Lil'wat
English
Noun
Lil'wat sg or pl
- Alternative form of Líl̓wat.
- 2019 April 10, The Canadian Press, “Grass fire under control on Lil’wat First Nation land near Pemberton”, in Vancouver Sun[1]:
- The Lil’wat set up an emergency operations centre and warned residents of 15 properties to be ready to leave on short notice, although Armann says no homes were damaged.
- 2019 July 1, Nancy Macdonald, “King of the mountain: For 20 years, a Lil’wat chief keeps a lonely vigil in the B.C. woods”, in The Globe and Mail[2]:
- “So much of the world has already been destroyed,” he says. “I’m looking after the mountain not just for the Lil’wat, but so the whole world can enjoy it.”
- 2020 October 24, “Search continues for two Lil'wat Nation members missing since Thursday near Pemberton, B.C.”, in CBC News[3]:
- The pair were driving a red 1997 Dodge Ram 1500 truck, which was found near a paragliding launch site north of Pemberton and the Lil'wat community of Mount Currie on Friday.