BC Geographical Names

Name Details:

Name: Coldwater River
Feature TypeClick here for a list of
Feature Types.:		 River - Watercourse of variable size, which has tributaries and flows into a body of water or a larger watercourse
StatusClick here for an explanation of Status.: Official
Relative Location: Flows NE and NW into Nicola River at Merritt, Kamloops Division Yale Land District
Latitude-LongitudeClick here for an explanation of Position Type.: 50°06'53''N, 120°48'15''W at the approximate mouth of this feature.
DatumClick here for an explanation of Datum.: NAD83
NTS MapClick here for an explanation of NTS Map.: 92I/2
Related MapClick here for an explanation of Related Maps.: 92H/11
92H/14
92H/15
92I/2
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Origin Notes and History:

Adopted 6 October 1936 on Geological Survey sheet 421A, Hope, as labelled on BC map 2B, 1914, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer.
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
On G.M. Dawson's map Interior of B.C. Canadian Geological Survey No. 127, 1877. Headwaters at 49 39 - 121 05.
Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa
Traditional name is Ntstlatko, meaning "cold water".
Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office
From its Shuswap name, Tsillatko, "cold water." (Dawson, G.M, Notes on the Shuuswap Peoople of British Columbia; Transactions, Royal Society of Canada, Sec II, 1891, p.43)
Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions