Adopted 6 May 1947 as Suquash (Locality) as listed in 1930 Gazetteer and as listed on Reference Map 2C "Vancouver Island - Northerly" (1919, 1929). Feature type change 6 April 1950 to Suquash Landing. May have appeared as early as 1835 as adopted by officers of the Hudson's Bay Company (maps/dates not cited).

Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.

Recorded in 1947 there was no one living at Suquash according to surveyor, but it was considered that there "may be some mining activity some day." An anchorage is listed as likely appearing in the B.C. Pilot, p. 213 (date not cited). Suqaush listed as being abandonded is what led to its retention as "Landing," instead of settlement (6 May 1947) (Q.1.36).

Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.

"An adaptation of the [Indigenous] in the [Kwakwala] language, spoken by the [local Indigenous peoples]; 'Su-kwa' is the verb 'to cute seal meat up into strips,' and 'Su-gwas' is the place where 'seals are cut up,' the termination 'as' meaning 'place.' This operation was carried on here years ago, hence the [Indigenous] name for the place, 'Su-gwas' (Suquash), which was adopted by the officers of the Hudsun's Bay Company when here, in 1835 coal was first found on Vancouver Island." (p. 476)

Source: Walbran, John T; "British Columbia Coast Names, 1592-1906: Their Origin and History"; published for the Geographic Board of Canada, Ottawa, 1909 (republished for the Vancouver Public Library by J.J. Douglas Ltd, Vancouver, 1971)

"Suquash is an adaptation of a [Kwakwala] term meaning “where seals are butchered”. The name was adopted by Hudson Bay Company officers after the first coal discovery on Vancouver Island was made here in 1835." (p. 575)

Source: Scott, Andrew; "The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names"; Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, 2009.