— creek, marsh near Walter Joe’s house

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Linguistic Information

• Place name pronounced by: Wayne Charlie , Wayne Charlie
• Literal translation in English: “clam shell place”
• Morphological information:
• APA transcription: c̓ew̓itən ~ c̓ec̓-wiʔtən
• Semantic Basis: Creatures
• Source: Rozen
• Note:

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Geographical Information

• Location in English: Cowichan River area: about five kilometers upstream from junction of the main channel and the middle arm
• Region: Quw’utsun (quw’utsun) – Cowichan River
• Place type: River
• GPS Coordinates (latitude, longitude): 48.774010, -123.658045
• Map: Click to view in Google Map
• Note:

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