Chinlac is the site of a former Dakelh (Carrier) village in northeastern British Columbia, Canada.
The site is located at a shallow point in the river where a fishing weir could be used to harvest running salmon.
Chinlac is an anglicization of Carrier word Chunlak, itself a contraction of duchun nidulak - "logs customarily float to a point", which describes the way in which driftwood accumulates in the shallows where the weir was built.
One lodge site was excavated in 1951–1952 by a team led by Charles Edward Borden.
Among other things, he found a Chinese coin, indicating the existence of trade routes with the Pacific Coast, perhaps in the late 18th century, prior to the Carriers' direct contact with Europeans.