Lake

Tl’el Tāna — hill and lake

Tl’el Tāna — hill and lake

Tl’el Tāna lake — Hopkins Lake

Southern Tutchone

Äshèyi kwädǟn däzhą̈̄w kwäts’än tl’el ka nä̀nadä̀l kwä̀ch’e nà. Ätl’a dhäl Tl’el Tāna Mǟn yádāy ä’ą ts’än kä̀nàch’į tl’el kànàagwät. Äyet män kay shų mbeda ka chémèn chänàtl’ų̀ nà.

English

Tl’el Tāna means ‘the lake that sits below the flint hill’ and refers to the mountain to the west which was the only source of tool flint for the Äshèyi people. The lake has small mbeda (rainbow trout), which people catch with nets and hooks.

To the south of Tl’el Tāna modern maps show Giltana Lake which reflects an effort to use the Southern Tutchone name, Tl’el Tāna, albeit for the wrong lake.

Hopkins Lake

Tl’el Tāna – Above the Flint – Hopkins Lake

Southern Tutchone

Äshèyi kwädǟn däzhą̈̄w kwäts’än tl’el ka nä̀nadä̀l kwä̀ch’e nà. Ätl’a dhäl Tl’el Tāna Mǟn yádāy ä’ą ts’än kä̀nàch’į tl’el kànàagwät. Äyet män kay shų mbeda ka chémèn chänàtl’ų̀ nà.

English

Southern Tutchone Place Names