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The Qualicum River or Big Qualicum River ("Where the Dog Salmon Run" in the Pentlatch language [1] ) is a river on the east coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, flowing northeast from its headwaters in Horne Lake into the Strait of Georgia [2] just south of Qualicum Bay, near the town of Qualicum Beach. The river's name comes from that of the Qualicum people.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. History of Qualicum Beach Archived November 13, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  2. "Qualicum River". BC Geographical Names .

49°24′00″N124°37′00″W / 49.40000°N 124.61667°W / 49.40000; -124.61667