History
According to a local legend, indigenous people in the area found the skeleton of a Caucasian man near the waterfalls, thus giving the river its current name; according to a Victoria Colonist article in December 1949 (Islander section, p.10), the river was given its name because "an Englishman was drowned while attempting to cross." Spanish mapmakers originally named it the "Rio de Grullas," presumably because of the large number of Great Blue Herons living at its estuary (grulla being Spanish for "crane").
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