Goldstream River (Vancouver Island)

For the river near Revelstoke in eastern British Columbia, see Goldstream River.

The Goldstream River (Saanich: sʔə́ləq̕ʷtəɬ)[1] is a river northwest of Victoria on southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada . The river's name derives from a small gold rush in its basin during the 1860s, and was originally Gold Stream.

  1. ^ "Saanich Place Names". Saanich Classified Word List. Retrieved 2012-07-16.