CloseEgmont Park
sḵwelawt
This park is minutes away from the trail entrance to the Skookumchuck Narrows Park.
Location
The park is located In the heart of downtown Egmont on the old Egmont School site. As you are heading towards the Earls Cove ferry terminal (which takes you to Powell River) turn right onto Egmont Road from its junction with Highway 101. Keep on the main road and you'll come to the Town of Egmont.
Amenities
A sports field, tennis court and playground.
sḵwelawt
In 2017 shishalh Nation Elders Language group and the SCRD began a project to provide and/or translate SCRD park names into the shashishalhem (Sechelt language). Egmont Park is translated as sḵwelawt.
Pronunciation: kw is like k, but pronounced with rounded lips and further back in the mouth, as in the first sound of English ‘quote’. aw sounds like the ow in English ‘now’. Both syllables have strong stress.
The name sḵwelawt was chosen by the shishalh Elders Language Group because this is the shishalh name for the area.
Meaning: The meaning of this word is believed to reference a type of fern (possibly sword fern)