Swift River
| Language of origin | English language |
| 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 Cottonwood River, E of Quesnel, Cariboo Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 53°00'56"N, 122°06'55"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 93G/1 |
| Related Maps: |
93A/13 93A/14 93G/1 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 28 April 1936 on BC Lands' map 3G, as labelled on Trutch's 1871 map of BC, and on Amos Bowman's 1887 map of Cariboo Mining District, and on BC Lands' map 1G, 1916, etc. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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Lightning Creek and Swift River converge to become the Cottonwood River. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |