ktlil'x, British Columbia puzzle # 1
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The Spotted Lake in British Columbia is richly concentrated with various minerals. In addition to dense deposits of magnesium sulfate, it also contains calcium and sodium sulphates, high concentrations of eight other minerals and lower amounts of silver and titanium. Some sources cite it as the most highly mineralised lake in the world.
In the winter, it looks like a lake. In the summer, most of the water evaporates and the salts crystallise, forming the beautiful patterns on the lake’s surface, which are coloured according to mineral composition and seasonal amount of precipitation.
The lake is known as Ktlil'x in the Syilx language. The Okanagan people, (spelled Okanogan in the US), are a First Nations (aka Native American in the US) people whose traditional territory spans the Canada–US boundary in Washington state and British Columbia.
Ktlil'x was for centuries known to the Syilx as a traditional medicine lake, revered as a sacred site known to provide therapeutic waters.
During World War I, the minerals of Ktlil'x were used in manufacturing ammunition.
In 1965, a new section of BC's southernmost highway was built right beside the unusual lake. It became a point of interest to tourists, and as traffic grew, ecological pressure increased on Ktlil'x as curiosity seekers wandered between the spots, sometimes collecting samples of the salts or the waters as a souvenir.
In 1979, the Smith family, who owned the property, attempted to create interest in a commercial enterprise at the lake - a spa and water park.
The First Nations responded to this latest indignity with an effort to buy the lake, and in October 2001 succeeded in acquiring this culturally and ecologically sensitive area.
Ktlil'x is to be maintained in perpetuity as a sacred site - no one will turn it into weapons, souvenirs, or a commercial site ever again.
In the winter, it looks like a lake. In the summer, most of the water evaporates and the salts crystallise, forming the beautiful patterns on the lake’s surface, which are coloured according to mineral composition and seasonal amount of precipitation.
The lake is known as Ktlil'x in the Syilx language. The Okanagan people, (spelled Okanogan in the US), are a First Nations (aka Native American in the US) people whose traditional territory spans the Canada–US boundary in Washington state and British Columbia.
Ktlil'x was for centuries known to the Syilx as a traditional medicine lake, revered as a sacred site known to provide therapeutic waters.
During World War I, the minerals of Ktlil'x were used in manufacturing ammunition.
In 1965, a new section of BC's southernmost highway was built right beside the unusual lake. It became a point of interest to tourists, and as traffic grew, ecological pressure increased on Ktlil'x as curiosity seekers wandered between the spots, sometimes collecting samples of the salts or the waters as a souvenir.
In 1979, the Smith family, who owned the property, attempted to create interest in a commercial enterprise at the lake - a spa and water park.
The First Nations responded to this latest indignity with an effort to buy the lake, and in October 2001 succeeded in acquiring this culturally and ecologically sensitive area.
Ktlil'x is to be maintained in perpetuity as a sacred site - no one will turn it into weapons, souvenirs, or a commercial site ever again.
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