San Carpofóro Canyon
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San Carpofóro Creek flows through San Carpofóro Canyon. They are located in the Big Sur region of California. They are both named after Saint Carpophorus, an early Roman martyr.
In the early twentieth century, the canyon was nicknamed "Sankypoky" by locals, a variant on the Spanish name.[1] Another variant was "San Carpojo" -tradition holds that someone at the Williams Ranch, which is situated at the mouth of the creek, could not pronounce "Carpóforo" and changed it to "Carpojo.”[2]
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