"kickininee" (kokanee) information sought

[Terry Glavin]

i'll chase this down asap.
kokanee, by the way, is landlocked sockeye. most intimately associated with
kootenay lake, kokanee is largely a function of post-pleistocene events that
biologically isolated some sockeye runs - they end up being lake" fish
because they can't get to sea - although human beings have created kokanee
by dam construction in the 20th century, too.
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---- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Cleven" <ironmtn at BIGFOOT.COM>
To: <CHINOOK at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG>
Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: "kickininee" (kokanee) information sought


> David D. Robertson wrote:
> > Klahowya,
> >
> > For research I'm doing, can anyone here provide attestations of forms
> > like "kickininee" in British Columbia English?
>
> You must be thinking of kinnikinnick; I've never seen anything like
> "kickininee" (rhymes with pickaninny?) in BC English.  Terry?
>
> >
> > Do you have any cites that imply or show a distinction between this word
> > and "kokanee"?
> >
> > Many thanks in advance.
>
> Kokanee is a BC English term (source language unknown) for landlocked
> salmon, i.e. those that do not make the journey to sea; Terry, who is a
> fisheries expert, most likely knows the source language; I'd expect an
> Interior language rather than a coastal one as kokanee are more
> associated with that area.  Kokanee Beer, "Brewed in the Kootenays",
> takes its name from the Kokanee Glacier near (?) Nelson.
>
>
> --
> Mike Cleven
> http://www.cayoosh.net (Bridge River Lillooet history)
> http://www.hiyu.net (Chinook Jargon phrasebook/history)