What is "stawamus"

Stawamus (St'a7mes or , in the original Squamish language )) is a village at the head of Howe Sound, located on Stawamus Indian Reserve No. 24, at the mouth of the Stawamus River and Mamquam Blind Channel, 1km south of Squamish, British Columbia. The village is home to the indigenous Squamish people and houses satellite offices of the Squamish Nation. The village is also the centre for administrative, educational and health services in the Upper Squamish region of the Squamish Nation.

Stawamus is adapted from the Squamish language name Sta7mes, the indigenous name for the village below. It is pronounced with an emphasis on the first syllable. All other uses are pronounced StaWAmus.

• Stawamus Chief, a granite monolith/small mountain over looking the town of Squamish, British Columbia and famed internationally for its rock climbing routes
• Stawamus Squaw, another smaller mountain adjacent to the Stawamus Chief
• Stawamus River, a river draining into Howe Sound at the village of Sta7mes
• Stawamus Lake, a lake in the North Shore Mountains at the head of the Stawamus River
• Stawamus (village), a Skwxwu7mesh village on the Stawamus Indian Reserve No. 24 in British Columbia