The Canim River is a river

River

A river is a natural watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, a lake, a sea, or another river. In a few cases, a river simply flows into the ground or dries up completely before reaching another body of water. Small rivers may also be called by several other names, including...

 in the South Cariboo region of the Interior of British Columbia

British Columbia Interior

The British Columbia Interior or BC Interior or Interior of British Columbia, usually referred to only as the Interior, is one of the three main regions of the Canadian province of British Columbia, the other two being the Lower Mainland, which comprises the overlapping areas of Greater Vancouver...

, Canada

Canada

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. It begins at the outlet of Canim Lake

Canim Lake

Canim Lake can refer to:*Canim Lake , a lake in British Columbia, Canada*Canim Lake, British Columbia, a settlement in British Columbia, Canada*Canim Lake Band, a First Nation in British Columbia, Canada...

 and runs approximately 1.8km to Canim Falls

Canim Falls

Canim Falls is a waterfall on the Canim River between Canim and Mahood Lakes in the Cariboo region of the Central Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is approximately in height as measured in 1968 , and is cut into a lava plateau associated with the Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field which...

, the river then continues approximately 9 kilometres via a canyon cut into a lava plateau, to Mahood Lake

Mahood Lake

Mahood Lake is a lake in the South Cariboo region of the Interior of British Columbia in Wells Gray Provincial Park. It is drained by the Mahood River, a tributary of the Clearwater River which has cut a deep canyon into Cambrian rocks and Pleistocene glacial moraines...

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"Canim" means a type of large canoe

Canoe

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 in the Chinook Jargon

Chinook Jargon

Chinook Jargon originated as a pidgin trade language of the Pacific Northwest, and spread during the 19th century from the lower Columbia River, first to other areas in modern Oregon and Washington, then British Columbia and as far as Alaska, sometimes taking on characteristics of a creole language...

. The name was adopted in 1941, prior to which this stream, and also the Mahood River

Mahood River

The Mahood River is a river in the northern Shuswap Highland of the Central Interior of British Columbia in Wells Gray Provincial Park. It is long from its source at Mahood Lake to its confluence with the Clearwater River, a tributary of the North Thompson River...

 farther down the watercourse, were officially named as part of Bridge Creek

Bridge Creek (British Columbia)

Bridge Creek is a creek in the South Cariboo region of the Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Its meandering course across the Cariboo Plateau is approximately 85 kilometres in length, beginning at Bridge Lake and running roughly westwards to the town of 100 Mile House and from there turning...

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See also

• Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field
  Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field
  The Wells Gray-Clearwater volcanic field, also called the Clearwater Cone Group, is a potentially active monogenetic volcanic field in east-central British Columbia, Canada, located approximately north of Kamloops. It is situated in the Cariboo Mountains of the Columbia Mountains and on the...
  
  
• List of Chinook Jargon placenames
• Canim Beach Provincial Park
  Canim Beach Provincial Park
  Canim Beach Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located at the southwest end of Canim Lake in the Interlakes District of the South Cariboo region, adjacent to the Secwepemc Indian reserve community of Canim Lake, British Columbia jut northeast of 100 Mile House."Canim"...