salt chuckn.

1868 F. Whymper Trav. Alaska iv. 45 An Indian, paddling in his ‘frail kanim’ on the great ‘salt chuck’ or sea, was swallowed—canoe and all—by a great fish.

1874 C. Horetzky Canada on Pacific 132 A thick heavy mist hung over the valley, completely hiding the Cascade range which we had now to enter and pass through before reaching the ‘salt-chuck’.

1909 E. I. Denny Blazing the Way i. vii. 120 The fish, of many excellent kinds, from the ‘salt chuck’, brought fresh and flapping to our doors, in native baskets by Indian fishermen.

1938 G. Cash I like Brit. Columbia 61 Unless you are camped near a log dump—which means where a logging company is dumping logs into the salt chuck—you have quite a time gathering enough.

1958 R. G. Large Skeena (ed. 3) x. 65 Sailing the salt-chuck easily, o'er an oft familiar route.

1964 L. Linton Of Days & Driftwood iv. 24 Even the gulls, screeching over the gray saltchuck..were giving their last accolade to summer.

1975 Islander (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 27 July 14/2 In 1905, most people lived close to the saltchuck and along Rainey Creek.

1958 in R. E. Watters Brit. Columbia 216 It is the spirit that counts, and that spirit extends to trying to make life happier for thousands of scattered salt-chuckers.

1963 Vancouver Sun 20 July 15/1 Now, however, with an average of almost two fish per short outing of a few hours each trip, I'm wearing the saltchucker's smug smirk.