Skutz Falls
| Feature Type: | Falls - Perpendicular or steep descent of water. Variation of Waterfall. |
| Status: | Official |
| Name Authority: | BC Geographical Names Office |
| Relative Location: | Cowichan River, W. of Culchillum, Cowichan Lake Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 48°46'58"N, 123°57'19"W at the approximate centre of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92B/13 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Adopted 6 November 1952 on 92B/13; identified in Water Rights Branch files as a long-established local name. Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office |
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Originally Skwets or Squitz, meaning "waterfall" (T.W. Paterson, "Mapmakers Have Been Unkind to the Original Name-Givers," Cowichan Valley Citizen, 16 November 2005.) Source: included with note |