The Puntledge River is a small
river
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of ...
on
Vancouver Island
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,
British Columbia
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,
Canada
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. It joins the
Tsolum River to form the
Courtenay River
The Courtenay River is a short river on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, being the name of the channel from the confluence of the Puntledge and Tsolum Rivers, in the City of Courtenay, and its outlet into Comox Harbour, which is a ...
, which enters the
Strait of Georgia
The Strait of Georgia () or the Georgia Strait is an arm of the Salish Sea between Vancouver Island and the extreme southwestern mainland coast of British Columbia, Canada, and the extreme northwestern mainland coast of Washington, United Stat ...
at the city of
Courtenay.
Name origin
The name is derived from that of the
Pentlatch people
The Pentlatch, Pentl’ach, Puntlatch, Puntlatsh or Puntledge language is a Salishan language that is spoken on Canada's Vancouver Island in a small area between Comox and Nanaimo, British Columbia
Nanaimo ( ) is a city of about 100,000 on ...
. Their language, also called
Pentlatch, was a
Coast Salish language. The river was officially named by Robert Brown of the
Vancouver Island Exploring Expedition in 1854, after the people who lived along it, although Lieut. Mayne of the Royal Engineers had noted the name Puntluch River.
BC Names entry "Puntledge River"
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See also
*List of rivers of British Columbia
The following is a partial list of rivers of British Columbia, organized by drainage basin, watershed. Some large creeks are included either because of size or historical importance
(See Alphabetical List of British Columbia rivers ). Also includ ...
References
Rivers of Vancouver Island
Mid Vancouver Island
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