Tezwa River
The Tezwa River is a river in the Kitimat Ranges of the Coast Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. It is part of the Kitlope River drainage, feeding that river via the head of .[1]
Name[]
The name was created by Frank Swannell, government surveyor, in 1921, suggesting that as a form easier to pronounce for Europeans than the Haisla name told him by a native he met along the Kitlope River, Hwuis-u-tezwa. On a map of the same year he used Hwuis-y-yez-wa River.[2]
See also[]
- List of British Columbia rivers
References[]
Coordinates: 53°04′11″N 127°48′38″W / 53.06972°N 127.81056°W
Categories:
- Rivers of the Kitimat Ranges
- Haisla
- British Columbia Coast river stubs