Skatin
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Skatin Skookumchuk |
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| Village | |
| Skatin First Nations | |
| Nickname(s): Skatin Nation | |
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| Coordinates: 50°4′0″N 122°41′6″W / 50.06667°N 122.68500°WCoordinates: 50°4′0″N 122°41′6″W / 50.06667°N 122.68500°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 British Columbia
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| Region | Fraser Valley |
| Skatin First Nations | 562 |
| GovernmentSection 11 Band, Election System:Custom Electoral System | |
| • Type | Elected Band Council |
| • Governing body | Band Council |
| • Chief | Williams, Patrick |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Village | 105 |
| • Density | 41/km2 (105/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 105 |
| • Metro | 105 |
| Time zone | PST |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC) |
| Postal code | V0N |
| Area code(s) | N/A |
| Website | www.inshuckch.com/skatin.html |
Skatin is a village of under 100 persons in Skatin First Nations, aka the Skatin Nations, a Band Government of the larger Band of the In-SHUCK-ch Nation, part of the St'at'imc people who are also referred to as Lower Stl'atl'imx. Skatin, the official new name, reverts to the traditional pre-colonial/pre-Columbian name. The alternate past name still commonly used by outsiders, Skookumchuck, is the St'at'imcets version of the Chinook Jargon Skookumchuck, meaning Strong Waters, i.e. rapids. The town site is 4 km south of T'sek Hot Spring (alt. spelling T'sik Hot Spring), formerly named both Saint Agnes Well and Skookumchuck Hot Springs. The community is 28 km south of the outlet of Lillooet Lake on the east side of the Lillooet River. It is approximately 75 km south of the town of Pemberton and the large reserve of the Lil'wat branch of the St'at'imc at Mount Currie, British Columbia. See Skatin First Nations for details about the complicated Band(s) structure.
Skatin is geographically an extension of both the Pemberton and Harrison Valleys, but by legal fiction is officially part of the Fraser Valley for Provincial and Federal administrative purposes.
Skatin community includes about 30 houses, a church, band office, fire hall, a new school and gymnasium built in 2003. The population living at Skatin is 65 at the town site, which varies according to season; 74 on other Reserves; and 275 off Reserves; the majority living in the Fraser Valley and lower mainland, including Vancouver.
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