Koksilah

Koksilah (48˚46'00" 123˚41'00" On the Koksilah R, just W of its mouth), Koksilah River (48˚45'00" 123˚39'00" Flows E and N into Cowichan Bay, E side of Vancouver I). The meaning of this Halkomelem name is uncertain, and numerous interpretations have been proposed over the decades. One persistent derivation is “place of snags”; another refers to a corral of some type. The name is presumably an ancient one, however, as the Koksilah people are one of the seven tribes that make up the...

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