| Feature Type: | Creek (1) - Watercourse, usually smaller than a river. |
| Status: | Not official |
| Other Names: | Ca'aqu'a CreekOfficial |
| Relative Location: | Flows SE from Uchuck Lake into head of Uchucklesit Inlet, N side of lower Alberni Inlet, Clayoquot Land District |
| Latitude-Longitude: | 49°00'53"N, 125°03'06"W at the approximate mouth of this feature. |
| Datum: | WGS84 |
| NTS Map: | 92F/3 |
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Origin Notes and History:
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Uchuck Creek adopted 3 December 1946 as labelled on BC Lands' map 2A, 1938, in association with Uchucklesit Inlet. Name changed to Ca'aqu'a Creek 1 April 2011, per the provisions of the Maa-nulth Treaty. Source: BC place name cards, files, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer/Geographical Names Office. |
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The Uchucklesaht name for Uchuck Creek is Ca·?aqu·?a (pronounced tsa ah KHO ah), meaning "swift or moving water" (Uchucklesaht Tribe Communications Coordinator, October 2008). The creek is also known as Silver Creek and this immediate area is well known as Silverside, likely a reference to the appearance of the slippery rocks here. (Uchucklesaht Tribe, December 2010). Source: included with note |
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The Uchucklesaht name for the mouth of Ca'aqu'a Creek/Uchuck Creek, and possibly extending along the north shore of Daller Point, is Taski·ha?a, meaning "slippery rocks" - a sacred and spiritual area for the Uchucklesaht Tribe (Uchucklesaht Tribe, December 2010). Source: included with note |