"Salt chuck" in a surprising place

[David Lewis]

When there have been discussions of salt chuck on the list I have always
known what the phrase referred to. So I was exposed to the phrase in Oregon
and have known it all along even though I rarely used it.
David

At 12:17 PM 5/22/2003 -0700, Theresa Kishkan wrote:
>I'm 48 and have heard and used the term all my life (I confess, long before
>I knew it was a Chinook term...!). And here on the Sechelt Peninsula, it's
>used all the time, often abbreviated to "chuck". Putting a boat in the chuck
>(as opposed to fresh water), watching the chuck, living by the chuck...And
>of course walking to Skookumchuck Narrows!
>
>Theresa Kishkan
>
>
> >Here in BC I grew up on the term saltchuck - in fact I had no idea it
> >came from Chinook until about ten years ago.   I just assumed it was a
> >nautical english term.
> >
> >My wife Catherine just walked by and noted that in the 1970s in Ocean
> >Falls the salt water was only ever refered to as the chuck.
> >
> >Bernard
> >Lillooet BC
> >