The Campbell River passes through Surrey and Langley, British Columbia, Canada, entering Semiahmoo Bay at the Semiahmoo Indian Reserve, which lies between the City of White Rock and Peace Arch Park on the international boundary.
Originally labelled Campbell Creek in 1917 by the Geographic Board of Canada,BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office it was labelled Tahtaloo on International Boundary Survey sheet 2 (date not cited) (a toponym derived from Tah-tu-lo, the Semiahmoo endonym for their dialect of Straits Salish); variant spellings include Tahla too, Tah-la-loo, and Tah tu lo.BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office It was probably named after Archibald Campbell, US commissioner in the joint negotiations to locate the international boundary 1857–1862, who had his camp at the mouth of the creek.BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names OfficeBC Historical Quarterly V 219, and also Canadian Geographic Journal XXXI 120 It was identified in the field notes of Joseph Trutch's survey as Semiahmoo Creek in 1859.Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions "Ta’talu" is the name used nowadays by the Semiahmoo First Nation residing in its vicinity.https://www.peacearchnews.com/news/naming-schools-after-settler-historical-figure-can-be-quite-problematic-surrey-school-district/
Tributaries (listed from the mouth up) Fergus Creek Sand Hill Creek
See also List of rivers of British Columbia Serpentine River Nicomekl River Campbell Valley Regional Park
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