Iskit/Secret Island

[Pass/Kishkan/High Ground Press]

>From British Columbia Place Names, by G.P.V. and Helen B. Akrigg:

Iskut River, flows S.W. into Stikine River. Possibly from the Nisgha (sic)
word meaning "stinking"; otherwise of unknown origin.

And Mike, I think Brother Twelve's island was De Courcy!

Theresa Kishkan



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>When I pronounced that in my head I immediately thought of the Iskut River,
>which is of course inland from the Alaska Panhandle and probably has its
>origin in a different language than anything local.  By the geography you'd
>think this would be Lower Straits Salish or Hulquminum/Cowichan, wouldn't
>it?  But surely Margo has local-language linguists/elders to consult on
>this.  The _possibility_ that it's a local variant of "ipsoot" seems quite
>plausible, although it's for you linguists out there to comment on the
>validity of the p-k shift.  That the meaning pf this if it is a variant of
>ipsoot coincides with the English name of the island makes sense.
>
>Hmmmm.  Secret Island - this isn't where Brother Twelve did his thing, was
>it?
>
>Mike
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