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Skwákwtsa7s
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Skwtsa7s
Skwtsa7s is an island in Coal Harbour next to Stanley Park in Vancouver. In the Squamish language, the word “skwtsa7s” means “island”. The Squamish peoples used Skwtsa7s as a tree-burial ground. They would place their dead loved once in red cedar boxes and hang the boxes in the trees there. In 1862, one of the […]