balaɫqʷuʔ

Location:	East of the Skagit River and north of East College Way, near the bend in Martin Rd.
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Lushootseed noun

pronunciation: bal aɫ qʷuʔ

word analysis: bal ("mixture") + aɫqʷuʔ ("water")

1. Barney Lake
2. (literally) mixture of waters

note: An intermittent lake occasionally formed when flood water from the Skagit River backs up the Nookachamps drainage.

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sources

• 1972, Chief Martin J Sampson, Indians of Skagit County, Skagit County Historical Series No. 2, Mount Vernon, Washington, p. 57