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British Columbia Tourism Region : Cariboo Chilcotin Coast
Description From Owner:
- Pavilion - From the French pavillion, for a flag or a tent. In his journal for 30 September 1826, Archibald McDonald mentions 'An Indian from the Pavillon.'
- Commander Mayne tells us that, in accordance with the Indians' custom, a large white flag once waved here over the grave of one of their chiefs.
- The Shuswap Indian name for Pavilion Lake meant 'where someone broke wind over the water.' (For the legend behind this name, see James Teit, The Shuswap, pp. 752-3.)
- With permission from G.P.V and Helen B. Akrigg 1997 British Columbia Place Names. UBC Press.
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