A petition calling on the B.C. government to recognize Tinwis as the official name of the beach has gathered more than 1,600 signatures.
In the language of the Tla-o-qui-aht Nation, “tin” means “calm” and “wis” means “beach.” Together, they mean “calm waters.”
The issue will be on the agenda for the Tofino council meeting on Tuesday, following a request by several councillors.According to the book Tofino and Clayoquot Sound, the beach was named for Vimy Ridge veteran Donald Mackenzie, who became keeper of the region’s Lennard Island lighthouse in the mid-1920s before buying 400 metres of the beach’s shoreline in 1929 for $250.
The District of Tofino website describes the beach as “sheltered from the wind by large tidal rocks producing calm waters and smaller waves.” The nation wants to learn how the renaming process works “and create a team of contacts that can work on other locations,” Masso said. “There are lakes, rivers, islands and marine channels,” he said. “There’s a myriad of place names that we would like to restore.”
Tofino First Nation Mackenzie Beach Indigenous Name Tinwis Language Petition B.C. Government Signatures Progress
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