A former village site known to Tsawwassen First Nation as S'tlalep. 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, correspondence and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff.

The bluff area is an ancestor origin site and former village site known to Tsawwassen First Nation as S'tlalep. According to Tsawwassen Chief Harry Joe, the name of the village meant, "I want from now and everlasting." The name of this place was conferred by Tsaatsen, the first man who lived at Tsawwassen. This information was presented to the Royal Commission on Indian Affairs for the Province of British Columbia, during a meeting that was held on the Tsawwassen Reserve on April 28th, 1914. (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... "The Coast Salish of British Columbia", by Homer G. Barnett (University of Oregon Press, 1955), "Katzie Ethnographic Notes", by Wayne Suttles (British Columbia Provincial Museum, 1955), "Archaeological Investigations at Tsawwassen, B.C., Volume 1", by Arcas Consulting Archaeologists, Ltd. 1991 and "History of Chewwassin" by Harry Joe, 1925. 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.