| 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 NE from Cultus Lake to Chilliwack River, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°05'45"N, 121°57'48"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92H/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Sweltzer River adopted 6 October 1936 on Geological Survey sheet 422A, Hope, as labelled on Dominion Sectional sheet #11, Yale, 1913, and on BC map 2B, 1914; to recall an early name for Cultus Lake (see Cultus Lake). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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J.Fannin named this "Choowallah River" in 1873 (February 1981 advice from historian R.C. Harris, file F.1.34 pt.3). [note that Soowahlie IR 14, straddling this watercourse, and Soowahlie Band are identified in Report of the Royal Commission on Indian Affairs, vol 3, 1916, p.628] Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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This river is not named, however the lake at its' head (known today as Cultus Lake) is labelled "Schweltza Lake" on the Royal Engineer's 1862 map "British Columbia: Hope to Similkameen and Rock Creek...", and on G.M. Dawson's 1877 Geology Map of a Portion of the Southern Interior 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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The name "Sweltzer River" is applied to the drainage immediately east of here (known today as Liumchen Creek) on Jorgensen's 1895 map of British Columbia. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |