Cheewhat River
| 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 SW into Pacific Ocean, S of Nitinat Lake, Renfrew Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°39'45"N, 124°48'37"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92C/10 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 4 October 1956 on 92C/10, as labelled on BC map 2A, 1913 & 1938. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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The Cheewhat is a deep, slow-flowing river called "River of Urine" by the local Indians. (West Coast Trail & Nitinat Lake, Sierra Club of British Columbia, 1972, p.21). Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Spelled "Chochweet" on Matthews' sketch map of Nitinat Inlet (file 34275s pt 1, February 1920) Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |