Skookumchuck Narrows are a set of tidal rapids at the head of Sechelt Inlet on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast in Canada. At peak tidal flows, whitecaps and whirlpools form at the narrows even in calm weather, and whitewater kayakers have been known to surf the rapids. The narrows are the site of a provincial park.
The unrelated B.C. town of Skookumchuck is several hundred kilometres east in the landlocked Kootenay region of the province. Both locations take their name from Chinook jargon for "large current."
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