Swift River is the name of several rivers:
- Canada
- Swift River (Cottonwood River), British Columbia
- Swift River (Teslin Lake), British Columbia
- Jamaica
- Swift River (Jamaica)
- New Zealand
- Swift River, New Zealand
- United Kingdom
- River Swift (Leicestershire), a tributary of the River Avon, Warwickshire
- United States
- Swift River (Alaska)
- Swift River (Bearcamp River), a tributary of the Bearcamp River, New Hampshire
- Swift River (Maine), a tributary of the Androscoggin River
- Swift River (Minnesota)
- Swift River (Saco River), a tributary of the Saco River, New Hampshire
- Swift River (Ware River), a tributary of the Ware River, Massachusetts
- Swift River (Westfield River), a tributary of the Westfield River, Massachusetts
Famous quotes containing the words swift and/or river:
“And DANTE searched the triple spheres,
Moulding nature at his will,
So shaped, so colored, swift or still,
And, sculptor-like, his large design
Etched on Alp and Apennine.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“There is a river in Macedon, and there is moreover a river in Monmouth. It is called Wye at Monmouth, but it is out of my prains what is the name of the other river; but ‘tis all one, ‘tis alike as my fingers is to my fingers, and there is salmons in both.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)