Can you identify these fish? (_Kamloops Wawa_) (fwd)
Pass/Kishkan/High Ground Press
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Fri Oct 22 16:22:10 UTC 1999
At 05:28 PM 21/10/99 -0700, David Robertson wrote:
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>the term mamet in Thompson is corresponds to either mountain whitefish
>(Prospoium williamsoni) or Northern Pike Minnow "Squawfish"
>(Ptychocheilus oregonensis). The exact fish is not known.
>
>From British Columbia Place Names by the Akriggs:" Mamit Lake, N. of Merritt
(C-9). From an Okanagan Indian word applied to the whitefish found in the area."
Theresa Kishkan
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