skookumchuck

[David Lewis]

I think I heard that Coos Bay was called Skookumchuck at one time also.
David

At 02:54 PM 03/31/2000 -0800, you wrote:
>The Skookumchuck stuff is interesting! And why shouldn't a place of strong
>waters also be a teaching place? I accompanied my middle child's grade 11
>biology class from Pender Harbour High School on their field trip yesterday
>to Skookumchuck Narrows (called, I think, KLAY'-KO by the Sechelts) at low
>tide. It's a powerful place, the waters of Sechelt Inlet meeting the waters
>of Jervis Inlet. The kids explored the tide pools and identified a host of
>animals from Gumboot Chitons to urchins to whelks. I talked to them a little
>about traditional plant use -- the Sechelts used bull kelp, as did many
>other coastal peoples, for oil vessels, for instance, and the rocks at low
>tide were covered in red algae, dried and used as a confection or as a
>condiment with shell fish and grease. It was tasty eaten as is off the warm
>rocks, too.
>
>Theresa Kishkan


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