Malakwa, British Columbia
Malakwa is a settlement in Shuswap Country in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada, in the Eagle River valley, along the Trans-Canada Highway between Sicamous and Revelstoke.
The name comes from the Chinook Jargon word for mosquito, adapted from the French le maringouin.
Further reading
- Abercrombie, Annie Dorothy (1985). Sicamous, Mara to Three Valley. Self-published. pp. 468–502.
References
- ^ "Malakwa (community)". BC Geographical Names.
- ^ "Malakwa". britishcolumbia.com.
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