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Cliff Gilker Park is located in Roberts Creek on the Sunshine Coast. It is best appreciated from the ground, not the air!
This woodland park features seven kilometres of forest trails, unique wooden bridges spanning foaming creeks, a multitude of waterfalls, and a 30 metre wheelchair accessible trail with a viewing platform.
In 2017 the shishalh Nation Elders Language group and the Sunshine Coast Regional District began a project to provide and/or translate SCRD park names into the shashishalhem (Sechelt language). Cliff Gilker Park is translated as Ɂiyuls.
Pronounciation: Ɂ is the symbol for a throat catch, which is a constriction in the back of the throat followed by a sharp release. It can be heard at the beginning of English words ‘oh-oh’ and ‘ugh’. i sounds like the vowel in English ‘meet’. u is pronounced like the o in English ‘go’. First syllable has strong stress.
The name Ɂiyuls was chosen by the shíshálh Elders Language Group to represent the beautiful smooth rock/stone faces that are created by waterfalls located in the parks walking trails.
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