Talk:Skookumchuck

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screw it someone fixed it all....nvm.

DELETE! see Skookumchuck Narrows for a better page -Reefsurfer226 14:58, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, well, if that's the only skookumchuck you know about it's not surprising you'd say that. You can't windsurf, after all, on the ones on the Columbia or Lillooet Rivers....maybe on the one up in the Alaska Panhandle, though....Skookum1 (talk) 18:59, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

The Skookumchuk?

One passage in this article currently reads:

"This is the skookumchuck, of all the many lesser skookumchucks of the British Columbia Coast and Alaska. It is the location of Skookumchuk Narrows Provincial Park."

Is this a matter of fact or a matter of opinion? If the latter, I think it should be removed because it violates POV guidelines. Sincerely, --Skb8721 (talk) 13:58, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

The wording may be a problem, but the fact of it isn't. I'm not sure where to cite this from, as it's "common usage" and occurs contextually in various writeups on the capital-S Skookumchuck and also in speech; admittedly without the "the", generally, in spatial/locational references such as "are you going to Skookumchuck this weekend?" (as a kayaker might ask a colleague). It's that sense of being "the Skookumchuck" that's meant, as opposed to "did you make it through the skookumchuck without trouble?" as a boater might ask of another, meaning any skookumchuck, i.e. those at the mouths of other inlets where the same phenomenon occurs; the latter usage is very marine-specific and known/used pretty much only by the maritime community; the former usage is much more widespread among the general public, who while knowing about the Skookumchuck, aren't aware of the "lesser" usage. The skookumchuck at Skookumchuck Narrows Provincial Park is, without question or rival, the largest and most powerful of all the coastal skookumchucks, and also as noted the most well-known - so much so that the two Interior towns with the same name are not generally meant (or even known of) by most people who know about the coastal one (NB Skookumchuck Hot Springs's official name is "Skookumchuck" only, as is also the case with Skookumchuck, British Columbia, the town in the Columbia Valley. If you find the wording POV, maybe the wording can be tweaked; I'll consult an author friend who writes on coastal matters, and is familiar with the literature, if he can come up with any usage-examples. and/or passages which even say "these rapids are those most commonly identified as the Skookumchuck because of their size and power and fame".....such a passage may even exist in almost that wording, I'll ask buddy.....this wasn't a POV statement and I think you'd be hard-pressed to find anyone on the Coast who would dispute it. And it's always spelled with a second "C" by the way, not -chuk.....Skookum1 (talk) 15:02, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

I think there may be a passage in A Voice Great Within Us by Terry Glavin and Charles Lillard about this; but it's Terry I've aksed for feedback so we'll wait for his response (which he's welcome to make here if he wishes).Skookum1 (talk) 15:06, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

"COI"

Only related by adopted name, not by place of origin. I didn't know I was a Notable Wikipedian....a place of that template could be on Talk:Endre Johannes Cleven, which is my grandfather's page, and yes I did start it.Skookum1 (talk) 18:57, 11 February 2009 (UTC)