Skookumchuck Narrows

Skookumchuck Narrows (49˚44'00" 123˚53'00" N end of Sechelt Inlet, SE side of Jervis Inlet, NW of Vancouver), Skookum Island (49˚44'00" 123˚53'00" Just S of Skookumchuck Narrows). Skookum meant “strong” (or “big”) in the Chinook jargon used on the W coast by First Nation groups and early traders and settlers. Chuck
was the term for water. Of all the words in Chinook’s disappearing vocabulary, these two, perhaps, have had the greatest staying power and are still in frequent use....

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