Skookumchuck Hot Springs, British Columbia
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T'sek Hot Spring T'sik Hot Spring Saint Agnes Well |
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| Skatin Nations | |
| Nickname(s): St. Agnes Well | |
 T'sek Hot Spring
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| Coordinates: 49°56′16″N 122°24′30″W / 49.93778°N 122.40833°WCoordinates: 49°56′16″N 122°24′30″W / 49.93778°N 122.40833°W | |
| Country |
 Canada
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| Province |
 British Columbia
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| Government | |
| • Type | 1st Nation, Native Band |
| Area code(s) | N/A |
| Website | http://www.skookumchuckhotsprings.com/ |
Official New Name is reverting to the traditional Pre-Colonial / Pre-Columbian Name: T'sek Hot Spring or T'sik Hot Spring. The former names are Saint Agnes Well & "Skookumchuck Hot Springs" near the First Nation community of Skookumchuck (Former name on older maps) and more recently renamed /reverted to traditional name of Skatin ("ska-TEEN") is on the historic Harrison Lillooet Gold Rush trail in the Lillooet River valley, south of Lillooet Lake, in British Columbia, Canada. The hot springs themselves, named T'sek in the St'at'imcets language (pronounced "chick") were on private property purchased from "Goodwin Purcell" family by the Tretheway family after his death in the 1909 and acquired by the Government of Canada in 2008 to be held in trust for the local aboriginal people until a potential treaty settlement.
Skookumchuck Hot Springs was also known as Saint Agnes Well during the days of the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush and the Douglas Road, along which it is located, while Harrison Hot Springs farther south was known as St. Alice's Well; both were named by Justice Bailey for the daughters of Governor Douglas.
Near the community formerly named Skookumchuck -now reverted & renamed Skatin were road houses known as 18 Mile House or 20 Mile House, a reference to its distance from Port Douglas, at the Douglas Road's commencement at the head of Harrison Lake.
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