Adopted 21 June 2023 on 92J/4 as recommended by shíshálh Nation.

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

x̱enichen was a major village site at head of lekw’emin (Jervis Inlet) and one of the locations where the spelemulh (first peoples/ancestors) first came from the sky by the Creator. The name roughly means “go to the end until you can’t go any further” referring to the northern extent of the swiya. The current English name for the SNL (shishalh Nation Lands) and creek use an anglicised version of the shishalh name (advice from shíshálh Nation Stewardship and Territorial Land Management Division, 2022).

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x̱enichen
• x̱ is pronounced like a hard “h” or a “k” at the back of the throat
• e is pronounced like a short “u” sound as in the English “fun”
• n is pronounced as in English
• i is pronounced like a long “a” sound as in English “play”
• ch is pronounced as in English
x̱enichen is not capitalized.
(Advice from shíshálh Nation Stewardship and Territorial Land Management Division, 2022).

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To hear recordings of place names and learn other she shashishalhem words and phrases, visit shíshálh Nation’s language webpage: https://shishalh.com/culture-language/sechelt-language/

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