Washington wetlands are being renamed from derogatory terms to honor Black, Indigenous history.
A spring is now named South Tucannon Spring, after the nearby Tucannon River. The name comes from the word “tukanin,” which means “bread root” and is an important food source. The spring previously bore a name derogatory to Native American women, the release said.A 10.5-acre lake, two miles north of Tahuya, is now named Nathaniel Sargent Lake, in honor of a Black man born into slavery. The man homesteaded in Seabeck and became a fixture in the community before dying in 1954.
An unnamed 18-acre wetland, two miles north of Tahuya, is now named Rodney White Slough. White was born into slavery in Missouri and moved to Mason County in 1890. He homesteaded there and some of the roads he built are still in use today. After White’s death in 1913, the slough where his orchard had been was given a name that included a racial slur toward Black people, the release said.A creek in Okanogan County is now named Gooseberry Creek, reflecting the plants that grow nearby.
The four names have been adopted into Washington Administrative Code and will be sent to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names for federal approval, the WA-DNR said.
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