Sekulmun Lake

Tthechä̀l MǟnStone Scraper Lake – Sekulmun Lake

Southern Tutchone

Äshèyi kwädǟn Tthechä̀l Mǟn ts’ä̀n tthe dät’ą̀ya kä̀nadä̀l kwä̀ch’e nà kwädą̄y ch’äw. Tthechä̀l yè taagwä̀t keyìghàtsi. Äyet män shäw kay łu ätlą kùlį ch’e. Ukay mbet shų kwätsų ghàts’eshäw ch’e.
Äshèyi kwädǟn shakāt łaadäjèl k’e ä́dāy Sakay Chù gà tàadäjèl. Ä́’àn Ttheyì ghą shaadäjèl k’e Tthechä̀l Mǟn mày kàdäjèl nū. Äyet ts’än Äshèyi ts’ä̀n nadäjèl.

English

Äshèyi people would come here to collect shale to make stone scrapers, knives and other tools. The source of this rock is a bluff on the the northwest shore.

Some Äshèyi people would also pass along Tthechằl Mǟn on their seasonal round which took them on a loop through Sakay Chù and Tthe Yì Chù, Albert and Isaac Creeks. Their activity was mostly concentrated in the area north of Tthe Yì Chù. Tthechằl Mǟn is a deep cold lake. Huge kwätsų (ling cod), 25-30 pounds in size have been taken here. Äshèyi people still set nets and get mbet (trout), łu (whitefish), and kwätsų (ling cod). The blueberries are especially good here. Sheep and caribou are found in the hills. The area is used for trapping in the winter.