Skwácháy̓s

Skwácháy̓s [Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim] also known as “False Creek Flats” and before the inlet and tidal flats were filled with garbage in 1917-21, “False Creek East”.

Skwácháy̓s means “place where water is drawn down into a hole; whirlpool (LM); water spring, or water coming up from ground beneath (AJ)”. Source: Squamish Atlas

Shared space between the xʷməθkʷəy̓ əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱ wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

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