The Kluskus Lakes are a group of lakes on the northern perimeter of the
Chilcotin District of the
Central Interior of British Columbia
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, Canada. They are located east of
Tsacha Lake and south of the
Euchiniko Lakes and are part of the drainage of the
West Road River (aka Blackwater River).
Fort Kluskus was located in the vicinity, which today includes numerous
Indian Reserves of the eponymous
Kluskus First Nation The Kluskus First Nation is the band government of the Lhoosk’uz (from ''Lhooz'' – meaning ″ white fish″ and ''k’uz'' – meaning ″half/side of″; "the half or side of the white fish is white"), a Dakelh people whose main reserve lo ...
. The
Kluskus Hills are also located between the Kluskus Lakes and the Euchiniko Lakes.
"Kluskus" is the English rendering of the
Carrier language word lhoosk'uz, meaning "the side of the fish is white".
References
Lakes of the Chilcotin
Nechako Country
Dakelh
Range 4 Coast Land District
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