The Campbell River is a river

River

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 in Surrey

Surrey, British Columbia

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 and Langley, British Columbia

Langley, British Columbia (city)

The City of Langley is a municipality in Metro Vancouver. It lies directly east of the City of Surrey, adjacent to Cloverdale, and surrounded on the north, east and south by Township of Langley.-History:...

, Canada

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, entering Semiahmoo Bay

Semiahmoo Bay

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 at the Semiahmoo Indian Reserve

Semiahmoo Indian Reserve

The Semiahmoo Indian Reserve is an Indian Reserve in the Lower Mainland, British Columbia, located on Semiahmoo Bay between the City of White Rock and Peace Arch Park, which sits astride the international boundary with Washington state...

, which lies between the City of White Rock

White Rock, British Columbia

White Rock is a city in British Columbia, Canada, that lies within the Metro Vancouver regional district. It borders Semiahmoo Bay and is surrounded on three sides by the City of Surrey, British Columbia. To the south lies the Semiahmoo First Nation, which is within the city limits of Surrey...

 and Peace Arch Park

Peace Arch Park

Peace Arch Park is a park straddling the International Boundary between the United States and Canada at the extreme western end of the main contiguous section of the two countries' land border, where it reaches Semiahmoo Bay of Puget Sound on the continent's Pacific Coast...

 on the international boundary.

Originally labelled Campbell Creek in 1917 by the Geographic Board of Canada, it was labelled Tahtaloo on International Boundary Survey sheet 2 (date not cited); variant spellings include Tahla too, Tah-la-loo, and Tah tu lo. It was probably named after Archibald Campbell

Archibald Campbell

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, US

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 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 Joseph Trutch

Joseph Trutch

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's survey as Semiahmoo Creek in 1859.