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Skookumchuck () is a
Chinook Jargon term that is in common use in
British Columbia English and occurs in
Pacific Northwest English .
Skookum means "strong" or "powerful", and "chuck" means water, so skookumchuck means "
rapids " or "
whitewater " (literally, "strong water"), or fresh, healthy water.
[1] It can mean any rapids, but in coastal usage refers to the powerful
tidal rapids at the mouths of most of the major
coastal inlets .
Saltwater tidal rapids of
Skookumchuck Narrows
Places named Skookumchuck include:
Skookumchuck, British Columbia , a town in British Columbia named for the large rapids in this area on the
Kootenay River .
Skookumchuck Hot Springs, British Columbia , a town in British Columbia
Skookumchuck Narrows , a narrow entrance passage into
Sechelt Inlet , a
fjord in British Columbia's
Sunshine Coast
Skookumchuck Narrows Provincial Park , a park at the narrows
Skookumchuck Rapids Provincial Park , a park near Mabel Lake, British Columbia
Skookumchuck River , a river in southwestern
Washington
Skookumchuck, Thurston County, Washington , a populated place
Skookumchuck Creek,
Kittitas County , Washington
Skookumchuck Creek,
Idaho County ,
Idaho
Skookumchuck Brook,
Franconia, New Hampshire
Skookumchuck Trail,
Franconia, New Hampshire
Tidal rapids termed skookumchucks include:
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