Skookumchuck

SKOOKUMCHUCK  () is on the LILLOOET R, 50 km south of MT CURRIE. It was originally a Lil'wat (Lillooet; see ST'AT'IMC) village, Ska'tin, located at an important FISHING site. The present name means "strong water" in CHINOOK JARGON. During the 1860s it was a stopping place on the DOUGLAS TRAIL to the Interior. The Church of the Holy Cross, built in 1906, recalls the mission established here by the OBLATES in 1861. The St Agnes Well HOT...

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