before the inlet and tidal flats were filled with garbage in 1917-21, “False Creek East”
Skwácháy̓s [Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim] is the correct name for False Creek Flats describing “water coming up from ground beneath.” The thick line was roughly the high tide line prior to 1917 and the thinner line represents the low tide line with the areas below being marine and part of the inlet.
A resurgent edge of the marine inlet, False Creek south-east of Prior and Station Streets, at
the pre-1917 low tide line of the north-western corner of Skwácháy̓s 2021 March 11 * 1P3A9876
Prior and National Street with a view of the train station constructed a century
ago 2021 March 11 * P3A9885
