The Campbell River passes through Surrey and Langley, British Columbia, Canada, entering Semiahmoo Bay at the Semiahmoo Indian Reserve, which lies between the City of White Rock and Peace Arch Park on the international boundary.

Campbell River
Footbridge over the river, at Little Campbell River Park
Mouth of Campbell River
Location
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
District	New Westminster Land District
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Lower Mainland
Mouth	Semiahmoo Bay
• location	Boundary Bay
• coordinates	49°0′45″N 122°46′41″W[1]
• elevation	5 m (16 ft)[2]

Originally labelled Campbell Creek in 1917 by the Geographic Board of Canada,[3] it was labelled Tahtaloo on International Boundary Survey sheet 2 (date not cited) (a toponym derived from Tah-tu-lo, the Semiahmoo endonym for their dialect of Straits Salish); variant spellings include Tahla too, Tah-la-loo, and Tah tu lo.[4] It was probably named after Archibald Campbell, US commissioner in the joint negotiations to locate the international boundary 1857–1862, who had his camp at the mouth of the creek.[5][6] It was identified in the field notes of Joseph Trutch's survey as Semiahmoo Creek in 1859.[7]

Tributaries (listed from the mouth up)

• Fergus Creek
• Sand Hill Creek

See also

• Serpentine River
• Nicomekl River

References