1) Town north of Vancouver
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The name Squamish most commonly refers to the town at the core of the District Municipality of Squamish, British Columbia. `Squamish` is a loose English adaptation/mispronunciation of Skwxwu7mesh, meaning `Mother of the Wind`, `people of the sacred water` in the language of that people; it has sometimes been used to refer to the Skokomish (T...
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[wind] A squamish (also known as an Arctic outflow wind in winter months) is a strong and often violent wind occurring in many of the fjords, inlets and valleys of British Columbia. Squamishes occur in those fjords oriented in a northeast-southwest or east-west direction where cold polar air can be funneled westward, the opposite of how the...
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A strong and often violent wind occurring in many of the fjords of British Columbia. Squamishes occur in those fjords oriented in a northeast-southwest or east-west direction where cold polar air can be funneled westward. They are notable in Jervis, Toba, and Bute inlets and in Dean Channel and Portland Canal. Squamishes lose their strength when fr...
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