| Feature Type: | River - Watercourse of variable size, which has tributaries and flows into a body of water or a larger watercourse. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Flows NW into Coquihalla River, E of Hope, Yale Division Yale Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°21'58"N, 121°22'05"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92H/6 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Nicolum River adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924. Form of name changed to Nicolum Creek 22 May 1942 on 92H/6 as recommended by Dominion Topographic Survey to more accurately describe the relative size of the feature. Name changed back to Nicolum River 16 January 1991 on 92H/6, being the long-established local name for the feature. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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Spelled "Nkalaoum River" on Arrowsmith's 1862 map. Spelled "Nicolume River" on Trutch's 1871 map of British Columbia, and on Geological Survey sheet 363, 1888. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |