Malakwa,_British_Columbia

Malakwa

Malakwa

Place in British Columbia, Canada

Malakwa is a settlement in Shuswap Country in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, in the Eagle River valley, along the Trans-Canada Highway between Sicamous and Revelstoke.[1]

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The name comes from the Chinook Jargon word for mosquito, adapted from the French le maringouin.[2]

Further reading

  • Abercrombie, Annie Dorothy (1985). Sicamous, Mara to Three Valley. Self-published. pp. 468–502.

References

  1. [1]
    "Malakwa (community)". BC Geographical Names.
  2. [2]
    "Malakwa". britishcolumbia.com.


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