Kawkawa Lake - Home of loons.

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Kawkawa or Q'áwq'ewem (lake) - Kawkawa Lake - Home of loons. There were two loons who lived here: q'ewq'weelacha and q'ewq'ewelot. When you passed by Kawkawa Lake you had to name yourself. There are many stories about Kawkawa Lake. There is a story of the sxwayxwey mask, the story of how the trail was made from the lake to the river. On the north side of the lake there are bluffs. It was here that a young man jumped into the lake. He dropped way down to the bottom and landed on a pit house. One lady once saw lights from this pit house. She was travelling by on a frozen, wintery night. She saw a faint light, like a glowing campfire, coming from way below the icy water. It was remembered that when the whites put in the dam, it ruined the salmon run of the Coquihalla. The lake was one of the few places where the Stó:lo caught Kokanee.