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
Origin Notes and History:

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

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

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