The foreshore and beach in front of the community of Beace Grove and extending northward for more than a mile on the west side of Boundary Bay, was a duck hunting place used by Tsawwassen First Nation, known to them as Ttu-nuxum (the Coast Salish spelling in 2005 draft for Tsawwassen Final Agreement). An image of the written name shows the preferred orthography, as identified in Tsawwassen Final Agreement, Appendix O-4, 2008.

Source: BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office

The root of this Hun'qum'i'num word is 'ducks' or 'mallards'. According to Tsawwassen Elders, this was an ideal area for hunting ducks and other shorebirds. The Stolo have identified this area as a sacred site. (Place names, as they are known to Tsawwassen, are shared between generations by elders and other knowledgeable community members, but several written accounts also exist, including: "Archaeological Investigations at Tsawwassen, B.C., Volume 1", by Arcas Consulting Archaeologists, Ltd. 1991 and "Reconstructing Culture: A Traditional Use Study of the Tsawwassen First Nation" by Daniel Millette, 1997, and "A Stolo-Coast Salish Historical Atlas" by Keith Carlson (2001). The place was re-confirmed by Tsawwassen Elders within the "Tsawwassen First Nation Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge Study", by Tsawwassen members, 2001-02.)

Source: "Tsawwassen First Nation Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge Study" by Tsawwassen members, 2001-02.