| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows SE into Courtenay River, in Courtenay, Comox Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°41'44"N, 124°59'39"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/10 |
| Related Maps: |
92F/10 92F/11 92F/14 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Tsolum River adopted 7 March 1923 as labelled on BC Lands' map 2C, 1919. Origin/significance not recorded. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Had been labelled "River Courtenay" on British Admiralty chart #580, 1862 et seq. Labelled "Courtney River" [sic] on Robert Brown's September 1864 sketch "Plan of Route, Comox Harbour to Alberni Canal" followed by the Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition. Identified as: "...the Slough known by the Indian [name] of Tsalum..." (1 September 1864 journal entry by Robert Brown, Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition); spelled "Tzolum River" on BC Lands' Dept. map of British Columbia, drawn by G. Jörgensen in 1895, and on 1905 edition ofmap of British Columbia. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Adopted 7 March 1922 on Ottawa file OBF 1671.... an established name from early British Admiralty Charts. Headwaters at 49 50 - 125 18 on 92F/14. Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa |
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The Tsolum River and the Puntledge River join and become the Courtenay River. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |