The Campbell River passes through

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and Langley, British Columbia,

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, entering

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at the

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, which lies between the City of White Rock and

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on the international boundary. Originally labelled Campbell Creek in 1917 by the

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, 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. 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. It was identified in the field notes of

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's survey as Semiahmoo Creek in 1859. "Ta’talu" is the name used nowadays by the Semiahmoo First Nation residing in its vicinity.https://www.peacearchnews.com/news/naming-schools-after-settler-historical-figure-can-be-quite-problematic-surrey-school-district/

Tributaries (listed from the mouth up)

*Fergus Creek *Sand Hill Creek

References

Rivers of the Lower Mainland New Westminster Land District {{BritishColumbia-river-stub

Tributaries (listed from the mouth up)

See also

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