| 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 W from Vedder Crossing, then NW into Sumas River W of Chilliwack, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°07'34"N, 122°05'53"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92G/1 |
| Related Maps: |
92G/1 92H/4 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 October 1936 on Geological Survey map 422A, Hope, as labelled on BC Land's 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 |
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The Chilliwack River becomes the Vedder River at Vedder Crossing; Vedder River flows westward through a natural channel then turns northwest in the vicinity of Yarrow, and continues through a straightened channel into the Sumas River. The 3 mile/4.8 km portion of Vedder River that has been straightened is known as Vedder Canal. Source: BC place name cards, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff. |
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After Mr. Volkert Vedder and his son Adam Vedder. Source: Nelson, Denys; "Place Names of the Delta of the Fraser River"; 1927, unpublished manuscript held in the Provincial Archives |
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Named for the family of Volkert Vedder, who arrived in the Hope district around 1860. A son, Adam Swart Vedder, settled near Chilliwack in 1870. Source: Akrigg, Helen B. and Akrigg, G.P.V; "1001 British Columbia Place Names"; Discovery Press, Vancouver 1969, 1970, 1973. |