Tuwanek Point

Tuwanek Point (49˚33'00" 123˚47'00" E side of Sechelt Inlet, S of Salmon Inlet, NW of Vancouver). The word is a modification of Téwánkw (or Tahw-ahn-kwuh), the name of one of the four subgroups of the Sechelt First Nation. The traditional territories of the Téwánkw people included the inner waters of Sechelt, Salmon and Narrows inlets. They had their main winter village at the head of Narrows Inlet. That settlement is believed to have been damaged by a rock slide in the early 1800s, and...

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