Welcome to Swiftwater ...

Although we found mention of Swiftwater during our research, we really don't have any information about it.<1> Given the context of how Swiftwater was mentioned, we believe that it was a community rather than a locale or some type of landmark. We have done a cursory search and if it was a community, we haven't been able to find any evidence that it still exists..

We've added Swiftwater to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Swiftwater, please Contact Us.

Time Zone: The area where we believe that Swiftwater might be (or was) located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time. The time zone in French: PST- Heure Normale du Pacifique (HNP), PDT- Heure Avancée du Pacifique (HAP).

Note: If you travel east from Swiftwater (for example, toward Jasper (AB)), you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Codes for Swiftwater: 250, 236, 672 & 778<2>

Communities Also Named Swiftwater ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Swiftwater - they are located in Mississippi, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Swiftwater.

Communities near Swiftwater ...

We have created a list of 5 communities that are near Swiftwater.

Valemount
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Valemount
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Valemount <3>
Shere
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shere came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shere
Canoe River
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Canoe River came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Canoe River
Albreda
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Albreda came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albreda
Dunster
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Dunster came from an uncertain source and they still need to be verified:<4>
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dunster

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Swiftwater ...

Looking for more information about Swiftwater? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Swiftwater, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Swiftwater.

Adding Swiftwater to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Swiftwater was in the book titled SPV's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - Western Canada.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Swiftwater.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Province of British Columbia: https://www.gov.bc.ca/

Footnotes ...

<1>	If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer. For example, we might find a sentence like "He went south past Swiftwater and then turned east". While Swiftwater could be some kind of landmark, we think that it's more likely to be a community. We've added Swiftwater as a placeholder with the hope that we'll be able to add more information in the future. Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name. Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time. Also keep in mind that Swiftwater could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong . Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>	When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 250 code has been Overlayed with one of the following codes: 236, 672 or 778. New phone numbers in the Swiftwater area will be assigned with one of these codes: 250, 236, 672 or 778. As a result, placing a call in the Swiftwater area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>	While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>	If we found a location and have questions about the accuracy of our information, we will simply say that the marker is 'in the vicinity'. We are not confident about the location and the position of our marker is only a rough guide. If we have too many doubts about the location, we will not include it in our database.