"Salt chuck" in a surprising place

[Colin Bruce]

Maybe BC Fraser Valley English still uses "in the chuck" to mean "overboard" and "salt chuck" to
mean "ocean."  I thought these were everyday terms in the 80's.  We also used "chumming" for
sprinkling eggs food on the water to attract fish.  And of course "skookum" is still everywhere.





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Subject:  "Salt chuck" in a surprising place

I find it surprising to see a current nationally-published guidebook, the
American Austomobile Association (AAA) "Campbook" for the Northwest states,
including a description of a campground in Washington's San Juan Islands as
having a "salt chuck".  No one but a few geeks (sorry) on this list & a few
old-timers from the Pacific NW would understand that term, right?