| 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 S into Harrison River, N side Fraser River opposite Chilliwack, New Westminster Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°16'10"N, 121°56'09"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92H/5 |
| Related Maps: |
92G/8 92G/9 92H/5 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Chehalis River adopted 6 October 1936 on Geological Survey sheet 422A, Hope, as labelled on BC map 2B, 1914, and as identified in the 1930 BC Gazetteer; not "Statloo Creek" as labelled on BC map 1A, 1912. The channel identified as a tributary labelled Stadia Creek on BC map 2B, 1914, has since been determined to be the headwaters of Chehalis River. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Name of an Indian tribe. The word, as applied to the river in British Columbia and the city in Washington, means 'sand'. Source: Provincial Archives of BC "Place Names File" compiled 1945-1950 by A.G. Harvey from various sources, with subsequent additions |
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A Cowichan tribe with two villages: Chehalis and Koalekt. Spelled in various ways: Chahales, Chehalis, Saelis, StsEe'lis. The term StsEe'lis (whose meaning seems now to be lost) is the collective name by which the whole tribe is known..... Source: Nelson, Denys; Place Names of the Delta of the Fraser River; 1927, unpublished manuscript held in the Provincial Archives |