Campbell River (Vancouver Island)
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| Campbell River | |
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 Campbell River downstream of Elk Falls in the Elk Canyon as seen from suspension bridge in Elk Falls Provincial Park | |
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| Native name | Tla'mataxw (Kwakiutl) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Mouth | |
• coordinates | 50°02′30″N 125°15′25″W / 50.04167°N 125.25694°W |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Campbell River |
| Basin features | |
| Waterfalls | Elk Falls |
The Campbell River is a river on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. It drains into Discovery Passage at the northwest end of the Strait of Georgia at the City of Campbell River. The Kwak'wala name for the river, or for the village near its mouth, at Campbell River Indian Reserve No. 11, is Tla'mataxw. The source of the river is Buttle Lake.
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The river was named for Dr. Samuel Campbell, ship's surgeon aboard HMS Plumper from 1857 to 1861. Campbell Bay on Mayne Island and Samuel Island were also named for him, as may also have been Campbell Point on Loughborough Inlet and Campbell Island, the location of the community of Bella Bella, and Plumper's Cove on Keats Island.