Yakyu'ki

Yakyu'ki lies in the upper Columbia valley, among the mountains of the Ktunaxa homeland. The place appears in the Ktunaxa story of the pursuit of Yawuʔnik', a powerful water creature, along the rivers and lakes of this country. In the story the pursuit passes Yakyu'ki after Brisco and continues toward the lakes farther south. The journey links many named places in a single account of the land.