The Puntledge River is a small

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. It joins the Tsolum River to form the Courtenay River, which enters the Strait of Georgia at the city of Courtenay.

Name origin

The name is derived from that of the Pentlatch people. Their language, also called Pentlatch, was a Coast Salish language. The river was officially named by Robert Brown of the

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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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